Thursday - October 31, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Friday October 04, 2024 ( 5 items )  

DEA-Seattle: Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation in Washington
SEATTLE, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Law enforcement fanned out across the country and in western Washington yesterday arresting 17 people on indictments and criminal complaints for a multi- state drug trafficking conspiracy. The two-year investigation alleges that the trafficking ring has been linked to a fatal fentanyl overdose on the Lummi Nation reservation in Whatcom County. La  more

Division Commander Tours Military Construction Projects in Southern Arizona
FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Huachuca issued the following news: By Robert DeDeaux U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division and Los Angeles District senior leaders toured several military construction project sites Sept. 18 - 19 in Southern Arizona. Col. James Handura, SPD commander, joined LA District senior leaders Col. Andrew Baker, commander, and Justin Gay, district deputy engineer, to meet with several military leaders and tour several installation p  more

EPA Requires City of Tolleson, Ariz. to Comply With Chemical Safety Laws
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * The City of Tolleson will also spend $268,192 on two voluntary supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) to improve the chlorine disinfection system * * * PHOENIX - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a settlement with the City of Tolleson, Arizona, that resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at  more

Flying Forward: U.S. pilot training mission at Luke Air Force Base transitions to F-35 exclusively
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. After nearly five decades as a training hub for F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots, the 56th Fighter Wing is shifting to exclusively F-35A Lightning II training for the U.S. pilots at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. This change will involve updating programs, remodeling infrastructure, and dismantling F-16 equipment to prepare for F-35 operations. The final U.S. F-  more

Wash. U.S. Attorney: Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Law enforcement fanned out across the country and in western Washington yesterday arresting 17 people on indictments and criminal complaints for a multi- state drug trafficking conspiracy. The two-year investigation alleges that the trafficking ring has been linked to a fatal fentanyl overdose on the Lummi Nation reservation in Whatcom County.   more