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Traffic via Sasabe may surge as 33 miles of road are paved
A stretch of newly paved road cuts through a mountain pass just outside Saric, Sonora.
Scouts Make Friends, Help Keep Community Safe
As the sun baked the urban Iraqi streets to a soul-melting 120 degrees, Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers continued a mission that has occupied much of the past four months for them.
Work to close freeway lanes near Nogales
Road work will result in lane closures on I-19 near Nogales during the evening and overnight hours between Monday, July 7, and Saturday, July 12.
Crackdown on Aliens Stirs National Immigration Debate
A man climbs over the fence on the US-Mexico border into Nogales, Ariz. A man climbs over the fence on the US-Mexico border into Nogales, Ariz.
Smuggled Mexican toddler reunited with his parents
A 1 1/2-year-old boy from Mexico whom authorities found at a suspected drop house in Tucson this month has been reunited with his parents.
Feds Plan 57 Towers in AZ to Watch for Migrants
Are we sure they will just be looking of "migrants"? Half of these aren't even on the border! Arizona Daily Star The Department of Homeland Security is planning to put up 45 surveillance towers and upgrade 12 ...
Buy gas in Mexico, save bucks, but beware
If you're going to Mexico to buy your gasoline, be sure to get a meal while you're there.
Panel weighs border toll to cut long waits
' Would you be willing to pay a toll to expedite getting back to Arizona after a trip to Mexico? The concept was tossed around Friday by officials from the Arizona-Mexico Commission who are looking for ways to ...
Mom of slain Tucson siblings gets $1M settlement from state, attorney says
Ariana and Tyler Payne are shown hugging in this undated photo. The mother of the children, Jamie Hallam, recently settled a lawsuit against the state for $1 million, her lawyer says.
Just as US National Guard members are packing up and bidding farewell to the desert after a two-year effort to secure the border with Mexico, efforts are intensifying to have them stay By Randal C. Archibold NY ...
Tons Of Marijuana Found Among Melons
More than 5,000 pounds of marijuana was found by narcotics detector dogs hidden among watermelons in a tractor-trailer that was trying to cross into Arizona from Mexico, Customs and Border Protection officers ...
Lockup study shows state failing our youths
Mary K. Reinhart , Tribune Arizona has a higher percentage of nonviolent youths in custody than almost any state in the nation, and recidivism rates show that many will be back in the system within three years ...
Program gives 4 businesses encore funding
The Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative doesn't kick all of its fledglings out of the nest after the first year.
Court ponders felony charge filed against John Jackson
By Julia Bishop Justice Pro Tempore Alfred Islas said he needed up to six days to review memorandum and make a decision on whether to bind to the Superior Court a conflict-of-interest case against Nogales City ...
Arizona Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for child Smuggling
TUCSON, Ariz. - Leeann Ortiz, 28, of Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced here today to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Court Chief Judge John M. Roll for attempting to smuggle three young children into the ...
Nursing shortage may loom in county
The number of registered nurses in Pima County exceeds the national average, but there is still a critical shortage here that could affect the quality of health care in years to come, an Arizona Hospital and ...
TRAVEL: Birds, goats, horses, dogs, guests all love Spirit Tree Inn : Entertainment
It's a sort of cross between a down-on-the-farm weekend and an Audubon outing. Spirit Tree Inn, about three miles east of Patagonia in Arizona's far southeast corner, offers a low-key experience that's ideal ...
Two trucks stopped on I-19 yield millions in drugs Law enforcement crews stopped two large trucks on Interstate 19 in less than a week and seized large amounts of marijuana.
Southern AZ tomatoes hop border for labor needs
It was a conundrum with a seemingly obvious solution. Tomatoes harvested in Arizona needed to be packaged, but labor was scarce.