gila bend
Posted Apr 15, 2022, 5:32 pm
Julie Jennings Patterson
/TucsonSentinel.com
In which your trusty scribe muses on the origins of desert rock and the fact that some things suck way worse than disco. Especially Nazis. It's your local music column at TucsonSentinel.com.... Read more»
Posted Oct 15, 2021, 7:57 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A new breed of aircraft that flies in the stratosphere just completed a set of tests in the Arizona desert, breaking new records and worrying privacy advocates about what the aircraft may hold for the future. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2021, 4:49 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Lacy Cooper, former state and federal prosecutor, has joined Andrew Gould and Tiffany Shedd in the Republican field for the 2022 attorney general’s race to replace Mark Brnovich, who is term-limited and has announced his candidacy for the seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.... Read more»
Posted Jun 4, 2021, 10:48 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents, including members of the agency's specialized search and rescue team, aided a group of 26 migrants Wednesday in the western Arizona desert south of Interstate 8. Two bodies were found in other incidents earlier this week.... Read more»
Posted Mar 24, 2021, 8:59 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County officials said that they are in an "arms race" against new variants of COVID-19, and that an opportunity to take the county's "aggressive" vaccine plan and "put it on steroids" has been hampered by Gov. Ducey's refusal to allow federal officials to set up a new vaccine site that could serve more than 200,000 people. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 24, 2021, 4:14 pm
B. Poole
/Courthouse News
The unidentified woman was picked up with her daughter and granddaughter by Border Patrol agents in the Arizona desert, then turned over to Catholic Social Services, who discovered her illness during a medical exam at a Tucson shelter.... Read more»
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Posted Aug 14, 2018, 9:35 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
With a minimum bid of $8,000, a former Border Patrol station near Gila Bend is on sale as part of an auction by the federal government. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 9, 2018, 8:34 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents arrested a Phoenix man Friday after a drug dog pointed them to more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $700,000, concealed in a flat-bed trailer, authorities said. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 27, 2017, 12:37 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents arrested 20 men, dressed in camouflage and carrying backpacks loaded with marijuana, in the desert west of Gila Bend on Tuesday night. The men were carrying a combined 300 pounds of marijuana, worth around $150,000, officials said. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 5, 2017, 8:48 pm
Adam DeRose
/Cronkite News
Arizona currently ranks second in total installed solar capacity after California, the nation’s undisputed leader. More than 100 solar facilities are operating or under construction here, and could have a large effect on our economy, with the potential to attract a skilled workforce.... Read more»
Posted Feb 13, 2015, 5:42 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents discovered more than $1.3 million in marijuana hidden in two trucks near Gila Bend last Saturday. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 26, 2014, 11:06 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three U.S. citizens in connection with human smuggling in two separate incidents this week, as well as six Mexican nationals suspected of being in the country illegally. Agents also arrested two Mexican nationals for drug smuggling, while seizing nearly $400,000 in marijuana and four vehicles. ... Read more»
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Posted Sep 24, 2013, 9:13 am
Amy Gleich
/Cronkite News Service
In a room tucked away at APS headquarters, two employees spend their workdays watching large screens and computer monitors showing the status of renewable energy plants across Arizona. Officials say the real-time information is vital to maintaining the flow of electricity. ... Read more»
Updated Dec 6, 2012, 12:48 pm
Dylan Smith & Rebekah Zemansky/TucsonSentinel.com
In the fourth Border Patrol-related shooting this fall, a border agent shot and wounded a man south of Gila Bend on Tuesday evening, officials said.... Read more»
Posted Sep 11, 2012, 8:57 pm
Cale Ottens
/Cronkite News Service
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Tohono O'Odham Nation's plan to establish reservation land in the middle of Glendale, land where the tribe wants to develop a Las Vegas-style casino. City and state officials have challenged the project in a "family-friendly" area.... Read more»
Posted Jan 12, 2012, 11:10 am
Jessica Testa
/Cronkite News Service
While touring a solar power generating station that will provide power to tens of thousands of Arizona homes, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday that America’s embrace of renewable energy will create jobs and boost the economy.... Read more»