http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/arizona arizona news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052012_stegeman/stegeman-relinquishing-tusd-president-post/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052012_stegeman/stegeman-relinquishing-tusd-president-post/ 04:46:00Z Dylan Smith TUSD board president Mark Stegeman said Sunday night that he will pass that leadership post to another member of the district’s Governing Board. He said he would remain on the school board, but give up the post by June 30. 2012-05-21T04:46:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/nws_radar/live-weather-radar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/nws_radar/live-weather-radar/ 21:14:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Live weather radar for Tucson and the rest of Southern Arizona from the National Weather Service. 2012-05-20T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_saguaro_eclipse/saguaro-natl-park-ua-centers-prime-spots-eclipse-viewing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_saguaro_eclipse/saguaro-natl-park-ua-centers-prime-spots-eclipse-viewing/#When: 13:04:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: The sky will darken early over Tucson on Sunday with the first solar eclipse viewable in the United States in 18 years, and Saguaro National Park and the University of Arizona are offering prime viewing. 2012-05-17T13:04:29-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/police_scanners/police-fire-scanners/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/police_scanners/police-fire-scanners/ 23:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Monitor local police and fire department radio traffic on our scanner page. 2012-05-19T23:17:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_missing_stultz/police-seek-help-finding-missing-man/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_missing_stultz/police-seek-help-finding-missing-man/ 18:23:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Police are looking for a 64-year-old man suffering from medical problems who went missing from his Midtown home in April. 2012-05-19T18:23:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_postal_service_closings/tucson-postal-center-remains-potential-closings-list/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_postal_service_closings/tucson-postal-center-remains-potential-closings-list/ 17:53:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The U.S. Postal Service announced earlier this week that it intends to move forward with its plan to eliminate as many as 140 mail processing centers across the country that could include Tucson’s Cherrybell facility in an effort to cut costs. 2012-05-19T17:53:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051912_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ 15:46:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Modern Streetcar Project is continuing with additional traffic closures Downtown and around Fourth Avenue and the University of Arizona. 2012-05-19T15:46:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_buckmaster/buckmaster-showdown-tombstone/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_buckmaster/buckmaster-showdown-tombstone/ 20:59:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Nick Dranias, director of the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, the Friday Reporters’ Roundtable with Mark B. Evans and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, and Matt Russell has the top weekend dining picks. 2012-05-18T20:59:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_bank_robberies/3-bank-robbery-suspects-sought/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_bank_robberies/3-bank-robbery-suspects-sought/ 19:38:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Police are asking for help finding three suspects accused in separate bank robberies in 2011. 2012-05-18T19:38:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_tarr_grant_applications/tucson-homeowners-may-find-help-with-repairs-with-city-grant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051812_tarr_grant_applications/tucson-homeowners-may-find-help-with-repairs-with-city-grant/ 16:37:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson homeowners in need of roof repairs, heating and cooling system replacements, and structural, utility or other repairs, can apply for financial help through the Tucson Annual Residential Rehabilitation program. 2012-05-18T16:37:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_el_paso_water/with-rio-grande-dry-el-paso-looks-alternative-water-sources/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051812_el_paso_water/with-rio-grande-dry-el-paso-looks-alternative-water-sources/ 15:29:00Z Kate Galbraith The Rio Grande near El Paso has run dry — a situation that hasn’t occurred in almost 10 years — removing a key source of water for the city. “There is currently no water in the river.” 2012-05-18T15:29:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_hostages_sentencing/man-gets-13-years-holding-illegal-immigrants-hostage/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_hostages_sentencing/man-gets-13-years-holding-illegal-immigrants-hostage/ 22:46:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 21-year-old Mexican man was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for holding illegal immigrants hostage inside a Tucson home. 2012-05-17T22:46:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_cbp_pot/woman-arrested-douglas-port-with-425-lbs-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_cbp_pot/woman-arrested-douglas-port-with-425-lbs-pot/ 21:42:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 39-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle 425 pounds of marijuana through the Douglas Port of Entry on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. 2012-05-17T21:42:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-vision-selling-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-vision-selling-tucson/ 21:17:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - State Sen. Al Melvin: Does he still believe Arizona should house nuclear waste? Also, a new vision for one of Tucson’s biggest industries with Brent DeRaad, the of the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2012-05-17T21:17:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mas_documentary/pbs-re-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mas_documentary/pbs-re-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ 17:03:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A documentary on the battle over Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program will re-air at 11 p.m., Thursday on KUAT Channel 6. 2012-05-17T17:03:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_tusd_graduation/tusd-graduate-3000-next-week/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_tusd_graduation/tusd-graduate-3000-next-week/ 16:56:00Z Dylan Smith More than 3,000 students will graduate from TUSD next week. Here is the schedule of commencement ceremonies. 2012-05-17T16:56:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_alec_goldwater_institute/alec-anti-union-push-includes-az-think-tank/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_alec_goldwater_institute/alec-anti-union-push-includes-az-think-tank/ 15:37:00Z Paul Abowd The Goldwater Institute and the Michigan-based Mackinac Center between them successfully shepherded five model bills through ALEC’s Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task force — all targeting public sector unions — at ALEC Task Force Summit. 2012-05-17T15:37:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_commerce_op/taxpayers-win-one-vs-az-commerce-authority/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_commerce_op/taxpayers-win-one-vs-az-commerce-authority/ 15:36:00Z Clint Bolick It is a small victory for taxpayers, but an important one, for it calls the “quasi-public” Arizona Commerce Authority’s attention to the constitutional limits on its powers — and to the fact that its actions will be watched closely. 2012-05-17T15:36:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_cd8_debate/barber-kelly-clash-character-cd8-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_cd8_debate/barber-kelly-clash-character-cd8-debate/#When: 19:33:000 Dylan Smith Updated: The debate between Democrat Ron Barber, Republican Jesse Kelly and Green Party candidate Charlie Manolakis broadcast Wednesday night might as well have been pre-scripted, in addition to being pre-taped. But it would’ve made for a good drinking game. 2012-05-16T19:33:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_buckmaster/buckmaster-time-clean-up-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051612_buckmaster/buckmaster-time-clean-up-tucson/ 21:40:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Joan Lionetti, head of Tucson Clean and Beautiful, comet discover David Levy, Sherri Jerzyk, of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and nutrition reporter Jack Challem. 2012-05-16T21:40:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_military_parks_pass/active-duty-military-offered-annual-passes-natl-parks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051612_military_parks_pass/active-duty-military-offered-annual-passes-natl-parks/ 17:44:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Beginning Saturday, active-duty military can receive a free annual pass that gives service members and their dependents access to more than 2,000 public land sites, including America’s national parks. 2012-05-16T17:44:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051612_capital_gains_op/gov-brewer-signs-historic-cut-capital-gains-tax/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051612_capital_gains_op/gov-brewer-signs-historic-cut-capital-gains-tax/ 17:42:00Z Stephen Slivinski When policymakers say they have enacted “historic” legislation, they are usually accused of hyperbole. But in the case of Gov. Brewer’s signing of HB 2815, it isn’t a big stretch to say that the action did make one historic move in regard to tax policy. 2012-05-16T17:42:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_citizen/three-years-gone-rip-tucson-citizen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051512_citizen/three-years-gone-rip-tucson-citizen/ 00:54:00Z Dylan Smith I’ve got one of those calendars atop my monitor, the type you find in banks, with metal tiles for the days of the week, dates and month. One side I keep up to date. The other, no matter the date, says “Fri May 15.” That’s the last day the newsroom of the Tucson Citizen was filled with hustle and bustle. 2012-05-16T00:54:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_cbp_wheelchair_coke/7-lbs-cocaine-found-stuffed-wheelchair-cushion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_cbp_wheelchair_coke/7-lbs-cocaine-found-stuffed-wheelchair-cushion/ 23:06:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 43-year-old Mexican national was arrested Sunday for trying to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into the United States using a wheelchair. 2012-05-15T23:06:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ 21:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray. 2012-05-15T21:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_stalking_sentence/tucson-man-sentenced-8-years-stalking-woman/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_stalking_sentence/tucson-man-sentenced-8-years-stalking-woman/ 20:28:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A Tucson man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Monday for stalking a woman across the country for more than 20 years. 2012-05-15T20:28:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_human_smuggling_sentence/man-gets-5-years-human-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_human_smuggling_sentence/man-gets-5-years-human-smuggling/ 20:01:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 26-year-old man from Chiapas, Mexico, was sentenced Monday in a Tucson federal court to five years in prison for human smuggling. 2012-05-15T20:01:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_fire_restrictions/fire-danger-leads-coronado-natl-forest-restrictions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_fire_restrictions/fire-danger-leads-coronado-natl-forest-restrictions/ 18:25:00Z Dylan Smith Increased wildfire risks have caused Coronado National Forest officials to implement restrictions on campfires and smoking. 2012-05-15T18:25:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_pcc_graduation/pcc-graduate-record-number-students/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_pcc_graduation/pcc-graduate-record-number-students/ 18:00:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Pima Community College is set to graduate the largest class in the school’s history Thursday at Tucson Convention Center Arena, with 3,624 students. 2012-05-15T18:00:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_park_sewer/sewer-work-slow-south-park-traffic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_park_sewer/sewer-work-slow-south-park-traffic/ 15:43:00Z Dylan Smith South Park Avenue between 22nd and 26th Streets will be narrowed to one lane in each direction for about a week as crews install a new sewer pipe and manhole. 2012-05-15T15:43:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_cbp_cocaine/man-arrested-after-attempt-smuggle-heroin-meth-coke/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_cbp_cocaine/man-arrested-after-attempt-smuggle-heroin-meth-coke/ 23:36:00Z Janet Rose Jackman An 18-year-old Mexican man was arrested after attempting to smuggle 57 pounds of cocaine, 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.5 pounds of heroin through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-05-14T23:36:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_buckmaster/buckmaster-battle-independent-vote/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_buckmaster/buckmaster-battle-independent-vote/ 22:21:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Monday Political Face-Off featuring commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Plus, a conversation with General John Wickham, former chief of staff of the U.S. Army. 2012-05-14T22:21:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ 19:52:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Fire officials have ended investigations into the sources of last summer’s Horseshoe 2 and Monument fires that burned more than 250,000 acres in Southeastern Arizona with no clear determination of how they began. 2012-05-14T19:52:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ 18:09:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Modern Streetcar Project is continuing with additional traffic closures Downtown and around Fourth Avenue and the University of Arizona. 2012-05-14T18:09:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_voter_deadline/midnight-deadline-register-vote-cd8-special-election/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_voter_deadline/midnight-deadline-register-vote-cd8-special-election/ 17:44:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Midnight is the deadline to register to vote in the CD8 special election on June 12 that will decide who fills the seat left vacant by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. 2012-05-14T17:44:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_az_legislature_session/az-legislature-turns-work-late-again/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_az_legislature_session/az-legislature-turns-work-late-again/ 16:14:00Z Kellie Mejdrich From 2001-2011, legislators spent an extra 455 days in office—over four extra years. 2012-05-14T16:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051212_mas_documentary/pbs-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051212_mas_documentary/pbs-air-doc-tusds-ethnic-studies-program/ 21:08:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A documentary on the battle over Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American Studies program will air at 6 p.m., Sunday on KUAT Channel 6. 2012-05-12T21:08:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_az_old_schools/amid-budget-politics-azs-school-buildings-crumble/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_az_old_schools/amid-budget-politics-azs-school-buildings-crumble/ 19:47:00Z Kellie Mejdrich After budget talks about overhauling school building maintenance flopped, the state Legislature has continued to cut off funding to regular school repairs in violation of the state Constitution and a previous court order. 2012-05-12T19:47:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_borderpatrol_sentence/aggravated-felon-gets-71-months-prison/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_borderpatrol_sentence/aggravated-felon-gets-71-months-prison/ 18:53:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 38-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to 71 months in prison for illegal re-entry of an aggravated felon. 2012-05-12T18:53:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_cbp_pot_meth/border-agents-seize-19m-pot-200k-meth/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051212_cbp_pot_meth/border-agents-seize-19m-pot-200k-meth/ 18:19:00Z Janet Rose Jackman U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $1.9 million in marijuana hidden among produce Monday and arrested a 46-year-old Mexican woman Tuesday, who was accused of trying to smuggle $205,000 worth of methamphetamine through the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-05-12T18:19:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_buckmaster/buckmaster-civility-political-discourse-realistic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_buckmaster/buckmaster-civility-political-discourse-realistic/ 22:11:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with the Friday Focus interview with a conversation with Jane Prescott-Smith, managing director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse. 2012-05-11T22:11:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_baldenegro/baldenegro-drops-out-ld2-race/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_baldenegro/baldenegro-drops-out-ld2-race/ 21:40:00Z Dylan Smith Sal Baldenegro is quitting the legislative race in the South Side LD2, he announced Friday afternoon. Baldenegro said he was ending his run for the state House to focus on his wife’s CD1 congressional campaign. 2012-05-11T21:40:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_babeu_reelection/sheriff-babeu-drops-congress-bid-will-seek-re-election/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051112_babeu_reelection/sheriff-babeu-drops-congress-bid-will-seek-re-election/ 14:01:00Z Dylan Smith Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu will drop his congressional bid and seek re-election, he told supporters in an email Friday morning. 2012-05-11T14:01:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_crowe_out/crowe-drops-challenge-grijalva-backs-aguirre/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_crowe_out/crowe-drops-challenge-grijalva-backs-aguirre/ 19:53:00Z Dylan Smith In what may well be the his first public statement since announcing that he was running against U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva in the upcoming CD3 primary, David Crowe said Thursday that he’s leaving the race. 2012-05-10T19:53:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_atty_general_arpaio/asst-attorney-general-no-choice-but-sue-arpaio/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_atty_general_arpaio/asst-attorney-general-no-choice-but-sue-arpaio/ 17:32:00Z Thomas E. Perez The police are supposed to protect and serve our communities, not divide them. At its core, this is an abuse of power case involving a sheriff and sheriff’s office that disregarded the Constitution. 2012-05-10T17:32:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_arpaio_suit/fed-sue-arpaio-over-racial-profiling-retaliation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051012_arpaio_suit/fed-sue-arpaio-over-racial-profiling-retaliation/ 17:05:00Z Dylan Smith The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint Thursday against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, alleging racial profiling, discrimination in the Maricopa County Jail, and illegal retaliation against critics of the sheriff. “Arpaio ... intentionally and systematically discriminated against Latinos,” the department said. 2012-05-10T17:05:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mortgage_siphon_op/state-siphons-off-50-million-from-foreclosure-settlement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_mortgage_siphon_op/state-siphons-off-50-million-from-foreclosure-settlement/ 16:44:00Z C.J. Hager A part of the 2013 Arizona budget bill that garnered “make the news” attention was the $50 million swept from the Attorney General’s Mortgage Settlement Fund. The budget takes over half of the settlement, $50 million, and diverts it to the General Fund. 2012-05-10T16:44:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_cd8_debates/2-cd8-debates-set/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_cd8_debates/2-cd8-debates-set/ 19:03:00Z Dylan Smith Republican Jesse Kelly and Democrat Ron Barber will face off in two events as voters decide who will fill the congressional seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords. 2012-05-09T19:03:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_borderpatrol_terry/naco-border-patrol-station-named-slain-agent/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050912_borderpatrol_terry/naco-border-patrol-station-named-slain-agent/ 18:00:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that will rename the Border Patrol Station in Naco after slain Agent Brian Terry. 2012-05-09T18:00:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_tusd_school_board/tusd-school-board-meeting-live-stream/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_tusd_school_board/tusd-school-board-meeting-live-stream/#When: 19:00:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Watch a live stream of the TUSD Governing Board meeting beginning at about 7 p.m. 2012-05-08T19:00:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_circle_k_robbery/circle-k-robbery-suspects-sought/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_circle_k_robbery/circle-k-robbery-suspects-sought/ 23:32:00Z Janet Rose Jackman The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking for three young men who robbed an East Side Circle K in April. 2012-05-08T23:32:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_heroin_sentence/san-luis-teen-pleads-guilty-heroin-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_heroin_sentence/san-luis-teen-pleads-guilty-heroin-smuggling/ 22:56:00Z Janet Rose Jackman An 18-year-old San Luis man pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling heroin into the United States from Mexico. 2012-05-08T22:56:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_wire_fraud_indictment/ex-loan-officer-indicted-wire-fraud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050812_wire_fraud_indictment/ex-loan-officer-indicted-wire-fraud/ 22:02:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A former loan officer and Tucson resident has been charged with fraud and making false statements on loan applications in a case involving $1.4 million in home loans. 2012-05-08T22:02:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_buckmaster/buckmaster-making-tucson-more-business-friendly-city/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_buckmaster/buckmaster-making-tucson-more-business-friendly-city/ 21:11:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - While Bill Buckmaster is on vacation, guest host Shelly Fishman focuses the conversation on Tucson’s regional development with Maricela Solis, Tucson Mayor Rothschild’s business advocate, and Debbie Chandler, the city manager’s economic development manager. 2012-05-08T21:11:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_borderpatrol_artifacts/agents-discover-archaeological-artifacts-west-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_borderpatrol_artifacts/agents-discover-archaeological-artifacts-west-tucson/#When: 10:11:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents have discovered two sets of archaeological artifacts in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument since February. 2012-05-09T10:11:33-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_i-10_construction/closures-planned-as-i-10-widening-project-continues/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_i-10_construction/closures-planned-as-i-10-widening-project-continues/ 16:34:00Z Maria Coxon Smith Road closures and lane restrictions planned as I-10 widening project continues. 2012-05-08T16:34:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_ortega_ruano_pleas/5-plead-guilty-drug-trafficking-charges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_ortega_ruano_pleas/5-plead-guilty-drug-trafficking-charges/ 00:56:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Five men accused of being part of a drug-trafficking organization pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine. 2012-05-08T00:56:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_buckmaster/buckmaster-use-fear-political-rhetoric/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_buckmaster/buckmaster-use-fear-political-rhetoric/ 00:25:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Bill Buckmaster is on vacation. Guest host Shelly Fishman guides the conversation in a special one-hour edition of the Monday Political Face-Off, featuring commentators Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom. 2012-05-08T00:25:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ 22:39:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four people and seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana valued at $633,500 in separate incidents Friday. 2012-05-07T22:39:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_depakote_settlement/az-get-nearly-2m-from-depakote-settlement/ 20:23:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Arizona will receive nearly $2 million of a $100 million, multi-state settlement with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing for the drug Depakote. 2012-05-07T20:23:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_rescue/agents-rescue-illegal-immigrant-from-desert/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_rescue/agents-rescue-illegal-immigrant-from-desert/ 19:07:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan man found face-down and unconscious in the desert north of Sasabe on Saturday. 2012-05-07T19:07:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_hartung_body_found/missing-tucson-man-found-dead-calif/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_hartung_body_found/missing-tucson-man-found-dead-calif/ 18:36:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A Tucson man who had been missing since mid-April was found dead Sunday in California, Tucson Police announced Monday. 2012-05-07T18:36:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_fire_restrictions/fire-restrictions-effect-southern-arizona/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_fire_restrictions/fire-restrictions-effect-southern-arizona/ 17:35:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Continuing dry and hot conditions in Southern Arizona have created the high risk for wildfires, and Pima County and the Bureau of Land Management are enforcing fire restrictions on state and federal lands. 2012-05-07T17:35:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_rubio_immigration/sen-rubios-immigration-plan-under-inspection/ 17:04:00Z Marshall Fitz U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s plan to introduce a bill to provide legal status—but not citizenship—for undocumented youth ran into an obstacle when Speaker Boehner announced that such a proposal would not pass his chamber. 2012-05-07T17:04:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_brewer_planned_parenthood/brewer-signs-bill-banning-funds-planned-parenthood/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_brewer_planned_parenthood/brewer-signs-bill-banning-funds-planned-parenthood/ 14:43:00Z Amy Silverstein Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill late Friday that would ban Planned Parenthood from receiving any state money. 2012-05-07T14:43:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050512_az_bilingual_ed/advantages-bilingualism-seen-3-az-schools/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050512_az_bilingual_ed/advantages-bilingualism-seen-3-az-schools/ 20:11:00Z Derrick Fazendin Despite past political pressure for an English-only Arizona, bilingual educators say their students have advantages over those who speak just one language. 2012-05-05T20:11:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ 01:09:00Z Dylan Smith The bodies of 9 people were found Friday morning hanged from a Nuevo Laredo bridge. The mutilated bodies of 14 others were found later in the day, reports said. 2012-05-05T01:09:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_dui/police-pop-18-dui-task-force-continues-over-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_dui/police-pop-18-dui-task-force-continues-over-weekend/ 00:33:00Z Dylan Smith Tucson police arrested 18 drivers for DUI at a Thursday night checkpoint near downtown. The Southern Arizona DUI Task Force will continue its deployment over the Cinco de Mayo weekend. 2012-05-05T00:33:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_buckmaster/buckmaster-polite-politics-it-possible/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050412_buckmaster/buckmaster-polite-politics-it-possible/ 22:33:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - It’s the Friday Focus with a conversation with UA Communication Prof. Kate Kenski. 2012-05-04T22:33:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_jjt_ready/the-ignoble-death-arizona-racist-jt-ready/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_jjt_ready/the-ignoble-death-arizona-racist-jt-ready/ 21:45:00Z Jimmy Zuma Last week I offered Russell Pearce’s anti-Mexican jihad as an example of the kind of overt racism that is no longer tolerated in politics. Now just a few days later we learn that J.T. Ready, Arizona’s leading white supremacist, appears to have committed a murder-suicide. 2012-05-03T21:45:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_buckmaster/buckmaster-targeting-tourist-dollars-from-sonora/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_buckmaster/buckmaster-targeting-tourist-dollars-from-sonora/ 21:15:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We start things off with a conversation with Terry Bracy, Buckmaster Show Washington contributor. Then, we preview the Sonoran Region Business Development Conference presented by Tucson’s Caballeros del Sol. Also, Guy Gunther of CenturyLink. 2012-05-03T21:15:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_mother_daughter_program/asu-hispanic-mother-daughter-program-still-going-strong/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_mother_daughter_program/asu-hispanic-mother-daughter-program-still-going-strong/ 17:06:00Z Stephanie Snyder The Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program at ASU is still going strong more than a year after Arizona passed a ban on affirmative action. 2012-05-03T17:06:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_pinto_creek_mine/opponents-still-fighting-pinto-creek-mine-after-two-decades/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_pinto_creek_mine/opponents-still-fighting-pinto-creek-mine-after-two-decades/ 15:54:00Z Salvador Rodriguez Despite an appeals court ruling three years ago, copper mining continues at the Carlota Mine at Pinto Creek, near Globe. “The regulatory bodies just ignored the ruling and allowed them to go right ahead and destroy the area,” one opponent said. 2012-05-03T15:54:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_affirmative_inaction/affirmative-action-ban-changes-little-azs-campuses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050312_affirmative_inaction/affirmative-action-ban-changes-little-azs-campuses/ 15:14:00Z Stephanie Snyder It’s been more than a year since Arizona voters banned preferential treatment in state services based on race, ethnicity and gender – but little has changed on the state’s university campuses. 2012-05-03T15:14:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050212_conservative_dems_op/the-most-conservative-democrats-nation-dont-believe-it/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050212_conservative_dems_op/the-most-conservative-democrats-nation-dont-believe-it/ 22:46:00Z Sam Stone Listening to Ron Barber and Richard Carmona, you’d think they were the most conservative Democrats on the planet. Why is that important? Obama’s low approval ratings don’t provide much in the way of coattails for candidates to grab on to. Instead, in Arizona, the president has adopted a strategy from NASCAR: drafting. 2012-05-02T22:46:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_buckmaster/buckmaster-lawall-backs-pima-county-conviction-rates/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_buckmaster/buckmaster-lawall-backs-pima-county-conviction-rates/ 21:40:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a newsmaker interview with Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall. Then, we get a preview of the American Cancer Society’s Tucson/Vail Relay for Life Event. Next, Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik calls in with the lowdown on the council. 2012-05-02T21:40:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_tribe_vs_solar/tribe-pushes-back-against-quartzsite-solar-plant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050212_tribe_vs_solar/tribe-pushes-back-against-quartzsite-solar-plant/ 15:11:00Z Jessica Testa By this time next year, a 653-foot solar tower – an industrial pipe taller than the Washington Monument – will rise from La Posa Plain if the Quartzsite Solar Energy Project earns approval. Members of the Quechan Tribe oppose the project. “What if someone wanted to put solar panels on the Vatican?” 2012-05-02T15:11:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_heroin_coke/cbp-officers-arrest-2-seize-cocaine-and-heroin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_heroin_coke/cbp-officers-arrest-2-seize-cocaine-and-heroin/ 01:05:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Two Mexican nationals were arrested in separate incidents for attempting to smuggle 26 pounds of cocaine and 5 pounds of heroin into the United States through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-05-02T01:05:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050112_swimmer_dead/norwegian-swim-champ-26-dies-flagstaff/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050112_swimmer_dead/norwegian-swim-champ-26-dies-flagstaff/ 22:46:00Z Global Post Alexander Dale Oen, Norway’s world swimming champion, died suddenly while at a training camp in Flagstaff on Monday. 2012-05-01T22:46:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_buckmaster/buckmaster-high-hopes-mission-gardens-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_buckmaster/buckmaster-high-hopes-mission-gardens-project/ 22:05:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — Tucson business leader Alex Rodriguez, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, an update on the Mission Gardens Project, and Blog for Arizona’s David Safier. 2012-05-01T22:05:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_celis_missing_tucson/police-release-wrong-video-not-setback-celis-case/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_celis_missing_tucson/police-release-wrong-video-not-setback-celis-case/#When: 14:43:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson Police do not consider the release of wrong surveillance video they had hoped would lead them to potential witnesses in the case of missing 6-year-old Isabel Celis as a step back in the investigation. 2012-05-01T14:43:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_streetcar_work_traffic/traffic-restrictions-modern-streetcar-project/ 18:58:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Suggested detour routes for bicyclists have been expanded as construction on the Tucson modern streetcar line continues Downtown. 2012-05-01T18:58:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_pot/265-pounds-pot-found-hidden-van/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_cbp_pot/265-pounds-pot-found-hidden-van/ 17:32:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 40-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., man was arrested Saturday for trying to smuggle more than 265 pounds of marijuana in the United States. 2012-05-01T17:32:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_tucson_drifts_op/tucson-portland-ized-it-should-so-fortunate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_tucson_drifts_op/tucson-portland-ized-it-should-so-fortunate/ 17:02:00Z Jon Talton Guest opinion: What’s the biggest danger facing Arizona’s second city? According to Roger Yohem, writing in Inside Tucson Business, it is that the Old Pueblo will become Portland-ized. It should be so fortunate. 2012-05-01T17:02:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_state_fedds/phx-businessman-az-should-tell-feds-go-away/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_state_fedds/phx-businessman-az-should-tell-feds-go-away/ 15:19:00Z Dustin Volz There are at least two measures currently being considered in Arizona that would let the state tell the federal government to buzz off. 2012-05-01T15:19:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_michelle_obama/michelle-obama-cites-special-tie-with-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_michelle_obama/michelle-obama-cites-special-tie-with-tucson/#When: 07:55:000 Dylan Smith Updated: Appearing at a Tucson fundraiser Monday, the first lady said Democrats can win Arizona in November. “It is time for us to roll up our sleeves and get to work,” she said, reciting a list of her husband’s accomplishments and giving shout-outs to Calexico and congressional candidate Ron Barber. (with complete speech) 2012-05-01T07:55:14-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_feds_fued/azs-feud-with-feds-real-mccoy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050112_az_feds_fued/azs-feud-with-feds-real-mccoy/ 13:46:00Z Dustin Volz Many states feud with the federal government. But Arizona has become something of a poster child of late. 2012-05-01T13:46:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_girls_sex_assault/sheriff-looking-man-accused-attacking-3-girls/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_girls_sex_assault/sheriff-looking-man-accused-attacking-3-girls/ 00:30:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Pima County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting three young girls in a home on the city’s East Side early Monday morning. 2012-05-01T00:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_celis_missing_tucson/tpd-video-witnesses-celis-case-was-from-wrong-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_celis_missing_tucson/tpd-video-witnesses-celis-case-was-from-wrong-day/ 21:41:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Police said the surveillance video released Friday that shows five potential witnesses walking toward the neighborhood of the Celis family home was from the wrong day as the case for missing 6-year-old Isabel Celis moved into its 10th day. 2012-04-30T21:41:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_buckmaster/buckmaster-trying-close-latino-education-gap/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_buckmaster/buckmaster-trying-close-latino-education-gap/ 20:58:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - The Monday Political Face-Off with Vince Rabago and John Munger, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Lea Marquez Peterson, and a preview of the upcoming Tucson Letter Carriers food drive. 2012-04-30T20:58:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-nearly-17m-worth-marijuana/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-nearly-17m-worth-marijuana/#When: 16:03:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized almost 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $1.7 million in separate incidents over the weekend in the West Desert, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday. 2012-04-30T16:03:14-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_astronomy_money/astronomy-brings-big-bucks-state/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_astronomy_money/astronomy-brings-big-bucks-state/#When: 13:15:000 Samantha Esquivel Updated: The dark night skies and dry air in Arizona make it a hot spot for the astronomy industry, which has generated a significant amount of money for the state. 2012-04-30T13:15:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_guns/new-study-affirms-grim-role-played-by-us-guns-mexican-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/043012_mex_guns/new-study-affirms-grim-role-played-by-us-guns-mexican-violence/ 18:00:00Z Aaron Mehta South of the border, war is raging with guns mostly supplied by merchants in the United States. Mexico has estimated that almost 50,000 people have been killed since 2006, a toll that has made its top officials irate about the persistent flow of weapons south. 2012-04-30T18:00:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_buffelgrass/az-officials-battle-invasive-buffelgrass/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043012_az_buffelgrass/az-officials-battle-invasive-buffelgrass/ 16:10:00Z Samantha Esquivel Limited in resources and funding, Arizona officials to try to stop one of the state’s oldest and largest environmental threats: buffelgrass. 2012-04-30T16:10:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042912_celis_missing_tucson/police-speak-more-witnesses-from-video-celis-case/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042912_celis_missing_tucson/police-speak-more-witnesses-from-video-celis-case/ 21:26:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Police are reviewing the statements of at least three “witnesses” seen on a surveillance video distributed by TPD in the search for missing 6-year-old Isabel Celis. 2012-04-29T21:26:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042812_immig_traffic_violations/fewer-illegal-immigrants-face-detention-from-traffic-stops/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042812_immig_traffic_violations/fewer-illegal-immigrants-face-detention-from-traffic-stops/ 23:10:00Z Priyanka Boghani Immigration officials announced Friday that illegal immigrants who are arrested on minor traffic violations and have no criminal history will no longer automatically face detention. 2012-04-28T23:10:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042812_celis_missing_tucson/potential-witness-from-video-speaks-with-police-celis-case/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042812_celis_missing_tucson/potential-witness-from-video-speaks-with-police-celis-case/#When: 14:30:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Investigators in the case of missing 6-year-old Isabel Celis were speaking with a man who identified himself as one of the potential witnesses seen in a surveillance video released Friday night. 2012-04-28T14:30:19-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_celis_missing_tucson1/tpd-releases-video-potential-witnesses-celis-case/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042612_celis_missing_tucson1/tpd-releases-video-potential-witnesses-celis-case/#When: 18:40:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: The Tucson Police Department has released surveillance video of a group of people who may be potential witnesses to the disappearance of 6-year-old Isabel Celis. 2012-04-27T18:40:10-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_cocaine/agents-arrest-1-seize-41-pounds-cocaine-nogales/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042712_borderpatrol_cocaine/agents-arrest-1-seize-41-pounds-cocaine-nogales/ 23:01:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 32-year-old Mexican man was arrested after trying to smuggle nearly 41 pounds of cocaine through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2012-04-27T23:01:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_huerta_medal_freedom/activist-dolores-huerta-receive-medal-freedom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042712_huerta_medal_freedom/activist-dolores-huerta-receive-medal-freedom/ 21:50:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring. 2012-04-27T21:50:05+00:00