Wednesday - December 17, 2025
*Arizona Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday December 02, 2025 ( 10 items )  

ABOR and Valley Suns Team Up to Boost FAFSA Completion
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 2 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2025: * * * ABOR and Valley Suns team up to boost FAFSA completion Class of 2026 high school seniors that complete the FAFSA can receive four free Valley Suns tickets to an upcoming game. * The Arizona Board of Regents and the Valley Suns, the NBA G League affiliate of the Phoenix Suns, are joining forces to inspire Arizona's Class of 2026 to take the next step toward college, while also en  more

Chairman Jordan and Rep. Hageman Probe Cartel Activity on Tribal Lands Fueled by Biden-Harris Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2025: * * * Chairman Jordan and Rep. Hageman Probe Cartel Activity on Tribal Lands Fueled by Biden-Harris Border Crisis Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel requesting data regarding how the Biden-Harris Administration's open border polic  more

Department of War Announces Proposed Javelin Missile Sale to Bulgaria
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of War (formerly the U.S. Department of Defense) released an arms sales notification outlining a proposed transfer of FGM-148F Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Bulgaria, including launch units, training support and long-term sustainment logistics. The notice, issued under Transmittal 24-72, details Bulgaria's request for 218 Javelin missiles -- including four fly-to-buy rounds -- and 107 Lightweight Command Launch Units, alongside simulator  more

From polar bears to precision strikes: McMechan's 40-year score
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * From polar bears to precision strikes: McMechan's 40-year score * James McMechan counted polar bear points before he counted missile hits Growing up in Ames, Iowa, the future electronics engineer camped with his father through brutal Midwestern winters. Tents pitched on frozen ground. Thermometers plunging below zero. Boy Scout patches earned for enduring 100 nights of subfreezin  more

Heard Museum to Repatriate Native American Remains and Funerary Objects to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona has completed a formal inventory of human remains and funerary objects held in its collections and has confirmed cultural affiliation with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation. Acting under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the museum reported that remains belonging to at least one Native American individual were identified, along with 31 associated funerary objects   more

ICE Philadelphia arrests Salvadoran criminal alien convicted of child cruelty, intent to deliver fentanyl, attempted robbery and attempted money laundering
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia arrests Salvadoran criminal alien convicted of child cruelty, intent to deliver fentanyl, attempted robbery and attempted money laundering * WASHINGTON ERO Philadelphia arrested Arnoldo Antonio Prieto-Lopez, a 51-year-old criminal illegal alien from El Salvador with a decades-long record, including a federal conviction for possession o  more

Interior Department, Museum of Northern Arizona to Repatriate Burial Objects to Hualapai Tribe
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, has completed an updated inventory of funerary objects from an archaeological site on the Hualapai Indian Reservation and confirmed cultural affiliation with the Hualapai Indian Tribe, according to a Notice of Inventory Completion filed through the National Park Service. The notice identifies four funerary objects associated with ancestral burials at site NA5998   more

U.S. Department of Education Announces New and Improved Portal for Universities to Report Foreign Funding
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Announces New and Improved Portal for Universities to Report Foreign Funding * Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) notified institutions of higher education of a new foreign funding reporting portal, set to launch on January 2, 2026. Pursuant to Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, postsecondary institutions receiving federal financial assistance m  more

USGS Evaluates Dragonfly and Damselfly Habitat at Glen Canyon Backwater Targeted for Fish Management
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Open-File Report 2025-1042, titled 'Assessment of dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) occupancy and habitat suitability at -12 Mile Slough, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona,' by Anya Nova Metcalfe, Morgan A. Ford, Lawrence E. Stevens and Theodore A. Kennedy, examining how proposed habitat changes could affect aquatic insects downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. The report, prepared by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and R  more

USGS Study Tracks Groundwater Gains From Southeast Tucson Recharge Project
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5017, titled 'Groundwater response to managed aquifer recharge at the Southeast Houghton Artificial Recharge Project in Tucson, Arizona,' by Libby M. Wildermuth, Jeffery R. Kennedy and Jacob L. Conrad, detailing how a Tucson recharge facility affects groundwater storage beneath the city's east side. The report, prepared in cooperation with Tucson Water under the agency's Water Avail  more