WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2023, entitled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl." The notice was issued by Director Martha Williams. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Spec  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema announced that they secured major Arizona defense priorities in the annual defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was passed by the Senate today. The defense bill advances efforts to bring new missions to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in southern Arizona, makes critical infrastructure upgrades to military installa  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: Studying Valley fever trends over several years, a team at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson has created a forecasting tool to determine when the illness is spiking in the community. Data for July indicate that Arizona is now in a Valley fever season. "Right now, if you're diagnosed with pneumonia, there is about a 1   more