67 Illegal Immigrants Found In U-Haul Truck
ELFRIDA, Ariz. (AP) — Sixty-seven illegal immigrants were found crammed inside a U-Haul truck near Elfrida, Ariz. about 20 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border after deputies spotted it driving erratically.
Cochise County sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas said Friday that deputies pulled the U-Haul over Thursday evening, and the driver and front passenger ran out of [...]
Audit: 43 Arizona Businesses Have Illegal Staff
PHOENIX (AP) — More than half of the Arizona businesses that had their workforces audited by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents since last July have been found to have illegal workers on their payrolls.
Immigration department spokeswoman Virginia Kice says that 43 of the 84 companies screened in two rounds of audits have been sent letters [...]
Cat Killed By Arizona Driver Could Be Rare Ocelot
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An animal resembling a rare ocelot has been killed after being hit by a car on a highway between Superior and Globe.
An ocelot is a small- to mediuim-sized cat listed as a federally endangered species.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department collected the dead, intact carcass of the cat after it was [...]
Businessman Who Gave $250,000 To ASU Wants It Back
PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix-area business leader who donated $250,000 to the Arizona State University Foundation to reward business-college teachers wants his money back.
John Teets, former chief executive of the Greyhound and Dial corporations, alleges the foundation has mishandled his gift. His attorney, Mark Deatherage, said Teets thinks the endowment should have provided $120,000 in [...]
Arizona Gambles On LB, Makes Trade For Fordham QB
BOB BAUM,AP Sports Writer.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The final day of the NFL draft was far from routine for the Arizona Cardinals.
First, they traded down to select Wisconsin outside linebacker O’Brien Schofield, who blew out his knee before the Senior Bowl, then they dealt starting cornerback Bryant McFadden back to Pittsburgh in order to select [...]
Roy Returns and Blazers Down Suns 96-87
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brandon Roy was so antsy to return to the Trail Blazers that he campaigned via text message to coach Nate McMillan.
“Coach, I think I should play,” he texted on the eve of Saturday’s playoff game against the Phoenix Suns.
Luckily for the Blazers, McMillan agreed.
Roy was activated Saturday, then helped Portland to [...]
Algae A Growing Problem In Bullhead City Marina
NEIL YOUNG,Mohave Valley Daily News
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Sue Willis, who lives on the channel at Sunshine Marina, said she’s been complaining to the city of Bullhead City about the water quality for three years.
“The city’s just been giving me nothing but a run-around,” Willis said. She was concerned about stagnant water which generated [...]
Green Valley School Going Solar
GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Green Valley’s Continental School plans to go entirely solar by the end of summer.
The Arizona school currently buys electricity from TRICO electrical cooperative for $112,000 a year.
Under the solar plan, Phoenix-based Kennedy Partners will form a company called Continental Energy Services.
That firm will generate electricity to sell to the school [...]
Arizona Employers Can Still Ban Guns In Workplace
PHOENIX (AP) — Legislation that will allow most people in Arizona to carry a concealed weapon without a permit won’t change employers’ ability to ban firearms from the workplace.
Gov. Jan Brewer recently signed a bill that will allow U.S. citizens 21 and older to carry concealed weapons without a permit. However, the new law has [...]
Arizona Reports No Deer and Elk Have Disease
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Game and Fish Department says no chronic wasting disease was found in the 1,624 samples tested from deer and elk taken during the state’s 2009-2010 hunting season.
The agency has tested about 14,500 deer and elk samples since 1998, and none tested positive for the disease.
Chronic wasting disease has been found [...]
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