LUKE AFB, Arizona, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news on April 24, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 56th Fighter Wing graduated the 2,000th F-35 Lightning II pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher "Blade" Jeffers, April 17th, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. This milestone marks a step forward for the Airmen at Luke in realizing its mission of training the world's greatest fighter pilots. Since 19  more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, April 29 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Prescott National Forest - issued the following news release: The Prescott National Forest is happy to announce that John Kava will be the new Bradshaw-Chino Valley Deputy District Ranger effective April 24, 2023. John was the Range Staff Officer for the Bradshaw and Chino Valley Ranger District on the Prescott National Forest for the last 10 years--overseeing the range program on both dist  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: An Arizona man is facing federal charges after he was caught transporting 100,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, two pounds of powdered fentanyl, and six pounds of cocaine on Interstate 84 in La Grande, Oregon. Moises Rojo Velazquez, 36, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distr  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: Guilherme Cipriani, 41, of Scottsdale, Arizona, has been arrested on federal charges of smuggling diamonds into the United States and providing a false statement to a federal agency. As alleged in a Miami federal grand jury's indictment, on November 10, 2022, Cipriani tried to smuggle 14 loose cut diamonds and 53 rough uncut diamonds into the U  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news: More than 600 high school students participated in a STEM-sation event with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management and partners at Monument Valley High School in Kayenta, Arizona, on April 13. LM co-sponsored the event with Miss Navajo Nation Valentina Clitso, Navajo Transitional Energy Company, Dine College Land Grant Office, Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Depa  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Isidro Pantoja-Ramirez, 57, of Mexicali, Mexico, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. The United States alleges that, on March 24, 2023, Pantoja-Ramirez was stopped while in a vehicle at a Border Patrol checkpoint located between Yuma and Wellton, Arizona. United States Border Patrol agents conducte  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Taylor Melton Addington, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on April 13, 2023, by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to six years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Addington also was ordered to pay a $5,000.00 fine. Addington pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. In September 2019, Addington sold approximately f  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Tyler Myers, 25, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 3, 2023, in connection with his role as the coordinator for a human smuggling organization operating in the Tucson and Sierra Vista, Arizona area. Specifically, Myers pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit. Between 2018 and 2022, Myers conspired to transport un  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: An Arizona man is facing federal charges after he was caught transporting 100,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, two pounds of powdered fentanyl, and six pounds of cocaine on Interstate 84 in La Grande, Oregon. Moises Rojo Velazquez, 36, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl. Accor  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to the Fort Mojave Aha Macav Power Service, Mojave, Arizona, to develop a new source of clean and renewable energy for the Fort Mojave Reservation through the construction of a 2.3 megawatt solar power system. T  more