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News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors Newsletter for Tuesday July 02, 2024 ( 3 items )  

DEA Seizes One-Quarter of Utah's 2023 Fentanyl Pill Total... in Less Than Two Weeks
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division issued the following news release: The Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) seized approximately 170,000 fentanyl pills in Utah operations last month. In less than two weeks in June, 170,000 fentanyl pills were seized across the state. This represents 25.6% of the total fentanyl pill seizures in Utah in all of 2023. A record 664,000+ fentan  more

Eglin AFB: Goodbye Grey Wolf
EGLIN AFB, Florida, July 2 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: By Samuel King Jr. The MH-139A Grey Wolf's back left tire was the last to leave the ground as Maj. Jonathan Palka's synchronized stick and pedal movements propelled the aircraft up, forward and away from Duke Field's runway. The lift-off June 27 marked the last aircraft out and official end of the new helicopter's time at Eglin and its flight forward to a future as an Air Force Global Strike Com  more

FAA: Investing in America - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Airport Investments Amid Record-Breaking Air Travel Season
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing a seventh round of Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) totaling $289 million to 129 airports across 40 states, improving the safety and efficiency of air travel. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's AIG program, part of t  more