ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: Two Arizona men were arrested over the last three weeks on warrants from a federal indictment charging them with trafficking fentanyl to Alaska. According to court proceedings, a federal grand jury returned an indictment on July 18 charging Odarious Shaw, 24, and Corrion James, 25, with allegedly distributing large amounts of fentanyl to Alaska from their home state of  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 18 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 18, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Arizona - Fourth Quarter 2022": * * * From September 2022 to December 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Arizona were 180,777, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 166,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Lex L. Lillard, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for May 22, 2023. In late 1941, Lillard was a member of the Medical Department of Manila and Subic Bays in the Philippines, when Japanese forces invaded   more

FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command issued the following story: By Patrick Dedham, Deputy to the Commanding General, NETCOM Zero-Trust is a collection of concepts and ideas that assume no trust exists within a defined enterprise network. The Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) - Army Department of Defense Information Networks (DoDIN-A) Cybersecurity Strategy uses Zero-Trust principles to protect critical Data, Applications, Assets,   more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Jakob Hambright, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Airmen from the 607th Air Control Squadron traveled to Mount Lemmon in Tucson, Arizona, to install a new remote radio site, Aug. 1, 2023. The radio site, installed in partnership with the 162nd Wing, Morris Air National Guard Base, Arizona, and the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, widens the training s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56662) involving Southwest Medical Imaging LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona: * * * Rep Org: Arizona Dept of Health Services Licensee: Southwest Medical Imaging, LLC Region: 4 City: Scottsdale State: AZ License #: 07- 507 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Brian Goretzki HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 08/06/2023 Notification Time: 18:38 [ET] Event Date: 08/04/2023 Event Time:   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Derwin Davis Tsosie, Jr., 26, of Tuba City, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes on Monday to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Tsosie pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder. On November 14, 2022, Tsosie was driving at approximately 135 miles per hour when he hit the victims' car from beh  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: Victor Coronado, Jr., 40, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Tuesday by United States District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Coronado pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Smuggle Goods from the United States. Coronado was the leader of a conspiracy to smuggle firearms from the United States into   more

WICHITA, Kansas, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Wichita returned three related indictments charging a total of 12 people following a large scale law enforcement investigation into an alleged drug trafficking ring. In the first indictment, Rafael Turner, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, and formerly of Wichita is charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl, two counts of attempted distribution of fe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of 33 organizations nationwide to receive over $3.1 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants Program, including a grant for $96,000 to the University of Arizona. "We know that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and it demands bold and in  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: A Glendale, Arizona, man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for distributing fentanyl-laced pills and crystal meth on the darknet. According to court documents, Justin Udvardi, 30, operated several darknet vendor pages using the moniker "TrapGod." For a period of at least two years, he used the darknet to make hundreds of narcotic  more