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TweetPinShareCochise County Courthouse By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SIERRA VISTA – Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Douglas Robert Packer, 63, of Sierra Vista, was out on bond on sexual assault charges …
Cochise County Sheriff’s Office chaplain arrested on additional sexual abuse charges Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAN SIMON – A fatal collision between two westbound semi-trucks on Interstate-10 closed a section of freeway near the New Mexico border for four miles early …
Fatal semi-truck collision closes westbound I-10 Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com WASHINGTON D.C. – George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew it on their plantations. It was grown for the war effort in 1943 at the behest of …
Trump signs 2018 Farm Bill legalizing hemp cultivation on a federal level Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy U.S. House of Representatives: Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema will be the first female senator from Arizona, and the first Democrat in more than two decades when she is sworn …
First in Congress? Get in line, as more women, minorities head to the Hill Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy DPS At 12:14 p.m. Friday, there was a six-vehicle four-time fatal collision on Interstate 10 westbound at milepost 232. Minutes before this collision, DPS had put out an …
Multiple vehicle crash involving multiple fatalities closes I-10 north of Marana Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Law enforcement on both sides ofNogales discovered an incomplete smuggling tunnel Monday afternoon. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – Tucson …
Incomplete cross-border tunnel discovered in Nogales Read More
TweetPinShareTogether again. Martha McSally, right, will join Kyrsten Sinema as Arizona’s Senator as she was appointed Tuesday to fulfill former Sen. John McCain’s seat until the 2020 election. By Jon …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SANTA MARIA, CALIF. – Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. of Santa Maria, Calif. is voluntarily recalling green and red leaf lettuce and cauliflower grown at their farm. …
California farm tied to romaine lettuce recall for E. coli recalling cauliflower and other lettuce Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com IRVING, TEXAS – The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is reportedly considering filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings due to possible future payouts due to Scouts who …
Boy Scouts to declare bankruptcy due to sex abuse scandals? Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Sean Hobson/Creative Commons: The multistate drought contingency plan would affect how much each state is allowed to draw from the Colorado River if levels at Lake Mead continue …
Despite fits and starts, officials optimistic a water deal is close Read More