Dan Shearer, editor of the Green Valley News, sat in for a vacationing Bill Buckmaster. The Political Face-Off featured Bruce Ash and Paul Eckerstrom. Dan also talks about preparations for what could be a very difficult wildfire season with Green Valley Fire District Chief and President of the Arizona Fire District Association Simon Davis and Rio Rico Fire District Chief Les Caid.... Read more»
Monitor local police and fire department radio traffic on our scanner page.... Read more»
Six months after the shooting of Mexican teenager José Antonio Elena Rodriguez by U.S. border agents, his family and community activists in Arizona are frustrated and fear that the investigation into his death is at a standstill.... Read more»
Border news roundup: Arizona politicians and religious leaders discuss comprehensive immigration reform by the “Gang of Eight,” journalists reconsider how to address illegal immigration in their stylebooks, and safety concerns on both sides of the border.... Read more»
“We need to control the flow of people before we can bring people out of the shadows,” N.Y. Sen. Chuck Schumer said after a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday. A bipartisan group of senators called for more high-tech enforcement, but wouldn’t offer specifics on how to measure border security.... Read more»5
U.S. Customs and Border Protection updates travelers to the U.S. on spring conditions including holidays and online options.... Read more»
Border roundup: Arizona proposition becomes a test case for voter registration laws, family green cards face restrictions, injured men and explosives are found in the desert and Mexican towns and newspapers respond to cartel violence.... Read more»
The U.S. and Mexico unveiled a tentative deal that could avert a feared trade war over tomatoes, but would sharply raise prices. It calls for Mexican growers to raise the price of tomatoes and for the U.S. to drop claims that Mexicans were selling tomatoes below cost.... Read more»
American nuns, working at a shelter for migrants in Nogales, Son., are under a Vatican investigation into a “prevalence of certain radical feminist themes.”... Read more»
Cross-border agreements between U.S. and Mexican officials, Republican politicians evaluate their stance on immigration and an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation into Border Patrol’s October shooting in Nogales... Read more»
Dan Shearer of the GV News interviews Bill Carnegie of the Community Food Bank and Laura Romero of St. Andrews Children’s Clinic in Nogales. Then, it’s the Friday Roundtable featuring Tucson Weekly Editor Jimmy Boegle and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith. Plus, Matt Russell with “Weekend Watch.”... Read more»
Reports released in Border Agent Nicholas Ivie’s shooting death, youths shot at U.S-Mexico border remembered, three Arizona sheriffs stay in office and one county gets a new one, U.S. elections reverberate across Mexico, and more.... Read more»
A town hall on the ballot measures under consideration in November’s election will be held Wednesday evening in Tucson. Meetings in Nogales, Sierra Vista and Safford will follow later this week and next.... Read more»
A Border Patrol agent shot across the U.S.-Mexican border in Nogales late Wednesday night, killing a teenager as a group of people threw rocks at border agents who were investigating a load of narcotics dropped near the international boundary... Read more»1
The investigation continues in the shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, plus: Arizona law and order updates, and environmental threats faced in the Southwest.... Read more»
The controversial “papers please” provision of SB 1070 went into effect over the past week, bringing with it more protests and legal battles, while Mexican officials continue to deal with cartels and corruption.... Read more»
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