Rio Rico News

"I was just kind of idly looking down, and then I saw fish. I was so shocked." Birdie Stabel, the leader of the river-watch division of the Friends of the Santa Cruz River, when she noticed the increasing fish population about two months ago News Elsewhere shocking sight seen in the Santa Cruz River Upgrade of border treatment plant revives fish By ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday celebrated the completion of the newly-upgraded Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Rio Rico, Arizona, near the border with Mexico.

On July 12, 2008, heavy rains fell in the border region, causing an estimated $8 million in damage to Nogales, Sonora, where water pooled up as high as 6 feet along storefronts.

A long-simmering dispute over a blocked river crossing near Tumacacori could boil over Saturday into open confrontation and eventually into court.

Ed Tribble reports Intestinal transplant: A first in Ariz. A Rio Rico woman hasn't had a bite to eat since last fall.

MEXICO: Smugglers in Nogales are now using the sewer system to transport their products across the U.S. border.

More Photos : Taste of Tubac - Where: Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burrel St.

A Pima County Sheriff deputy's home was vandalized last week and the Sahuarita Police Department is asking the public for help.

A three-vehicle collision has closed southbound Interstate 19 near Rio Rico. Minor injuries have been reported.

Lupita Murillo reports Three Rio Rico brothers busted by DEA Three Rio Rico brothers are at the center of a cocaine investigation.

If Congress passes its latest spending bill, Mexican-licensed trucks could be forced back into operating within 25 miles north of the U.S. border.

An arson fire Friday night destroyed a Northwest Side home which doubles as a psychic readings business, authorities said.

Fire crews from Green Valley, Tubac and Rio Rico are working on a brush fire near I-19 and Tumacacori.

The following is a press release from the Surprise Police Department: Surprise P.D. Luis Valenzuela SURPRISE, AZ.

Police officers detaining a man for driving on a suspended license discovered more than $30,000 in cash in his car Friday afternoon, authorities said.

Issue date: 2/10/09 Section: Extra! Hear Daniel Euphrat If you were thrown in prison, what do you think it would be for? Um, probably, I guess depending on the circumstances, either drug possession or murder.

The banner beneath the brightly colored Local Harvest Marketplace sign says "Grand Opening," but on Monday door signs offered a 25 percent discount on groceries for the market's closing sale.

January 30, 2009, 10:32 a.m. RYN GARGULINSKI Tucson Citizen A Thursday drug bust resulted in two arrests and the seizure of 350 pounds of marijuana, the Arizona Department of Public Safety reported Friday.

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to transporting drugs, taking bribes and worker's compensation fraud, authorities said.

Agents seized more than 800 pounds of marijuana Sunday in three separate incidents in Rio Rico, Amado, and Green Valley, a press release from the U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday.