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TweetPinShareConstruction on replacement pedestrian fencing in the Lukeville area is in a 2018 contract project. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection LUKEVILLE – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to …
Lack of infrastructure continually exploited for illegal immigration Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Andrew Howard/Cronkite News: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, on her way to the State of the Union address this month with Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. In one of her …
Sinema joins GOP, two Democrats, to confirm Barr as attorney general Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A modified Jeep Cherokee gets stuck on a makeshift ramp laid over a vehicle barrier. Border Patrol chased the Jeep south back toward …
Criminals ramp-up attempts to smuggle drugs into the U.S. Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Agents removed fentanyl from a floor compartment. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection YUMA – Blythe Station agents working at the Highway …
Fentanyl confiscated by Yuma Sector Border Patrol Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Dexter K. Oliver: This U.S. Forest Service-entrusted horse named Snip died a particularly painful death from dehydration during the summer of 2016. Snip’s death, along with another horse …
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests continue to investigate horse incidents Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Silvestre Verdugo-Valles, a previously convicted armed robber, was apprehended in a group of 10 people who illegally entered the U.S. east of Lukeville …
Border Patrol arrests convicted armed robber Read More
TweetPinShareArizona taxpayers can still take deductions for charitable giving on state returns Contributed Article PHOENIX – With recently enacted changes in tax laws that double the standard deduction, many people …
Tax law changes could mean projected annual loss of $272 million, 10,000 jobs, to Arizona nonprofits Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy SCPD: Isaiah Wilson Polk, 32, was apprehended without incident. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAN CARLOS – Isaiah Wilson Polk, 32, of San Carlos, was apprehended by San Carlos …
San Carlos man arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot up schools, cops Read More
TweetPinShareA CBP officer shot a U.S. citizen in the southbound outgoing lanes at Nogales’ Dennis Deconcini Port of Entry on Thursday. The shooting closed the lanes temporarily and is still …
CBP officer shoots U.S. citizen attempting to cross into Mexico Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: A group of illegal immigrants from Central America surrenders to agents west of Lukeville on Thursday. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
Group of 325 Central Americans apprehended near Lukeville Read More