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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: A DPS trooper located 47 pounds of heroin during a traffic stop on an SUV that was eastbound on Interstate 40 on its way to Oklahoma. Staff …
DPS seizes 47 pounds of heroin from traffic stop Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ICE: Border Patrol agents line up a group of 128 illegal immigrants located Friday. Contributed Article AJO – Ajo Station Border Patrol agents encountered a group of 128 …
Agents encounter 128 illegal immigrants abandoned by smugglers Read More
TweetPinShareCrash allegedly occurred after a night of drinking Staff Reports PHOENIX – Detectives with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a Maricopa man on charges of two counts …
Man charged with manslaughter after allegedly hiding victims after deadly crash Read More TweetPinShareContributed Article PHOENIX – On Sunday, Aug. 19, at about 6:54 a.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers received a call regarding an unknown problem on southbound SR 101 …
DPS detectives investigate woman’s death along SR 101 near Bell Road Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Ellen O’Brien/Cronkite News: Thomas Suggs is one of about two dozen clients of the I-HELP program run by nonprofit AZCEND in Chandler. The program is an alternative to …
Church ‘campout’: Faith community provides food, shelter for homeless in Chandler Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Navajo Tribal Authority: The Kayenta Solar project created as many as 284 construction jobs as it was being built, in an area with chronically high unemployment. It opened …
Tribally owned solar power plant beats skeptics, odds on Navajo Nation Read More TweetPinShareState detective equipped with opioid overdose emergency treatment Narcan revived unconscious man Contributed Article Douglas – An Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detective used Narcan to revive a man that …
AZDPS detective saves life of drug overdose victim Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Nick Serpa/Cronkite News: Arizona Game & Fish uses trucks like this to haul water to catchments across the state, but some extremely remote catchments require water delivery via …
Arizona maintains thousands of water catchments to ensure healthy wildlife populations Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Agents seized nearly 104 pounds of hard drugs at the Mariposa Crossing on Wednesday. Contributed Article NOGALES – U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
Nogales CBP officers seize nearly 104 pounds of hard drugs Read More TweetPinShareAn alert citizen and state trooper’s quick response led to the discovery of the girls Contributed Article MARICOPA COUNTY – On Aug. 7, at approximately 10:22 p.m., a citizen called …
Woman abandons young daughters along remote Arizona highway Read More