PHOENIX, Arizona, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Arizona State Office issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management is announcing the beginning of a 30-day public scoping period to inform the environmental analysis of the proposed Vulcan Solar Project, which would produce up to 1,050 megawatts of utility-scale renewable energy from solar photovoltaic modules on 7,374 acres of public land in western Maricopa County. A Notice of Int  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and U.S. Border Patrol rescued two U.S. citizens suffering from heat stress near Montana Peak, south of Arivaca, Arizona. On Monday at approximately 1:10 p.m., the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office contacted the Tucson Border Patrol Station for help responding to two U.S Citizens requesting immediat  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $27.5 million to the National Park Service (NPS) for the Grand Canyon National Park Shuttle Bus Fleet Replacement project in Arizona. The project includes 30 new buses, including 10 new battery electric buses and 20 new compressed natural gas (CNG)  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 3, 2023: Two members of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to importing and distributing narcotics. A third member of the DTO pleaded guilty to the same charges on June 16. According to court documents, from January 2020 through April 2022, Angel Adan Valenzuela, 25, of Rio Rico, Arizona; Benjamin Soto Jr., 47, of Nogales, Arizona; and  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news on July 7, 2023: By 2d Lt Abbey Duncan, 56 FW/PA The 607th Air Control Squadron instructs Airmen to become mission systems operators, combining three different career specialties within battle management in support of higher headquarters' training goals at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The MSO program directly supports the Air Force's concept of Agile Combat Employment, maintaining and ensuring a comb  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Starting in August and continuing through November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct a monthly Agricultural Yield survey. The information captured in this survey from farmers and ranchers in the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Ne  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 4 -- 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 survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, for its Small Grain Crops County Estimates Survey (Crops CE). The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested, and tot  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56599) involving Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona: * * * Rep Org: Arizona Dept of Health Services Licensee: Banner University Medical Center Region: 4 City: Phoenix State: AZ License #: 07-478 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Brian D. Goretzki HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 06/30/2023 Notification Time: 00:33 [ET] Event Date: 06/29/2023 Event Ti  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 4 -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following news release on July 3, 2023: Last week, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta traveled to Arizona to highlight the importance of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to disrupt the global trafficking of illicit fentanyl, including along the southwest border. As part of President Biden's Invest in America agenda, the Administration is deliveri  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news on July 6, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Kenny, RCAF commander, visited the 56th Fighter Wing to discuss training collaborations June 20, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The RCAF and 56th FW leadership discussed Canada's military modernization efforts and integration plans between the two partner forces. B  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: Today, United States and Mexican law enforcement announced significant enforcement actions against a prolific transnational drug trafficking organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border. After extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico, Mexico's Attorney General's Office, Fiscalia General de la Republica (  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 22-00051-136) on June 29, 20223, entitled "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Phoenix VA Health Care System in Arizona." 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 Phoenix VA Hea  more

LAVEEN VILLAGE, Arizona, July 7 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on July 6, 2023, at a Gila River Tribal Nation event at Gila Crossing Community School: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, everyone! (Applause.) Hello! Oh, please have a seat. Please have a seat. And to the Governor's mom and the aunties: Hi! (Laughs.) Well, it is so wonderful to be here. And I just want to thank everyone for the -- just the very warm welcome that my husband Doug, the Second Gentleman   more