WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8812, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, with overwhelming bipartisan support. The legislation includes $50 million in funding secured by Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) for five water infrastructure projects across Arizona. "Arizona's continued success depends on securing our water future, and that means investing in modern water infrastruct  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 24 -- The University of Arizona's Native Nations Institute issued the following news release: * * * Master of Professional Studies student RaeAnna Rabang was one of seven U of A students selected to receive a 2024 Native Pathways Graduate Research Award. * * * Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Master of Professional Studies student in the University of Arizona's (U of A) Indigenous Governance Program RaeAnna Rabang says she's always "felt really spoiled" in terms of   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Latest Aim High grants to bring awards total to $11.55 million over eight years * * * The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today announced $1.8 million in new grants to 40 afterschool, summer, and expanded learning programs serving disadvantaged middle school youth. The funds will go to organizations across the United States. These latest grants bring the total of New Yo  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07) submitted an amendment to the appropriations funding bill, H.R. 8997 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The amendment, if adopted, would take $200 million in funding from the fossil fuel energy account and transfer it to the renewable energy account for the Renew America's Schools Program, which provides for the installation o  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 24 -- DarkSky International issued the following news release: DarkSky International officially certified Shield Ranch Barton Creek as an Urban Night Sky Place (UNSP). Shield Ranch joins three neighboring designated International Dark Sky Places: Dripping Springs and Bee Cave, Texas - both International Dark Sky Communities - and Travis County Milton Reimers Ranch Park - an International Dark Sky Park - augmenting the regional effort to protect the night sky. "Shield Ranc  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 24 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: By Logan Burtch-Buus, University Communications University of Arizona student Akira Jones is in the midst of a project-based summer internship at the Army Geospatial Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Using satellite and geospatial data, she helps predict snowmelt throughout Alaska. "Using Google Earth Engine's Sentinel-1 SAR dataset, I comb through each desired location and gather backscatter values at diff  more