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Our warm weather brings out rattlesnakes. And just outside of Bisbee, on a golf course in Naco, two men got into an encounter with a rattler that they'll never forget. Pete Garcia demonstrates, "His

Tucson, AZ - On July 4th armed men broke into a south side home. Pima County Sheriff's detectives say it was the quick thinking of an 11-year-old girl calling 911 that helped them arrest four individuals.

A three-year-old boy was transported to University Medical Center Thursday afternoon after nearly drowning in a pool in the community of Corona de Tucson. It happened around 3:30 p.m. when Corona de Tucson

PHOENIX (AP) - The number of people in trouble with their mortgages continues to rise and experts think the problem will worsen through the first half of next year. According to foreclosure listing service

The University of Arizona Police Department has a Twitter account, and will begin "tweeting" alerts or activity on campus. UAPD said it created a Twitter account so it could send important information,

In mid-1974, service stations around the country were preparing for a major change. New rules required that most 1975-model cars be equipped with special pollution-control equipment that would not function correctly without the type of gasoline.

Oro Valley Hospital Chef Victor Anderes' dose of cooking tips — mixed with a Swiss accent and a dash of humor — aimed to prove that healthy eating need not be expensive or bland.

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Photographer Lyn Sims decided to do something a little different during the dog days of summer this year, so she created her first summer fundraiser to benefit the Humane Society of Southern Arizona.

I joined a Rotary Club. I became a Rotarian.

Now that the governor has dispensed with all the bills sent to  her by the lawmakers, the budget will now take center stage.

The Salvation Army is collecting supplies for Operation Chill Out.

In the midst of a city wage freeze, City Manager Pat McCourt received a $5,000 per year raise July 6; however the raise was contracted if he received a positive six-month review.

Bashas' Family of Stores, the parent company of Food City, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but the Willcox store will remain open.

Entities celebrate groundbreaking of Cochise College Willcox Center

COWBOY CAMP: Come join us for Christian fellowship at the Annual Chiricahua Cowboy Camp Meeting Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26. For more information call Bruce Tingle at 384-2469 or Jessie Dean at 384-3227.

A suspected arson fire completely gutted an old Bowie gas station in the small hours of Sunday morning.

Major League Baseball played its mid-summer classic, the All-Star Game, in baseball-crazed St. Louis on Tuesday night. "Field of Dreams," the Kevin Costner/James Earl Jones baseball classic, is making its mid-summer return to cable television.

Dollar Tree, Inc., the nation's largest discount variety store chain selling everything for $1 or less, has opened a new store in Oro Valley. The business is located at 10805 N. Oracle Rd., just north of First Avenue.

• The Rotary Club of Oro Valley meets. Details: 7 a.m.; Oro Valley Country Club, 300 W. Greenock Drive; Loriand@dakotacom.net . • Get Acquainted with the Arizona Small Business Association for non-members. Details: 8-9:30 a.m.; ASBA Conference Center, 4811 E. Grant Road, Ste. 261; free; 327-0222.

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Northwest golfers Ben Esparza, Alex McMahon and Matt McClure will be traveling to Pasadena, Calif., later this month representing Arizona in the Junior America’s Cup team match.

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer , Sixteen-year-old Sierra Douglas gets some hands-on training from U.S. Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor during her volleyball camp last week. The three-day camp was held at Amphitheater High School.

Officers with the Sierra Vista Police Department Special Response Team were called this morning to a residence in the 2300 block of East Wilcox Drive after a woman said her husband claimed he would kill her and himself.

SIERRA VISTA — Nearly 90 incoming Buena High School freshmen have been on a virtual cruise over the past two weeks.

SIERRA VISTA — A woman who reported being robbed while depositing money at a bank last week was arrested Wednesday on fraud charges in connection with the incident.

SIERRA VISTA — Developers are again calling for a freeze on impact fees as the city continues to weigh its options.

PHOENIX — Arizona is having to borrow money because the U.S. Department of Education is imposing new requirements for the state to get economic stimulus funds, Treasurer Dean Martin is charging.

Residential sewage rates could nearly triple in by December 2011.

The Douglas City Council accomplished something not many cities did this year – pass a balanced general fund budget.

Linda Gomez, founder and organizer of the Douglas Run/Walk for the Cure has announced she will be having the event again this year after taking last year off.

PHOENIX -- Some Senate Republicans appear ready to give Gov. Jan Brewer what she wants: Ask voters if they want to hike the state sales tax -- and then hope it fails.

SIERRA VISTA — Three teens ran away from a residential VisionQuest program near Elfrida on Thursday and headed west into the lower Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County Search and Rescue spokesman Raul Limon said. VisionQuest provides a variety of programs to help troubled teens and their families.

Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun Bradley Maxwell of Benson is the first 12-year-old admitted to the American Legion Law enforcement Career Academy (ALLECA) held in Prescott this year.

Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun A year ago, Benson's governing body was in turmoil and under investigation. The City Manager was terminated, Mayor Mark Fenn was under investigation, and threats of recalls loomed over at least three members of the council.

Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun Two male juveniles were arrested in connection with the burglary of two Benson businesses early Sunday morning.

The sixth annual back-to- school fair is set for Saturday, Aug. 1, at 9 a.m. at Lions Park in Benson.

Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun After Gov. Jan Brewer called an emergency session last week, the Arizona Legislature worked for three days to restore education funding and stimulus funding.

A new photography movement takes wedding pictures to a different artistic level by Aleksa Brown Grill in downtown Tucson is a grungy retro spot that's perfect for cheap, greasy grilled-cheese sandwiches, tater tots and ... wedding photos? Yes, wedding photos. It's all part of the photography movement known as Trash the Dress, in which the bride and groom celebrate the end of the nuptial circus ...

by Gustavo Arellano Dear Mexican: How can I get Mexicans to arrive to a meeting ON TIME? Punctual Pete Dear Gabacho: Tell them you're offering green cards on a first-come, first-serve basis. And then diles a gabachos to eliminate the concept of arriving "fashionably late" the same way they did the Polish joke. I was reading through the glossary in your ¡Ask a Mexican! book, and I came upon the ...

Brüno pushes the limits of his R rating with his amusing antics—but he's not as consistent as Borat by Bob Grimm Brüno makes one thing clear about American cinema today: You can show dicks without threatening an R rating. Back in the day, showing big cock was as forbidden as giving kids pot brownies, chased by vodka, for breakfast. These days, dicks are flying like doves in a John Woo movie. If ...

by Jarret Keene Pre-grunge, slacker-era alternative rock doesn't age as badly as other trends, since American indie bands before Nirvana mostly strived to sound different. For Dinosaur Jr., the goal was always pure bubblegum pop buried beneath layers of crushing guitars, with catchy melodies nearly rendered moot by singer/guitarist J Mascis' distinctive Tom Petty-with-a-head-wound vocal ...

The ultimate celebrity same-sex wedding planner by SARA FAITH ALTERMAN While gay marriage is not legal in Arizona, it is recognized in six states—and, hopefully, Arizona (and the other 43 behind-the-times states) will pull their heads out of their antiquated, homophobic asses and stop clinging to irrelevant biblical tenets and the skewed notion that a "family" is defined by its ratio of penis to ...

Police say an argument at a party led a man to stab another in Prescott early Thursday morning.

Aides to Gov. Brewer say the state is on track to receive nearly $500 million following a conference call with federal officials Thursday.

Flagstaff police are searching for a man who was in the nude when he drove up to a woman Wednesday afternoon and first invited her into his SUV, then tried to kidnap her when she walked away, authorities said.

Police looking for armed man who robbed store at 14505 W. Grand Avenue on Wednesday.

Police chief: Decision to aid Surprise Councilman Richard Alton ''probably not a good decision."