EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Paso Del Norte port of entry in downtown El Paso seized 5.4 pounds of cocaine Wednesday night. The drugs have an estimated street value of $162,000. The…

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers performing anti-terror inspections at border ports of entry in El Paso, West Texas, and New Mexico made a total of 40 drug seizures during the past seven days. They seized…

October is here with all the little ghouls and goblins getting ready for trick-or-treat night. Halloween actually dates back to the Celts who lived 2,000 years ago in what is now Ireland, the UK and northern France. These people celebrated…

Phoenix More money is now available to farmers and ranchers who qualify for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a voluntary conservation program administered by the National Resources Conservation Service. Awards in 2008 will be increased to 75 percent of…

Phoenix, Arizona - Apache County Sheriff Brian Hounshell today pleaded guilty to Solicitation for Misuse of Public Monies, a Class 6 undesignated felony. As part of his plea agreement, he also submitted his resignation, effective Sept. 30. Hounshell was indicted…

WASHINGTON DEA and federal law enforcement officials from the FDAs Office of Criminal Investigations and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced the culmination of Operation Raw Deal, an international case targeting the global underground trade of anabolic steroids, human…

Phoenix, Arizona - On September 20, 2007, the Arizona State Parks Board awarded $10.1 million in grants from the Arizona Heritage Fund, the Land Conservation Fund, and the Recreational Trails Program. The Heritage Fund, created in November 1990, provides up…

Flagstaff, AZ The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fugitive Operations Team arrested Juan Carlos Ramirez in Flagstaff early this morning. Ramirez was wanted for the brutal stabbing death of his girlfriend in North Carolina. He…

Arizona's first case of plague since 2000 has been reported in an adult female in Apache County. The woman became ill early September from a flea bite at her home in northern Arizona. She is now recovering after receiving the…

WASHINGTON President Bush issued a memorandum today to Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, directing the deferral of enforced departure for 18 months, until March 31, 2009, of any qualified Liberian national (or person without nationality who last habitually resided…

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Air Force Rescue Coordination Center officials here continue to provide critical search and rescue support in the multistate effort to find Steve Fossett, an adventurer missing since Sept. 3. The extensive coordination and…

TRENTON, N.J. In a public corruption investigation that progressed from southern to northern New Jersey, five members of the same local Atlantic County school board, two state Assemblymen from Passaic and Essex Counties, the mayor of Passaic, one current and…