FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, April 6 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Huachuca issued the following news: By Angelita Williams Eleven Soldiers from the 812th Signal Company-Tactical Installation Network (TIN) in Vallejo, California, laid more than 4,400 feet, nearly one mile, of fiber optic cable throughout the installation to connect five different facilities to the network in just two weeks. Two years ago, Fort Huachuca acquired more than 56 miles of fiber optic cable from the federal government as part   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Last week, United States Attorney Gary M. Restaino co-hosted a stakeholder discussion on qui tam, or whistleblower, cases under the civil False Claims Act (FCA). The event was also hosted by The Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAFC), a public interest, non-profit organization dedicated to defending and empowering whistleblowers who expose fraud on the government and the financial ma  more

YUMA, Arizona, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced a $25 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to protect and maintain two areas important for resilience and drought mitigation in the Southwest -- the Yuma East Wetlands and Topock Marsh in Arizona. "Through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, we have historic new resou  more

WICHITA, Kansas, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A Kansas man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl. Devonte Smith, 28, of Wichita pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, in April 2023, Smith and a co-defendant traveled by plane from Wichita to Arizona, to purchase fentanyl-laced pills, which they arranged to bring back to Kansas. In his pl  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, April 3 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Senior Airman Dominic Tyler, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 56th Fighter Wing brought Allied partners to Red Flag 24-2 March, 10-23, 2024, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Red Flag - Nellis 24-2 welcomed joint and coalition participants and provided aircrews the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment. This year, the 56th FW was represent  more

LUKE AFB, Arizona, April 3 -- The U.S. Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing issued the following news: By Senior Airman Jakob Hambright, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 56th Training Squadron hosted a renaming ceremony for the newly deemed Skip Hopler Fighter Training Center, March 29, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. "This building will serve as a world class training center for the F-35 for decades to come," said retired Lt. Gen. Tom Jones, former deputy commander of U.S. Air Forces in   more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Prescott National Forest - issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Prescott National Forest officials are requesting public comments and input on the Draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) Report for the abandoned Del Pasco Mine Site, located on the Bradshaw Ranger District, near Crown King, Arizona. The comment period begins April 8, 2024 and will conclude after 60 days. All wr  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- President Biden issued the following statement on April 2, 2024, on the death of quartermaster Lou Conter: * * * This week, America lost a hero. On December 7, 1941, Lou Conter was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona, stationed on Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. His job was quartermaster, assisting with the battleship's navigation. He had just turned 20 years old. When Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor began that morning, the Arizona was hit by several armor-piercing bo  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Linh Cao Nguyen, M.D., of Peoria, pleaded guilty on March 19, 2024, to Health Care Fraud. Nguyen's sentencing is scheduled for May 28, 2024, before United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker. Nguyen admitted that for years, he engaged in a scheme to defraud various health care benefit programs, including Medicare, TRICARE, AHCCCS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and UnitedHea  more