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Stories by Kim Smith
Posted Feb 17, 2020, 2:00 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
Starting March 1, Green Valley residents facing eviction will no longer have to travel to Tucson to plead their cases, after Justice of the Peace Ray Carroll argued for a change in filing procedures.... Read more»
Posted Jan 14, 2020, 9:07 am
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
Pima court administrator Lisa Royal was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a breath test indicated she had a blood alcohol level of 0.115; she couldn't complete field sobriety tests; and handed a sheriff's deputy a credit card instead of her driver's license.... Read more»
Posted Jan 11, 2020, 2:19 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
Lisa Royal, the administrator of Pima County's Justice Court system and a former justice of the peace, was arrested on suspicion of DUI in the early-morning hours of Jan. 1.... Read more»
Posted Oct 20, 2019, 5:13 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
The Asarco mine strike is entering its second week today and with no end in sight, supporters are doing what they can to support the impacted families, including holding resource fairs. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 1, 2019, 2:02 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
A California man accused of shooting a Tucson woman to death in Green Valley on Saturday night was arguing on the phone with her seconds before the incident, authorities said.... Read more»
Posted Jun 30, 2019, 11:38 am
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
A 29-year-old man and his 3-year-old daughter survived Saturday's shooting on Interstate 19 in Green Valley, but a 25-year-old woman from Tucson was pronounced dead at Banner University Medical Center.... Read more»
Posted Sep 26, 2018, 4:06 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
17 months after admitting he accidentally started the 45,000 acre Sawmill Fire in the Santa Rita Mountains, a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been formally charged with a misdemeanor.... Read more»
Posted Sep 10, 2018, 7:05 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
Pima County Justice of the Peace Keith Bee has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of filing false statements on three years' of tax returns for his business, Bee Line Bus Transportation. Bee, a JP since 2007, retired Friday without notice.... Read more»
Posted Jul 4, 2018, 3:40 pm
Kim Smith & Dan Shearer/Green Valley News
Corporation Commission candidate Eric Sloan, whose campaign slogan is “Conservative. Experienced. Principled.” was fired from his job as chief of public policy at the Department of Gaming two years ago, after employees complained about a hostile work environment that resembled a “frat party.”... Read more»
Posted Mar 16, 2018, 12:53 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
An off-duty Border Patrol agent from Sahuarita was cited and released Thursday night, hours after police released a photo of him apparently leaving the scene of a minor hit-and-run accident.... Read more»
Posted Feb 24, 2018, 12:12 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
A 41-year-old Asarco truck driver died at a Tucson-area mine in July because the company failed to make sure there was enough lighting at the Mission Mine’s dump sites, according to a report from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.... Read more»
Posted Nov 21, 2017, 7:42 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
A Sahuarita motorcycle officer has been disciplined after losing a SWAT rifle while on patrol in May. The fully automatic rifle with a 10-inch barrel has not been recovered.
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Posted Oct 3, 2017, 5:56 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
An illegal immigrant who was paralyzed after being shot by an Arivaca homeowner told deputies he never set foot inside the man's home. Michael Goodwin, 71, was indicted Aug. 14 on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the July 31 shooting of Jose Hernandez, 32.... Read more»
Posted Jul 11, 2017, 4:12 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
The Arizona Attorney General's Office has agreed to review whether any state laws have been violated by the Pima County Sheriff's Department use of RICO funds. The probe follows the sentencing of ex-Chief Deputy Chris Radtke on federal charges over the department's use of seized funds... Read more»
Posted May 21, 2017, 3:21 pm
Kim Smith
/Green Valley News
Thirteen residents of two Sahuarita assisted-living homes found themselves abruptly moved to new facilities Thursday and Friday, but exactly why remains unclear. The owner of the "Rancho Verde" facilities has been operating seven homes in Tucson and Sahuarita. The total number of residents affected is unknown.... Read more»
Posted Apr 27, 2017, 4:37 pm
Kim Smith & Dan Shearer/Green Valley News
The Tucson Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol confirmed Thursday that the investigation into the Sawmill Fire involves one of their off-duty employees, an agent who was involved in the target shooting that sparked the 46,000-plus-acre blaze on Sunday.... Read more»