PRESCOTT, Arizona, Jan. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Prescott National Forest - issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2023: The Prescott National Forest is initiating opportunity for public input for a project re-plant native ponderosa pine seedling which have been collected from the forest. The REPLANT Act provides funding to reforest with native tree species in areas where wildfires have destroyed trees. The Central Bradshaw Reforestation Projec  more

FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Huachuca issued the following news: By Amy Stork, USAICoE public affairs Brig. Gen. Richard T. Appelhans, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca commanding general, was promoted to the rank of Major General during a ceremony in Fitch Auditorium Jan. 3. Lt. Gen. Scott D. Berrier, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, presided over the ceremony. "When I think about Rick's professional experience and his attrib  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Atlantic Home Health Care LLC (AHH), a home health care agency operating in Arizona and eight other states, has agreed to pay $9,990,944 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP or the Energy Program), a healthcare program administered by the Department of Labor (DOL) for the benefit of De  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Camille Damon, Ronald Belone and Tyran Begay appeared in federal court on an indictment charging them with first degree murder and kidnapping resulting in death. B  more