ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release: An Arizona man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska. According to court documents, Joel Rascone, 30, of Yuma, Arizona, was a member of Miguel Guevara's drug trafficking ring that smuggled over a dozen kilos of meth, heroin and cocaine from Mexico into Alaska for six years. As part of his role in the en  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: Subject: APHIS Reduces Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) Regulated Areas in Maricopa and Pinal Counties in Arizona To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reducing the Karnal bunt regulated areas in Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona. This is follow  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Arizona man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska. According to court documents, Joel Rascone, 30, of Yuma, Arizona, was a member of Miguel Guevara's drug trafficking ring that smuggled over a dozen kilos of meth, heroin and cocaine from Mexico into   more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Jakob Hambright, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 607th Air Control Squadron hosted Phoenix Sunrise, a bilateral exercise between members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and U.S. Air Force, Jan. 19 to Feb. 17, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. 33 airmen assigned to the 42 Radar Squadron, based out of 4 Wing, Canadian Forces Base, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada,   more

SEATTLE, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: An Arizona man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska. According to court documents, Joel Rascone, 30, of Yuma, Arizona, was a member of Miguel Guevara's drug trafficking ring that smuggled over a dozen kilos of meth, heroin and cocaine from Mexico into Alaska for six years. As part of his ro  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Mason Hargrove, 56th Fighter Wing The Luke Air Force Base Spark Cell team is designing two new autonomous robots to enhance flightline operations, taking the 56th Fighter Wing's next step into the world of artificial intelligence. These autonomous robots, one a tool delivery robot and the other a foreign object debris removal robot are projected to release in earl  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Mason Hargrove, 56th Fighter Wing The Luke Air Force Base Spark Cell team is designing two new autonomous robots to enhance flightline operations, taking the 56th Fighter Wing's next step into the world of artificial intelligence. These autonomous robots, one a tool delivery robot and the other a foreign object debris removal robot are projected to release in early 2026. These r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: PHOENIX -- A Phoenix area man was sentenced Jan. 28 to 24 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release for his involvement in human smuggling. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case. "Human smugglers knowingly and willingly make their profits by circumventing our nation's immigration laws," said HSI Arizona Special Agent   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Los Alamos partnerships with Fort Lewis College and Navajo Technical University pave a new path into the world of research * * * Elaina Saltclah, from the Red Mesa, Arizona area, near the Four Corners, first introduces herself in her native Navajo language, including the names of her clans. A Fort Lewis College student majoring in physics, with a minor in mathematic  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 56th Medical Group conducted exercise Ready Eagle II to train and practice skills relevant to a mass casualty situation, Feb. 15, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Ready Eagle II is a three-day long program that progresses from classroom work to tabletop exercises before concluding with a capstone simulated mass casualt  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Mason Hargrove, 56th Fighter Wing Members of the 56th Operation Support Squadron visited Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport's air traffic control tower, Feb. 12, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. The visit helped foster a stronger partnership and better communication between the ATC towers of Luke Air Force Base and Phoenix Sky Harbor. "We need to preserve our relationship with   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Heather Alissa Neff, 38, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 18 months in prison, and 36 months of supervised release. Neff pleaded guilty to Accepting a Bribe by a Public Official on August 31, 2023. From 2016 through June 2019, Neff worked as a corrections officer in the Bureau of Prisons facility at FCI Saf  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. According to court documents, Carrington Hammond, 29, worked with Arizona-based suppliers and local redistributors to sell kilogram-level quantities of fentanyl in the Eastern District   more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: A new era began when the 920th Rescue Wing's first new HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter touched down here Feb. 1. Flown to the 943d Rescue Group by the 305th Rescue Squadron, the arrival of the HH-60W marks the beginning of the wing's conversion from the HH-60G Pave Hawk, which served the wing since 1993, contributing to the rescue of over 4,000 lives. In addition to the wing's 2020 conversion   more