Winds push Sawmill Fire past 20,000 acres
Fire reportedly started by man shooting explosive targets SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS – Winds continued to sweep flames on the Sawmill Fire’s southwest flank Tuesday and…
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Wolf pup born in Missouri offers hope for endangered breed
EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — A Mexican wolf born this month at a wildlife center in suburban St. Louis is offering new hope for repopulating the…
Sawmill Fire near Green Valley exceeds 4,500 acres
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS – A small brush fire started at about 11 a.m., Sunday, has grown into a wildfire larger than 4,500…
Judge denies bid to disband polygamous towns’ police agency
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid to disband a shared police department in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border as a…
Grand Canyon officials continue search for missing hikers
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A woman and her stepgrandson were swept down a remote creek in Grand Canyon National Park, but the…
Crews search for hikers swept away in Grand Canyon creek
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities were searching Grand Canyon National Park on Monday for a teenager and a woman who were swept…
Ex-NFL player driving truck that ran over, killed daughter
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a former NFL player was moving a truck that ran over and killed his 3-year-daughter in the driveway of their…
Wrong-way crash kills 3; university says 2 were students
PHOENIX (AP) — An early morning wrong-way collision on a Phoenix freeway killed two university students and another young adult, the latest such wreck that…
ICE deports Mexican national wanted on murder charge
PHOENIX – A Mexican national wanted in his native country for aggravated homicide was deported Wednesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)…
Man suspected of shooting US border agent arrested in Mexico
PHOENIX (AP) — A Mexican fugitive accused of pulling the trigger to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent was captured more than six years after…
