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TweetPinShareVote for your favorite at azdot.gov/SignContest Contributed Article/Courtesy ADOT PHOENIX – Well done, Arizona. The Arizona Department of Transportation received more than 3,200 entries in its Safety Message Contest earlier this month. Now, …
Finalists announced in ADOT’s Safety Message Contest Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Lisa Pott: Audrie Pott, 15, took her own life in September 2012 after she was raped at a Labor Day party and photos of the assault were shared …
Smartphones, Snapchat, Instagram transform how today’s teens bully each other Read More
TweetPinShareSome vets eligible for skills test waiver Contributed Article Veterans of the U.S. military who operated large vehicles as part of their service may qualify for an Arizona Department of …
Drive a big truck in the military? There may be a simpler path to a commercial driver license Read More
TweetPinShareMeg Potter Photo/Cronkite News: Cotton farmer Paco Ollerton is cautiously considering growing industrial hemp this summer. “As long as I’ve been around, you grow some things and they don’t work …
Arizona farmers can legally grow industrial hemp, but will they take the risk? Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Officers removed packages from all four doors of a smuggling vehicle. Contributed Article: Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – U.S. Customs …
Nogales CBP officers seize $488K in hard drugs Read More
TweetPinShareU.S. Customs and Border Protection is considering replacing up to 63 miles of vehicle barrier (shown on the right) and pedestrian fencing with a bollard wall in Pima and Cochise …
CBP seeking public input concerning a proposed border barrier project in Pima and Cochise counties Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Officers removed packages of meth from the doors and quarter panels of the smuggling vehicle. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection TUCSON …
Border Patrol officers seized $1.2 million worth of drugs at Port of San Luis over the weekend Read More
TweetPinShareAn area of trees on Mount Graham is decimated during the 2017 Frye Fire. Overgrowth contributes to more devastating forest fires and the Healthy Forest Initiative aims to assist timber …
ADOT, partners expand Healthy Forest Initiative to reduce wildfire risk Read More
TweetPinShareEDITOR’S NOTE: This release is being reissued as an expansion of the March 21, 2019 recall, which consisted of 69,093 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products. The scope of this recall …
Tyson Foods, Inc. recalls nearly 12 million pounds of chicken strip products due to possible foreign matter contamination Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Officers seized a combination of drugs from the vehicle of a Sahuarita woman. Contributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES – U.S. …
CBP officers seize $3.8 million worth of hard drugs Read More