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Steller column: Pima County's pothole of political dysfunction

They say they prioritize Pima County's massive road-repair needs, but someone always finds a way to say "no."

 

Western Women: Carrie and Rhoda Swigart were homesteading sisters in Elgin

Raised crops and eventually tended cattle on their neighboring properties.

 

Some research suggests jaguars are declining in Sonora amid killings, habitat loss

The tiny number of jaguars seen in the U.S. — seven males since 1996 — needs a healthy northern-Mexican population to thrive.

 

Parents, children ensnared in 'zero-tolerance' border prosecutions

Parents who cross the U.S.-Mexico border with their children may be prosecuted in federal court in Tucson. Their children may end up in foster care.

 

New donor fund to provide rapid assistance after tragedy

The fund will allow the community to pool resources to rapidly meet urgent needs following disasters, said foundation head Clint Mabie.

 

Once-homeless teen realizes his dreams thanks to 'angels'

Sunnyside senior is one of hundreds of homeless or formerly homeless Pima County teens who are set to graduate this spring.

 

Democrats get giddy about a perennial target: Arizona

SUN LAKES, Ariz. (AP) — Shortly before the raffle for a handgun, top Arizona Republicans gave a warning to the crowd gathered at a conservative group's meeting in a retirement community at the edge of Phoenix's sprawl: The Democrats are…

 

Arizona judge gives Tucson man 170-year prison term for child porn

The sentence for Edgar Allen Fristoe was announced Friday by Attorney General Mark Brnovich.

 

Border Patrol arrests American, 4 Hondurans in chase south of Tucson

Border Patrol agents from the Tucson Station say they have arrested a U.S. citizen and four Honduran nationals after a failed human smuggling attempt that led agents on a pursuit.

 

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