Rio Rico News

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RIO RICO, AZ - James Carl Wimmer passed away Saturday October 3, 2009 at Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, AZ.

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There's so much seized marijuana in Santa Cruz County that authorities need three storage facilities just to hold it all.

TUCSON, AZ a ' A woman reportedly pled guilty on Monday to falsifying information on a federal document to a government agency and could face up to five years in prison.

When you're a reporter digging deep, you turn up a lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you can put all the good dirt in the story.

A traffic stop on Interstate 19 near Rio Rico led to the discovery of 97 illegal immigrants being transported in a refrigerated commercial trailer Wednesday night.

The discovery of 97 illegal immigrants crammed into the nearly freezing refrigerated trailer of a semi ranks as one of the most dangerous smuggling attempts ever in Arizona, veteran border officials say.

A traffic stop on Interstate 19 near Rio Rico led to the discovery of 97 illegal immigrants being transported in a refrigerated commercial trailer Wednesday night.

"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.