YUMA — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey plans to tour the U.S.-Mexico border with the U.S. Homeland Security secretary as National Guard troops deploy to the region.
Business and community events and news in Tucson and southern Arizona.
Jury weighing cross-border shooting case to return for second day
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jurors deliberating the fate of a U.S. Border Patrol agent on trial for murder in the cross-border shooting of a rock-throwing teenager are expected back at a federal courthouse in Arizona after a first full day…
Steller column: Mexico’s likely next president ignores border, focuses inward
Andrés Manuel López Obrador would much rather attack corrupt Mexican politicians than the United States.
Sheriff: Tucson man lured victim he thought was 14 for sex
Suspect believed he was talking to teen girl, authorities said.
6 UA accounting students top 52 other teams to win national auditing competition
Students won first place in the 2018 national Audit Innovation Campus Challenge with submission on using artificial intelligence in auditing process.
Sierra Vista Police: Man arrested in connection to serial vehicle burglaries
Suspect being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Ex-CEO of company that owns Chili’s gives Arizona Opera $2 million
Money establishes series to stage new operas in small spaces in Tucson and Phoenix.
Tucson citizens’ research contributes to bat getting off endangered species list
In Southern Arizona, residents for a decade have monitored the bats’ nighttime use of hummingbird feeders.
Ducey appoints outgoing Regents president as state treasurer
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed the executive who has overseen the state’s three public universities since 2013 as state treasurer. Ducey named outgoing Board of Regents President Eileen Klein to the post Tuesday to replace Jeff DeWit, who stepped…
Kirkpatrick raises more than $500K in CD2 race; Heinz loans his campaign $250K
Open Southern Arizona seat will attract national attention. Nine candidates expected to run in primaries.