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TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Marchers line up at the Graham County Courthouse after a demonstration. Teachers are voting whether to strike. By Chris McCrory/Cronkite News PHOENIX – Arizona educators …
Arizona educators voting on whether to walk out for better pay, more classroom dollars Read More
TweetPinShareDue in part to its mild winters, Yuma has become a major source of winter vegetables. Recently, the region has been blamed for an E. coli outbreak in 11 states …
Tainted lettuce grown in Yuma blamed for multi-state E. coli outbreak Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A Red for Ed sign adorns Pima Elementary School. On Wednesday, teachers and students across Arizona held a “walk-in” to express support for the movement. By …
#RedForEd: Teachers ‘walk-in’ at Arizona schools as strike threat looms Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Doug Ducey: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey briefs National Guard members on their deployment at the border at Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix. More scheduled to be deployed Tuesday …
Ducey deploys 225 National Guard members to border Read More
TweetPinShare Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill: Border Patrol agents watch Arizona National Guard Soldiers in 2010 as part of Operation Phalanx, which saw the deployment of 1,200 guardsmen …
Ducey welcomes Trump plan to send National Guard troops to border Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Lakota Crockett, 10, left, and Alex Crockett, 11, display their signs for the #RedForEd march in Safford. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – While their …
Local group marches in solidarity with #RedForEd march on capitol Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Chelsey Ballarte/Cronkite News: Self-driving Uber cars will not be tested on Arizona streets for the foreseeable future. By Tatum Smith and Emily Richardson/Cronkite News PHOENIX – Hours after …
Uber self-driving cars suspended from Arizona roads; Waymo moves ahead Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Danielle Grobmeier/Cronkite News: The Arizona Legislature is considering a bill that would allow needle-exchange programs to emerge from the legal gray area where they now operate. By Joan Magtibay/Cronkite …
Arizona bill would legalize needle-exchange programs Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article PHOENIX – On Wednesday, Feb. 28, Ryan Smith Hagel, 30, a resident of San Luis Obispo, Calif., was indicted on a charge of being a Fugitive from Justice …
FBI searching for information on man caught with small arsenal, loads of ammunition and body armor Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy ICE: Spindle Cooling signs an agreement to participate in ICE’s IMAGE program to deter unauthorized employment. Contributed Article YUMA – A local San Luis-area warehouse company has become …
Yuma warehouse joins ICE’s IMAGE program Read More