PHOENIX, Arizona, July 31 -- The Arizona Department of Revenue issued the following news release: The Arizona Department of Revenue's (ADOR) Unclaimed Property program returned a record $88 million to rightful owners in fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024), significantly higher than the recent 5-year average of $57 million per year. Amounts given back to owners ranged from $1.0 to $1.5 million. "ADOR's Unclaimed Property team is dedicated to their mission of reuniting owners with t  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 31 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news: * * * Arizona attracted record capital investment and jobs created in Fiscal Year 2024 * * * Arizona economic development efforts continued to set a new standard of excellence and build on the state's economic momentum in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24). In the 12-month fiscal period that ended on June 30, 2024, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) and local economic development agencies successfully worked with   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $427 million in funding for 245 airport-related infrastructure grants across 39 states to modernize and improve America's airports. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law for airp  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $427 million in funding for 245 airport-related infrastructure grants across 39 states to modernize and improve America's airports. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of t  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 31 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division issued the following news release: Amanda Rachelle Miller, 33, of Tucson, was apprehended in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico and deported to the United States on May 30, 2024, to face three felony indictments in the District of Arizona. Miller is a U.S. citizen and had been a fugitive for approximately three-and-a-half years at the time of her arrest in Mexico. Miller made her initial court ap  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, July 31 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news: By Ryan Rayno Eighteen students from the Defense Civilian Training Corps, or DCTC, pilot program visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, July 23-25, 2024, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The program is a Reserve Officers' Training Corps-like program that prepares future Department of Defense civilians through a targeted curricul  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Europe East District Superintendent Ms. Elizabeth Fales is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Vitania Quinones-Quinland as principal at Patch Elementary School, located at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. Dr. Quinones-Quinland brings more than 21 years of experience in education to Patch Elementary School. She has taug  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHOENIX--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a settlement with Fann Contracting, Inc., underscoring the crucial importance of compliance with the Clean Air Act. The company was found to be operating a portable hot mix asphalt plant on the Navajo Nation near Kayenta, Arizona, without a Tribal Minor New Source Review (NSR) permit to control air pollutants. As part of the set  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * IMLS Acting Director Cyndee Landrum will bestow the nation's highest museum and library honor on ten institutions * * * The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced that the award ceremony for the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Services will be held at The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum this evening. IMLS Acting Dire  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: The Justice Department filed a statement of interest (https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/statement-interest-city-san-luis) yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona explaining that a church's claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) are ready for judicial review in federal court. The statement of interest was file  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details Mexican free-tailed bats are among the most frequently killed by wind turbines in the southwestern U.S. (B.T. Hamilton, National Park Service) DENVER, Colo. Mexican free-tailed bats tend to live in the same areas that are good for wind energy, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and an international t  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, July 31 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news: The U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently finished an educational partnership with a group of high school students from Arizona. CBC scientists supported the students with their research on methods to prevent megadroughts through innovative water harvesting methods. The educational partnership began during the 202  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher S. Wilson, 28, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 5 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The prison term will be followed by 4 years of s  more