Arizona is known for its tough-on-crime sheriffs. An image of a take-no-prisoners lawman is part of the state’s reputation. Tony Estrada of Santa Cruz County, currently Arizona’s longest-serving and only Hispanic sheriff, is cut from that same cloth. But for national audiences, the embodiment of that image has always been dominated by larger than life publicity-seekers…
Some Canadians making a run for the border back home ended up having to leave their horses in Arizona. During the past year, some horses in the state have been quarantined for Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture. That meant Canada wouldn’t let any horse back into its borders from Arizona. “Countries…
Gov. Doug Ducey’s hope that vacant classrooms and schools can be leased to charter schools might not hold much hope for rural Arizona. The pace of charter school development happens most in urban areas, and many people see no dream of converting the old Tombstone High School into a new educational venture for charter education The…
Recent changes to the dispatch system in Santa Cruz County has local emergency responders worried that an evacuation may take more time than their patients have. In January, several Southeastern Arizona counties were forced to change their helicopter evacuation process after Tucson Fire Department ceased its longstanding intermediary program. For decades TFD, through a program…
Rainfall brought on by Hurricane Odile Wednesday afternoon is expected to drag into Thursday and some counties in southeastern Arizona are preparing for the worst. Norm Sturm, emergency services director for Cochise County, said the National Weather Service has forecast 12 hours of heavy rain starting at about 5 p.m. Wednesday and running into early…
