06/09/11 Exemptions Added on Case-by-Case Basis TUCSON, AZ (June 8, 2011) - Due to extreme fire danger and concern for public safety, the Coronado National Forest will implement an Emergency Area Fire Closure (see below) beginning at noon on Thursday, June 9 which will close the Forest to public use with exemptions (see below).
06/05/11 Saturday was a great sunny day to go fishing in area lakes stocked by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
06/03/11 Residents at the eastern edge of Arizona's White Mountains were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday as a fast-moving forest fire bore down on the mountain communities of Alpine, Nutrioso and Blue.
06/02/11 VFW Post 9972 will be hosting a catfsh fry from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at 549 Veterans Drive. Meal includes catfish, cod or roast beef. Cost is $8 per person. Entertainment will follow until midnight. For details, call 458-9972. The Cochise County Humane Society will be having a Going 2 the Dogs Health Fair at the Sierra Vista Mall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Visitors will have the ...
06/02/11 The wheels of justice have nearly ground to a halt in the political-corruption case of Rick Renzi, a former Arizona congressman charged with extortion, fraud and other crimes.
06/01/11 While one wildfire in the eastern portion of Cochise County continues to grow, a blaze west of the Huachuca Mountains in Santa Cruz County is contained, U.S. Forest Service personnel said in Monday press releases.
05/28/11 The Buena High School Class of 1971 will be hosting a 40th reunion today through Sunday. For details, email Sandy Wilder Winger at buena1971@gmail.com . Prestige Assisted Living at Sierra Vista will host a Memorial Day Chili-Cook-Off benefiting Wreaths Across America at 11 a.m. today. For details, call Lezlee Magness at 452-1402. read more
05/27/11 An outbreak of the neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus has caused widespread cancellations of horse events across several western states.
05/25/11 Dana Cole/San Pedro Valley News-Sun An outbreak of the neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus has caused widespread cancellations of horse events across several western states.
05/20/11 What began as water bubbling from a main early Wednesday morning resulted in a 35-foot geyser a while later as Arizona Water Company employees worked on the problem. (Courtesy of Kurt Obermeier) VFW Post 9972 will be hosting a steak fry from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Post, 549 Veterans Drive. Meal includes an 8 oz. sirloin with onions and mushrooms, a baked potato, corn, Western beans ...
05/18/11 Police stopped the trucks stuffed full with their human cargo just outside Chiapas state capital Tuxtla Gutierrez. They found 240 people in one truck, and 273 in the other.
05/05/11 The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued a smoke advisory for Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise Counties.
05/02/11 Planes and helicopters are helping ground crews attack a wildfire that has grown to 700 acres in just one day in the Santa Rita mountains.
03/31/11 TUCSON, Ariz. -- More than $2.2 million worth of pot was rounded up near Sonoita last week. Boarder Patrol agents dealt with all sorts of smuggler tactics including trying to blend in with residents evacuating the area because of wildfire. Many smugglers used hidden compartments in their vehicles to move the drugs. And federal agents found 5,000 pounds of marijuana inside a truck loaded with ...
03/31/11 Classical guitarist Tom Sheeley, a Northern Arizona University professor of guitar studies and music, will present a concert at 7 p.m. today at the Sierra Vista Community United Church of Christ. A donation of $5 is requested at the door, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Cochise College Cultural Events. For details, call (520) 515-8759. Anyone needing an accommodation in order to attend ...
03/30/11 Southern Arizona residents are getting a look at what an open-pit mine near Sonoita will look like.
03/29/11 The Arizona Department of Transportation will close both directions of Interstate 10 east of Tucson and west of Benson from 9 p.m. April 8 until 7 a.m. April 9 to provide a safe work zone for the removal of the old Marsh Station Bridge.
03/27/11 Fishing in Southern Arizona starts with a kid with a Huck Finn bamboo pole, a cork and a worm at an urban pond. At the other end of the experience are guys tying species-specific flies and bass fanatics plowing around rural lakes in expensive boats.
03/24/11 Over a period of 48 hours, Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona seized more than 7 tons of marijuana, valued at nearly $6.5 million.
03/24/11 There will be three additional bird walks on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings at Patagonia Lake State Park, in addition to the regular Monday walks. All walks will begin at 8 a.m. through April 15 at the Birding Kiosk at the east end of Patagonia Lake. The Monday walks on March 7 and 14 will still begin at 9 a.m. For details, call (520) 820-5101. read more | 
