Picacho News

Formerly a hospital for the historic town's miners, the hotel is now said by some to be the most haunted building in town.

Blowing dust caused a crash on Interstate 10 and the eastbound lanes north of Picacho Peak are closed, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.

PICACHO, AZ a ' An accident on Interstate 10 killed on person near Picacho Peak on Wednesday morning.

The nightmare of driving to downtown Tucson is coming to an end. Work to rebuild and widen about 6 miles of Interstate 10, which kept all the ramps in downtown Tucson closed for two years, is ending about six months early.

Authorities say a Texas woman driving a tractor-trailer was killed and her passenger husband injured Friday when the big rig carrying hazardous materials rolled over and burst into flames on an Arizona highway.

Interstate 10 has reopened following a fatal crash near Picacho Peak. The driver of the semi carrying corrosive material died in the fiery wreck that left Interstate 10 closed for several hours.

State police have closed eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson after a truck carrying hazardous materials rolled, sparking a fire or explosion and killing at least one person.

About 265 customers are without power in southern Arizona in the Red Rock Village area.

Stephon Faulkner, 3, of Picacho, sits patiently before taking off on a burro ride during Rawhide's A Star Spangled Shoot Out July 4, 2009 in Chandler.

A bill that would have cleared the way for a Houston company to open up a huge underground cavern to store natural gas near Eloy died in the Legislature's closing days.

At the north end of the Dripping Springs Mountains, just off U.S. Route 60, sits a daunting red-streaked bluff.

A UA student who gave birth in a residence hall in February had a previous pregnancy that ended in a miscarriage, according to documents obtained from Child Protective Services.

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in the February shooting death of a Picacho man.

April 13, 2009, 5:49 p.m. DAVID L. TEIBEL Tucson Citizen A 16-year-old boy injured last week in a Pima County Sheriff's Department chase will not be charged in an attack on his grandmother, but the 13-year-old boy who drove the fleeing SUV faces numerous charges, authorities said Monday.

A 16-year-old boy involved in a police chase last week will not face charges. The teen and a 13-year-old friend had run away from a group home and showed up at his grandmothera TMs home asking for food.