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How Nogales and Notre Dame kept baseball seasons alive
Nogales' resiliency was on full display Monday night when it was trailing by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Ralphie Felix and David Zazueta saved the Apaches' season with Felix driving in the tying run and Zazueta's double winning it 7-6 the elimination in walk-off fashion in the 5A double-elimination state baseball tournament. ...
How the ease on border restrictions after end of Title 42 has affected rural Arizona counties
NOGALES, Ariz. — Emergency crews and organizations in Nogales continue to help migrants seeking asylum a year after Title 42 ended. Title 42 is a public health order that allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Let’s Talk Prevention
Not all fires can be prevented. Lightning strikes are a frequent source of ignition in our climate, and all we can do is fight those fires. Some fires, however, are preventable. Fire codes provide rules that even those of us in rural areas are expected to follow. The Firewise USA program provides information and guidance on how to protect your property. Let’s look at both.
Flyovers and Electrical Shocks
Monitoring wildlife numbers in eastern Santa Cruz County and surrounding areas is an important part of the job for Britt Oleson, the local Wildlife Manager for the Arizona Game and Fish Dept. (AZGFD). This past January, Oleson spent seven days flying over sections of game management units 35A and 35B,...
Why the Hermosa Mine Should Not Go Forward
Borderlands Restoration Network’s (BRN) home is Patagonia. Today our organization is the second largest employer in town. We are very concerned about the threats large-scale industrial mining poses to our region and strongly oppose the development and operations of the Hermosa Mine in the Patagonia Mountains. As described in...
Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher accused of murder near the US-Mexico border
PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. The jurors in the trial of George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than […]
Exploratory Drilling Continues in Patagonia Mountains
Two Forest Service-approved exploratory drilling projects in the Patagonia Mountains began onsite actions last fall. One is the Canadian exploratory company Barksdale Resources’ Sunnyside Exploration Project. The other is the Australian mining company South32’s Flux Canyon Exploration Project. Both projects lie within their owners’ unpatented claims in the Coronado National Forest (CNF) and both have drainage into Alum Gulch and Flux Canyon watersheds, which are mining-impaired tributaries of Sonoita Creek.
County Updates Residents on South32 Road Permit Process
Residents of Red Rock Acres said they got some good news and some bad news at an April 10 meeting held by Santa Cruz County government officials regarding construction of the Cross Creek Connector (CCC) road outside of Patagonia. The CCC is being constructed by South32 (S32) to run from...
NEW DETAILS: High-speed chase ends in deadly crash on Interstate 19 in Nogales
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A man was killed when a high-speed chase ended in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 19 southbound in Nogales on Thursday, May 2. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said it started on I-19 in Green Valley when a trooper spotted a vehicle speeding around 8 a.m.
Sunrise Mountain aces combine to shut down Nogales in 5A baseball tourney win
Peoria Sunrise Mountain quieted Nogales' aggressive hitters as Tanner Milner and Bryce Madison combined to allow six hits in an 8-1 5A baseball tournament victory at Tempe Diablo Stadium on Thursday. Earlier this week, No. 3-seed Nogales pounded out 13 hits for 14 runs in a run-rule win over Tucson Catalina Foothills in the double-elimination state playoff tournament. ...
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