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

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

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

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland, July 31 -- Sinclair, a media company and a provider of local news and sports, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: PORTLAND, Ore. - Sinclair today announced Dean Ditmer has been named Vice President/General Manager of KATU and KUNP in Portland, OR. Ditmer was previously President/GM at KPNX, KMSB and KTTU in Tucson, AZ. He has held several executive leadership positions across the broadcast industry, including Director of Sales at KUSA in Denver, General   more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 31 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: Tech Launch Arizona, the University of Arizona office that commercializes inventions stemming from university research and innovation, saw a record number of inventions during the 2024 fiscal year. Between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, TLA received 307 new inventions, up from 298 in fiscal year 2023 and 303 in fiscal year 2022. The office also launched nine startups; executed 75 licen  more