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Border agents on trial in civil rights case
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Two U.S. Border Patrol agents are standing trial on federal charges of violating the civil rights of four men caught smuggling. The Arizona Daily Star reports... Read more »
El Paso Catholics still waiting for a bishop
A couple of Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States received new bishops this week, but the Catholic Diocese of El Paso wasn’t one of them, television station KVIA ABC-7... Read more »
John Denver foundation HQ for sale
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — The 950-acre property that John Denver bought in the late 1970s as headquarters for his Windstar Foundation is being sold, a move seen by some... Read more »
Man who started Tonto fire asks probation
PHOENIX (AP) — A Mesa man who admitted to starting a nearly 18,000-acre wildfire in the Tonto National Forest is asking a judge to sentence him to a year of... Read more »
Joel Osteen says Internet report a hoax
HOUSTON (AP) — Pastor Joel Osteen is reassuring church members and fans that — despite the claims of an apparent Internet hoax — he is not giving up his Christian... Read more »
UPDATED: Storm shuts Wyoming highways, delays Denver flights
DENVER (AP) — A storm that toppled trees, whipped up blinding dust storms and may have spawned some tornadoes closed highways in Wyoming today and was slowing flights at Denver... Read more »
Obama in Colo. to press for gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) — In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado’s newly passed gun control laws as he applies public pressure on Congress to... Read more »
El Paso smokestacks to fall on April 13
EL PASO — Not only are the days numbered for two towering smokestacks at the long closed Asarco copper smelter in El Paso, now the hours are numbered as well,... Read more »
UPDATE: Ariz. town OKs civil unions
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — The City Council in a former mining community-turned-artist’s haven in rural southeastern Arizona voted Tuesday night to approve an ordinance to recognize civil unions for same-sex... Read more »
Hopis seek return of artifacts at auction
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona tribe is asking a Paris auction house to cancel its upcoming sale of dozens of items central to the tribe’s religious practices and return... Read more »
9 bodies found in SUV with Texas plates
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas say the bodies of nine men have been found in an SUV with Texas license plates. The Tamaulipas... Read more »
Bisbee, Ariz., wants to legalize civil unions
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — A conservative Christian advocacy group says a former mining community-turned-artists’ haven in rural southern Arizona can’t legally recognize civil unions that would include same-sex couples. A... Read more »
