WINDOW ROCK, Arizona, Jan. 7 -- The Navajo Nation Government issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: The 25th Navajo Nation Council is deeply saddened by the passing of Dine College President Dr. Charles Monty Roessel, who passed away early Monday morning, as confirmed by official notice from Dine College. "Dr. Roessel was a tireless advocate for tribal education and a visionary leader whose work transformed Dine College from a two-year institution to a four-year university," said S  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 7 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that Tomas Gamez-Robles was sentenced in Pima County Superior Court on December 30, 2024 after pleading guilty to multiple felonies. Gamez-Robles pled guilty to an Attempt to Transport a Narcotic Drug for Sale, a class 3 felony; Weapons Misconduct - Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Drug Felony, a class 4 felony; an  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 7 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news: * * * Co-located NSTC Prototyping and NAPMP Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility at ASU Represents Arizona's First National Research Facility; Will Anchor End-to-End Semiconductor Innovation Ecosystem * * * TEMPE, AZ (January 6, 2025) - The Arizona Commerce Authority announced today that the U.S. Commerce Department and Natcast, the operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), have selec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2025: The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) today announced President Salome Zourabichvili as its 2025 Kissinger Fellow. Zourabichvili has served as president of Georgia since 2018. She previously served as Georgia's first female minister of foreign affairs, where in 2005, she negotiated the withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia. She also was elected as a majorita  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 7 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of an infill 536K SF industrial complex to LaSalle * * * PHOENIX, Jan. 6, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today the sale of Tempe Commerce Park, a five-building industrial complex totaling 536,122 square feet in Tempe, Arizona. JLL represented the seller, a global investment manager and BKM, in the sale to LaSal  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy, a bit like raising a pair of binoculars at the moon in hopes of making out individual grains of dust inside its craters. Thanks to a cosmic quirk of nature, however, an international team led by astronomers at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory did just that.   more