A mining company with big plans for mineral deposits near Patagonia has finished a clean-up project that sealed off waste from an old mine in the area. Australia-based South32 said in a Jan. 17 news release that more than $30 million had been spent on remediation work at the former Trench Camp
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A former Nogales mayoral candidate and businessman agreed this week to plead guilty to federal drug-smuggling charges. Ramon Alberto “Beto” Fuentes, 52, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2014 and published the now-defunct Spanish-language newspaper El Heraldo, signed a deal with prosecutors on Wednesday in which he agreed to plea guilty to illegally importing cocaine
Another metro Phoenix city is considering a ban on where residents can vape. The Buckeye City Council decided at a January work session to vote on regulating vaping at a future meeting, which would make it the third Valley city to do so. Goodyear in September raised the smoking and vaping age to 21 and […]
Wendsler Nosie Sr., broke his arm when he was 9, the sort of thing that happens to 9-year-old boys. He didn’t know it then, but the accident would help shape his life as a Native cultural rights activist. “My mom took me to the hospital and they couldn’t fix it,” said Nosie, pointing to a […]
The free credit score website WalletHub compared 50 states across 50 individual metrics to find out which states are best to raise a family in. Arizona didn’t fare well. Arizona ranked the 10th worst state in the country to raise a family in, according to the rankings. The 50 metrics used were separated into five […]
State schools Superintendent Kathy Hoffman on Tuesday reiterated her goals of an equitable education system following a weekend during which more than 100 Valley parents camped outside of Sunnyslope High School to register their children in the school, which is one of the top-rated public high schools in the Phoenix area. A team of parents […]
This time we are not fighting California. It’s a family feud right here in Arizona. Urban versus rural. Phoenix and Tucson ganging up on the rural communities along the Colorado River in western Arizona. The opening shots have been fired by out-of-state speculators buying up farms along the river. Once they have these “water farms” […]
Los propietarios de terrenos privados en Arizona podrán construir sus secciones de un muro fronterizo con México, sin necesidad de un permiso de la ciudad o del condado, de aprobarse una propuesta de un legislador estatal, que ya tiene detractores en términos de medio ambiente y de inmigración. El proyecto de ley fue presentado recientemente […]
Por la crisis migratoria y no por la tensión en el medio Oriente tras el asesinato de un líder militar, es que se mantiene reforzada la frontera con México. Marco Antonio Estrada, alguacil del Condado de Santa Cruz, Arizona, expuso que hasta ayer no recibían comunicación alguna de parte de las autoridades federales en relación […]
Casi dos mil balas para armas de alto poder fueron decomisadas en esta frontera, luego de una breve persecución por las calles de la ciudad. El parte oficial indica que en la garita 1 Puerta de Mé- xico ingresó un vehículo, tipo sedán, Toyota, por el carril 1 al cual le tocó la luz roja […]





















