TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Ahmed Mahad Mohamed, 27, and Abdi Yemeni Hussein, 26, both citizens of Somalia who were living in Tucson at the time of the offense, were sentenced last week by Chief United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps. Mohamed was sentenced to 132 months in prison and Hussein was sentenced to 96 months in prison, followed by lifetime terms of supervised release. Chief Judge Zip  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * The funding will support the conservation of over 64,500 acre-feet of water over 10 years * * * Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego celebrated $257,600,000 in funding for long-term water conservation projects coming to the City of Tucson, Town of Gilbert, and the Salt River Project in partnership with the Central Arizona Project, thanks to Kelly's Inflation Reduction Act. Th  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 23 -- DarkSky International issued the following news release: Sisters, Oregon, has been certified as an International Dark Sky Community by DarkSky International. This designation makes it the state's second Community and the seventh overall International Dark Sky Place. Sisters joins Eastern Lake County (Phase 1 of the proposed Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary), Oregon Caves National Monument, the city of Antelope, Cottonwood Canyon State Park, Prineville   more