WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Aircraft Boneyard Supports DOD Readiness, Saves Taxpayer Dollars The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, better known as the "boneyard," contains nearly 4,000 aircraft and 6,650 aircraft engines, making it the largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. AMARG, located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, is creating efficiencies and readiness for the mi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Border Patrol Vehicle Damaged in Foiled Smuggling Attempt For More Information AZCBPPublicAffairs@cbp.dhs.gov TUCSON, Ariz. - Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three Mexican nationals who attempted to flee from agents near Interstate-19 in Nogales, Arizona, last night. Nogales Station agents observed a black Trailblazer suspected of human smug  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 12 -- The Arizona Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Constituents Continue to Ask Ciscomani "Why are you lying about indefensible cost-cutting?" March 4, 2025 Juan Ciscomani's embrace of DOGE, Donald Trump, and a budget that cuts Medicare spending to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans continues to be in direct opposition to the Arizonans he represents. This week they are asking, "Why are you lying about indefensible cost-cutting, which   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 12, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY BOH Environmental LLC, Covington, Louisiana, has been awarded a maximum $466,000,000 firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for specialized shipping and storage containers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Reg  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Jury Convicts Tolleson Man of Conspiracy to Transport and Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit TUCSON, Ariz. - Nathan Isaiah Solano, 23, of Tolleson, was convicted by a federal jury last week of one count of Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens and two counts of Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit. The guilty verdicts came after a three-day jury t  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science issued the following commentary on March 12, 2025: * * * NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, has achieved   more