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TweetPinShareFile Photo By Megan Bridgeman/Cronkite News: Nationally, food service added 61,000 jobs in Math, the most of any industry, but total bar and restaurant employment was still below pre-pandemic levels. …
Arizona’s jobless rate continues to decline, falling to the lowest rate in 15 years Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy State of Arizona: The Chiricahua National Monument Contributed Article WASHINGTON D.C. – On Thursday, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly’s bill that would re-designate Chiricahua National Monument as Chiricahua National Park passed …
Senator Kelly’s bill to make Chiricahua Arizona’s fourth National Park unanimously passes the Senate Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By pixbay.com As it stands, sports betting is now legal in the state of Arizona. In fact, there are currently 18 sports betting apps that are accessible to Arizona …
What is the status and future of online betting in Arizona? Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo: Members of a state prison wildland fire crew work on a previous fire. More than 100 inmates became members of the state’s first Arizona Healthy Forest Initiative …
Arizona inmates forming the first-ever Healthy Forest Crew trained at Fort Grant Unit, ASPC-Safford Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com TUCSON – Three migrants were treated at a local hospital Sunday after being shoved out of a moving vehicle by their smuggler. The three migrants, ages …
Smuggler shoves migrants out of moving vehicle Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Camila Pedrosa/Cronkite News: Several dozen protesters marched down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Trump International Hotel to the White House earlier this week to call for an end …
Kelly, Sinema tell Biden to think twice before ending border policy Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com WILLCOX – A man was listed as being in critical condition Thursday after shooting himself Wednesday night following a high-speed chase down I-10 and Highway 191. …
High-speed chase on I-10 and Highway 191 ends in shooting Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Unit located a lost pair of migrants who had been left behind to die. Contributed …
Air and Marine Operations ASTAR finds a pair of migrants abandoned in the west desert Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Arizona Water Defenders Chair Ashley Dahlke and Treasurer Rebekah Wilce prepare to turn in a petition with more than the required amount of signatures to put an Active …
Water conservation group petitions Cochise County to create management area for Willcox Groundwater Basin Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES – Over the past week, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to shrink in Graham and Greenlee counties. After having peaks …
COVID-19 cases continue to dip in Graham, Greenlee counties Read More