Arizona parks director convicted of disorderly conduct

Arizona’s State Parks director has been convicted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for arguing with and shoving a man at a festival in Florence earlier this year.

Fitz Blog:Miller's lament

     Teapublican Ally Miller is running against Nancy Young Wright for the seat of retiring Pima County Supervisor Ann Day. Miller sent out this memo to the press yesterday.

Tucson city workers improperly spent thousands on side jobs

Former Tucson Streets Administrator Kurt Hough and four other Transportation Department employees were fired or resigned today after an 11-month investigation city officials say shows they used thousands of dollars of city materials and equipment for their own outside projects.

Tucson lawyer to replace Patterson

Attorney Nicholas Fontana will replace former state Rep. Daniel Patterson, who resigned earlier this month.

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Judge pay of $2.5M could hit county

Pima County could end up spending another $1.5 million to $2.5 million on Superior Court judges' salaries, and jurors could lose their $12 daily stipend, if the state's judicial branch has to cut another 15 percent from its budget.

Ruling: Public records include all the embedded electronic info

PHOENIX — Government officials cannot deny public access to the electronic tidbits that are embedded in their records, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Tucson boy struck by school bus remains critical

A Townsend Middle School student struck by a school bus remains in critical but stable condition at University Medical Center Thursday morning, police said.

Tucson boy struck by school bus remains critical

ACORN pleads not guilty to 13 counts of Nevada vote fraud

LAS VEGAS — Lawyers for the political advocacy group ACORN and a former voter registration supervisor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to illegally paying canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year's presidential campaign.

US border agency personnel tied to array of misconduct, crimes

EL PASO — One immigration agent was accused of running an Internet pornography business and enjoying an improper relationship with an informant. Another let an informant smuggle in a group of illegal immigrants. And in a third case, an agent was investigated for soliciting sex from a witness…

US border agency personnel tied to array of misconduct, crimes

Rosemont Copper's water forum Tuesday

Rosemont Copper will sponsor a forum on water issues in southern Pima County on Tuesday at the Green Valley Recreation West Center, 111 Via Arcoiris.

Kartchner, a priceless site, marks 10 years

BENSON — For Gordon Abbott and his sons, Ryan, 9, and Sean, 12, Kartchner Caverns State Park provided an eye-opening experience during a trip from Honolulu.

Kartchner, a priceless site, marks 10 years

Tax-credit deadline spurs home-buying frenzy

WASHINGTON — Racing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, home buyers pushed sales up last month by the largest amount in more than 26 years.

Mexico revives plans for deep-water Baja port

YUMA — Mexico is reviving plans for a deep-water shipping port on the Baja California coast south of Ensenada — and the possibility that Yuma County could be on the route of a rail line that would serve the port.

US will consider option for no Rosemont mine

After drawing sharp criticism from Rosemont Mine opponents, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack on Friday said his office made a mistake in sending out a letter saying that it can't legally approve a "no action" alternative for the mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.

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Pair found slain were 'violently attacked'

Rosemont foes fault agriculture secretary

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has frustrated, surprised and disappointed Tucson-area opponents of the Rosemont Mine by upholding lower-level officials' view that the feds can't legally say "no" to its construction.