Franchise - 4 on the Border
Union Pacific faces pending railcar forfeitures
Posted - 11/15/2009 at 7:40PM
A battle over railroad cars has the federal government threatening to sue one of America's leading raildroad companies. Union Pacific, the only railroad serving all six major gateways to Mexico is in...
Feds say that Nogales has some of the worst air quality in country
Posted - 11/6/2009 at 4:45PM
An Environmental Protection Agency report is out this month on areas with the worst air quality in the entire county and only one Arizona county made the list, Santa Cruz County, including the City of...
Drug war arrests nab more than 300
Posted - 10/22/2009 at 9:19AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder calls it largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. - the arrest of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids across the c...
Tohono nation preparing for swine flu
Posted - 10/14/2009 at 12:35AM
At the height of the swine flu outbreak, one Southern Arizona community was hit especially hard. Twenty two people were hospitalized, including one death, on the Tohono O'Odham reservation. Now, step...
Immigration should not affect H1N1 vaccine supply
Posted - 10/8/2009 at 12:55AM
This week the H1N1 vaccine is starting to trickle into clinics in Arizona. In border communities some are concerned that the supply will be diminished by Mexican nationals crossing the border for a sh...
Government releases report on checkpoint
Posted - 8/31/2009 at 12:00PM
The Government Accountability Office released its report today on Border Patrol checkpoints. The 147-page report says checkpoints help authorities seize drugs and catch illegal immigrants...
Donations to Cochise County Militia declining
Posted - 8/24/2009 at 10:59PM
The Cochise County Militia relies on donations to watch for illegal immigrants and smugglers. But in the downturn economy, donations are down too. Dan Frazier volunteers his time with the Cochise Cou...
Napolitano taps local leaders for border advisory
Posted - 8/5/2009 at 11:03PM
This summer Janet Napolitano named 21 people to advise her on border issues. Douglas resident Ray Borane is among those she tapped for her Southwest Border Task Force. Few people know the U.S. M...
Border beefed up by Operation Guardian
Posted - 8/4/2009 at 10:59PM
American soil with the highest level of border threats is right here, right now. That's according to Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, which is temporarily getting extra agents to help. It...
97 illegal immigrants found in 34 degree truck
Posted - 7/30/2009 at 11:42AM
Nogales, AZ - The driver of a semi that was transporting 97 illegal immigrants inside the 34 degree refrigerated trailer appeared in federal court Thursday. Luis Mendoza, 26, of Fresno, California was...