PUEBLO, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: The Bureau of Reclamation today broke ground on the Boone Reach trunk line of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC), a major infrastructure project under President Biden's Investing in America agenda that will bring clean, reliable drinking water to 39 communities in southeastern Colorado. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Gary Gold and Recla  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division issued the following news release: 41-year-old Christopher Robert Pattinson of Commerce City, was sentenced to three years in prison for tampering with fentanyl intended for patient use according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. According to the plea agreement, Pattinson was a Paramedic Field Lieutenant Supervisor at a Denver-area hospital. For a peri  more

BUCKLEY AFB, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Buckley Air Force Base (460th Space Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Shaun Combs, Space Base Delta 2 Dr. Michele Gaudreault, Deputy Chief Scientist, Space Operations Command, visited Buckley Space Force Base to meet with leadership of Space Base Delta 2, Space Delta 4, the 2nd Space Warning Squadron and the 11th Space Warning Squadron April 28, 2023. Dr. Gaudreault first met with Space Base Delta 2 leadership, comprised  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest on April 28, 2023: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Advisory Opinions Draft Advisory Opinion Advisory Opinion Request 2023-03 (Colorado Republican State Central Committee) (https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/advisory-opinions/2023-03/) On April 27, the Commission made public a draft advisory opinion. * * * Enforcement The Co  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: UNITED STATES March Prices Received Index Up 1.3 Percent The March Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 128.4, increased 1.3 percent from February and 1.0 percent from March 2022. At 118.9, the Crop Production Index was down 1.5 percent from last month and 1.4 percent from the previous year. T  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken after a meeting with mayors from the western hemisphere to discuss efforts to combat fentanyl: * * * MAYOR HANCOCK: We are so honored to first host our Secretary of State, Secretary Blinken, to Denver and of course, the 250 mayors from around the Western Hemisphere and over 3,000 other leaders from around the hemisphere who have come to Denver to be a part of t  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken after a visit to the Cities Summit Innovation Plaza Commercial Expo: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hey folks, I hope you got a chance to look around a little bit yourselves. So one of the main purposes that we have bringing all of our cities together in the hemisphere is to get an opportunity for them to be talking to each other, connecting with each other, and sha  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken ahead of his meeting with women mayors from the western hemisphere on the margins of the Cities Summit of the Americas: * * * AMBASSADOR HACHIGIAN: My voice is half here, but I'm 100 percent here. I'm so excited to have this conversation with these fantastic mayors. Before I worked for a city, I didn't appreciate how much power that cities have to shape the liv  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on April 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Marshall Zelinger of KUSA-TV 9 News Denver: * * * QUESTION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken, thanks for joining me for this interview. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Great to be with you. QUESTION: Thanks. You just toured the Denver Crime Lab, where they test for drugs like fentanyl. Your office has a role in trying to prevent illicit drugs from  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jesse Cervantes of Merced, California, was found guilty by a federal jury for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. According to facts established at trial, the defendant traveled over 1,000 miles to Colorado from California, making numerous intercepted telephone calls to set up a delivery of fo  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: By Lt. Col. Melissa Runge, U.S. Space Command U.S. Space Command's office of the Command Surgeon hosted the 2nd USSPACECOM Joint Space Medicine Forum April 18-19, at the Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The two-day event brought together 37 medical leaders from combatant commands, service components, academia and NASA. This year's event emphasized a growing need fo  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai issued the following remarks on April 28, 2023, at the 2023 Cities Summit of the Americas: * * * In her remarks, Ambassador Tai highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration's work to use trade to tackle the climate crisis, protect the environment, and empower workers around the world. Ambassador Tai also underscored the importance of working with local governments and our partners and allies around the world to address shared  more