MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, May 11 -- Air University issued the following news: An enlisted Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) training instructor, joined by two cadets, will take over the Air Education and Training Command Instagram account May 12, 2023, to showcase AFROTC Detachment 025 at Arizona State University. The instructor is Technical Sergeant Tyler Boudreau, who applied through Equal Plus, to become an instructor and has been in the position at Arizona State University's Det. 25 since   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing over $24 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from all three application windows, benefiting approximately 45,000 students across the country, in  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: During remarks at the Corridors, Connectivity and Crossings Conference in Tucson, Arizona, this week, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau announced nearly $4 million in grants along with $9.2 million in matching contributions for 13 projects in nine states that will help secure key migration paths and restore critical wildlife habitats. Together, more than $13 million will be invested   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Arizona Field Office issued the following news release: ARIZONA HIGHLIGHTS Durum wheat production in Arizona, based on conditions as of May 1, 2023, is forecast at 4.13 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 57 percent below last year's produc  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: County-level estimates for 2022-2023 cattle inventories are now available, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The estimates, based primarily on surveys conducted with farmers and ranchers in January, can be accessed using the QuickStats online database, found here: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Q  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: ARIZONA Arizona's utilized pecan production in 2022 was 39.10 million pounds, down 4 percent from the record high utilized production of 40.90 million pounds in 2021, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Bearing acreage was estimated at 23,000 acres, up 5 p  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Airman William Finn V, 355th Wing Public Affairs Airmen with the 355th Security Forces Squadron may be called upon to respond to a variety of threats at a moment's notice. They must possess a level of firearm proficiency that keeps them fit to fight at any time or place. The Security Forces Qualification Course is a standardized firearms training event developed and tested over the course of a full year at 1  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Carlos Alberto Castro-Ruiz, 26, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty yesterday to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine before United States District Judge Steven P. Logan. A sentencing hearing is set for July 18, 2023. Castro-Ruiz's co-conspirators also pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine. On April 13, 2023  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Andres Urias-Soto, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 96 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Because Urias-Soto was on supervised release for the offense of transporting illegal aliens for profit when he committed this offense, Judge Hinderaker imposed a sentence of 5 months conse  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Angelico Roa-Joachin, age 43, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 21, 2023, by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Roa-Joachin was convicted of Conspiracy to Transport and Harbor Illegal Aliens for Profit and Reentry of a Removed Alien. Judge Zipps sentenced three other co-conspirators in  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, May 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: A federal grand jury in Medford has returned an indictment charging a Phoenix, Arizona man with mailing large quantities of fentanyl to Southern Oregon. Luke Austin Montgomery, 24, has been charged with three counts of attempting to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, in late 2022, law enforcement learned Montgomery had been shipping counterfe  more