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TweetPinShareBy Dan Allison/Cronkite News TUCSON – Friends, family, Tucson community members and dignitaries honored the life of Congressman Raúl Grijalva Wednesday during a funeral Mass at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson followed …
Memorial services for Congressman Raúl Grijalva held in Tucson Read More
TweetPinShareBy Tom Forbes/Cronkite News TUCSON – Soon, Tucsonans won’t have to travel to Phoenix to fulfill their ice skating and hockey needs. Tucson’s newest sports and recreational complex is under …
Groundbreaking development: Mosaic Quarter set to transform Tucson sports scene with 2027 opening Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION RESERVATION – A woman missing out of Safford since Aug. 17 was found deceased on the Tohono O’odham Nation Reservation on Aug. 23 …
Missing Safford woman found deceased on Tohono O’odham Nation west of Tucson Read More
TweetPinShareA Safford man was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to strangling his girlfriend in 2021. Contributed Article/Courtesy DOJ TUCSON – Thomas Esquivias Ramirez, 31, of Safford, …
Safford man sentenced to 30 months for assault by strangulation Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By John Lamparski/NurPhoto/Shutterstock: Migrants are detained in Texas by U.S. Border Patrol agents in the June 1, 2022, photo. Southern border apprehensions hit almost 2.4 million, a record, in …
Southern border apprehensions hit a record 2.4 million in fiscal 2022 Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Raphael Romero Ruiz/Cronkite Borderlands Project: Examining unidentified remains is just one of the jobs for medical examiners, who have seen caseloads surge with a spike in the …
As death rates rise, medical examiners struggle to keep pace with caseload Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy AZDPS: A 26-year-old Rio Rico man was stopped with 36 pounds of fentanyl pills. Contributed Article/Courtesy AZDPS MARANA – On Thursday, March 10, an Arizona Department of Public …
Traffic stop leads to 36-pound fentanyl seizure on I-10 in Marana Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: This photo was taken in 2018 when State Rep. Becky Nutt was running for re-election. Nutt, left, was joined by current State Sen. Wendy Rogers, …
Clifton’s Nutt resigns from House Read More