PHOENIX, Arizona, May 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Gary Restaino, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and U.S. Customs and Border Protections, Office of Field Operations' (OFO) Tucson Field Office and Border Patrol's Tucson and Yuma Sectors announced today the results of drug interdiction operations along the border from March 6 through May 8. HSI and OFO's Operation Blue Lotus, a  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Gary Restaino, issued the following news release: Michel Bacasegua-Barriga, the leader of a prolific transnational firearms trafficking organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border, was arrested last week by Mexico's Attorney General's Office, Fiscalia General de la Republica (FGR). The enforcement operation last week by the FGR is the result of extensive bilateral cooperation between the United  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 26, 2023, entitled "Arizona Job Openings and Labor Turnover - March 2023": * * * Arizona had 197,000 job openings in March 2023, compared to 189,000 openings in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Arizona w  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $9.8 million from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Arizona while advancing environmental justice. E  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration awarded Arizona a $1 million Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) program grant to improve safety. Mohave County will receive the grant for its Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Enabled Rural Highway Traffic Control Signs project as part of a $52.78 million investment package under the  more

HOPI RESERVATION, Arizona, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Following a tour of the Hopi Tribe's Keams Canyon Water Project, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a $48 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to repair and revitalize Tribal water sanitation systems, upgrade irrigation and power projects and invest in the safety of dams in Tribal communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the largest   more

SUPAI, Arizona, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland completed a multi-day visit to Arizona today, where she met with local Tribes to highlight how significant funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda is helping support Indigenous communities in securing clean water and reliable infrastructure. This followed her weekend engagement with Tribal leaders of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coa  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and University of California, Davis researchers are assisting Arizona State University with a new laser facility that will use ultrafast pulsed X-ray beams to study biological processes, materials and other research at the atomic level. In March, the National Science Foundation announced that it was aw  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released 2022 floriculture estimates. NASS expanded the program to cover all 50 states and more than 30 new crops. Due to the large number of estimates being issued, the data will be released in the NASS Quick Stats database http://w  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture on May 31. Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming producers who have not yet returned their completed questionnaires have just one week left to respond.  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56539) involving Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, Arizona: * * * Facility: Palo Verde Region: 4 State: AZ Unit: [1] [2] [3] RX Type: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE NRC Notified By: Lorraine Weaver HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/24/2023 Notification Time: 19:58 [ET] Event Date: 05/24/2023 Event Time: 07:10 [MST] Last Update Date: 05/24/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Sec  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a Request for Information today, announcing public listening sessions and soliciting public comments on possible changes to prevented planting crop insurance coverage. Coinciding with the public comment period, USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) will hold in-person and virtual listening sessions June through  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on May 23, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $34 million in funding to advance clean energy technology in 18 American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This funding will strengthen tribal communities by supercharging their access to solar power and microgrids, increasing energy security and resilience, and powering unelectrified tribal buildings. These investments bring our nation clo  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-00052-121) on May 23, 2023, entitled "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System in Prescott." Here are excerpts: * * * Report Overview This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Northe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Watts Regulator Company for alleged violations of federal law related to sale or distribution of misbranded water filtration devices and importation of pesticides into the United States. Watts, which is headquartered in Massachusetts, imported devices through a port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. Watts will pay $60,  more