LUKE AFB, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Matt Davis, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 607th Air Control Squadron hosted exercise Neptune Protector from Aug. 19 to Sept. 9, 2023, at Luke AFB, Arizona. Neptune Protector is a bilateral military exercise between the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Navy. The exercise involves aircraft control training to improve operational readiness and defense capabilities, while a  more

YUMA, Arizona, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that it is working with the Yuma Irrigation District (District) to transfer federal title of property currently used by the District. The proposed action will convey to the District ownership of the federally-owned property, including the office building, parking lot, shop area and all improvements and appurtenance  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 23 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in all 58 California counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon of the Nov. 17, 2023, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest lo  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor is asking employers in Arizona's heavy and highway construction industries to participate in a survey to help the department's Wage and Hour Division establish prevailing wage rates for construction workers employed on federally funded and federally assisted projects. The Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts directs the department to set the prevailing w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * GSA is responsible for constructing and maintaining land ports of entry (LPOEs) along the nation's borders in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies. This is the first in a quarterly series of updates on LPOE modernization projects. * * * In a place that gets more than 300 days of sunshine a year, adding solar pa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Two cases between Arizona and Federal officials involving shipping containers were voluntarily dismissed on Sept. 15. Both cases generated national media attention regarding the State of Arizona's unauthorized installation of shipping container barriers on federal property at the international border with Mexico. In the first case, the then-governor brought a declaratory action against the U.S. Bureau of R  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the appointment of Mary Fuller as Regional Director of the USPTO's Silicon Valley Regional Office (SVRO) in San Jose, California. The SVRO serves budding and current inventors and entrepreneurs in the Western Region, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. As  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: A man who possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. John Trinidad Qualls, age 42, from Tucson, Arizona, was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a det  more