Tucson, AZ, March 11, 2020– Amid the current global situation with the COVID-19, We have been decided to postpone this event for the safety of our attendees and all parties involved in the event. We are currently working in joint with the Tucson Convention Center team to decide on a new date,
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Raised by immigrant farmworkers in Somerton, Arizona, Regina is the youngest of six children and began breaking barriers early on as the first member of her family to vote and the first to graduate from college. She is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona and holds a post-graduate certificate from the Harvard Kennedy […]
Rodney S. Scott, a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol with ties to the local area, has been selected as the agency’s new chief. Scott’s selection was announced on Friday by Mark A. Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who said in a news release that Scott “brings an exceptional depth […]
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 Mine since 2017. […]
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” […]
