Santa Cruz County News

A Nogales, Ariz., teen is in jail after a gun he was handling went off, fatally wounding a 16-year-old girl.

The approximate area where the mile-wide open-pit mine would be dug. The copper mine will employ an estimated 400 people annually.

A 16-year-old boy suspected in the shooting death of a Nogales teenager has been booked into the Santa Cruz County Juvenile Detention Center, but so far has not been charged with anything.

Authorities say a 16-year-old girl is dead after she was apparently shot in the head Monday night.

For some veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, life after war means a trip to the unemployment line.

Nogales' community and economic development department is set to be dissolved next week, a move business leaders on both sides of the border are questioning in light of the massive federal expansion planned for the Mariposa Port of Entry.

Being strip-searched in Southern Arizona could become a lucrative revenue stream for thousands of people if a federal class-action lawsuit against Pima County is successful.

A federal class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Pima County Sheriffa s Department, claiming it has been conducting illegal strip searches at its jail for at least the past two years.

An intentionally set fire that destroyed one of the state's oldest wineries was the result of "an old-fashioned family feud on the border," its owner says.

A statewide drug-assistance program for HIV and AIDS patients is dramatically slashing the number of drugs it will cover, leaving local health-care providers scrambling for alternatives.

How about some wine with your meal? One of Arizona's oldest wineries has burned to the ground, sending ripples through the state's wine industry that it helped developed.

The first vineyards in Arizona were believed to have been planted by the Jesuits in the 17th century.

Each unit comprises one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.50 per common share for a period of two years following the close of the transaction.

Tucson copper company Asarco LLC overcame a major legal hurdle Friday when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved a $1.1 billion environmental settlement between the mining firm and federal and state agencies.The 'global' settlement resolves an estimated $6.8 billion in claims over polluted mine sites and marks a necessary step for Asarco to emerge ...

Sandy Rathbun reports Napolitano gives Ariz. $13M to fight border crime Arizona law enforcement agencies just got a big boost from the federal government.

We applaud the Pima County Board of Supervisors' decision to work with the U.S. Forest Service as a cooperating agency on the environmental-impact statement for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine.

Pima County will work with the Forest Service as a cooperating agency as the federal agency develops an environmental impact statement for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine.

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

Head for the Southern Arizona wine country in June. Elgin, Patagonia and Sonoita are opening their doors and inviting wine lovers and their families to a relaxing weekend of wine, food and fun in the cool setting of Arizona's Wine Country .

Known border deaths per 100,000 Border Patrol apprehensions: a 2004 - 38.8 a 2005 - 52.4 a 2006 - 46.4 a 2007 - 59.0 a 2008 - 57.0 a 2009 - 59.8 Sources : Deaths come from the Arizona Daily Star border-death database, which compiles information from the Pima and Cochise county medical examiners.