TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Gary Restaino, issued the following news release: Patrick Green, 48, of Longview, Texas, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 14 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $226,146 in restitution. Green pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. Green was the final co-conspirator to be sentenced in this case. Jonathan Blake, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, and Bethany Helene Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: PHOENIX -- On Sept. 8, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Phoenix announced the arrests of 14 noncitizens during a statewide operation that ran from Aug. 28 through Sept. 1. Officers focused enforcement efforts against priority removable fugitive noncitizens -- specifically, those identified as having crim  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SELLS, Ariz. -- Seven Southern Arizonans were indicted in federal court during the last week of August on charges related to distributing hard narcotics. The indictments mark the conclusion of a community impact initiative on the Tohono O'odham Nation that started in August 2022 and involved enforcement action on 27 methamphetamine or fentanyl transactions fro  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Today, Representative Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07) announced that the Chiricahua Community Health Center would receive a $3 million federal award over a three-year period through the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program for Medication Assisted Treatment Access. In addition, Chiricahua Community Health Center will receive a $300,000 award   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Nina Buendia, Patricia Garcia, Kayloni Guerra, Ernesto Martin, Michael Cory Norris, and Mount Vernon Robinson of Sells, Arizona, and Travis Lopez of Covered Wells, Arizona, were indicted last week on charges of Distribution of Fentanyl or Methamphetamine. The indictments mark the conclusion of a community impact initiative on the Tohono O'odham Nation that started in August  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * The New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center will focus on topological acoustics, an emerging field in which researchers exploit the properties of sound in ways that could vastly improve computing, telecommunications and sensing. * * * The National Science Foundation has granted the University of Arizona $30 million over five years to establish a new NSF Science and Technology   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law has received a $1 million gift from an alumni couple to establish the Desmond and Jean Ruley Kearns Professor of Law, an endowed professorship in natural resources law. Desmond "Des" Kearns, who holds graduate degrees in both law and engineering from UArizona and is a registered professional engineer and member of the State Bar of Arizona, has practi  more