ANALUISA HERNANDEZ, Age Now: 6, Missing: 06/22/2010. Missing From PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Prescott Valley Police Department (Arizona) 1-928-772-9267.

ERICK SALGUERO FRANCO, Age Now: 14, Missing: 05/16/2008. Missing From NOGALES, AZ. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Nogales Police Department (Arizona) 1-520-287-9111.

DAMARIS HERRERA-LOPEZ, Age Now: 12, Missing: 12/10/2008. Missing From YUMA, AZ. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Yuma Police Department (Arizona) 1-928-783-4421 or Your Local FBI.

MYRON TRAYLOR, Age Now: 36, Missing: 07/27/1988. Missing From PHOENIX, AZ. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Phoenix PD (Arizona) - Missing Persons Detail 1-602-261-8042 (daytime) or 1-602-262-6141 (nighttime) OR Your Local FBI.

JOSE HENRIQUEZ-DIAZ, Age Now: 17, Missing: 06/03/2007. Missing From SELLS, AZ. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Tohono O'Odham Nation Police Department (Arizona) 1-520-383-3275.

The Mariposa Port of Entry modernization and expansion project has been selected as one of the government’s best-designed facilities.

Some creative thinking and willingness to experiment has gone a long way in the form of a pilot program aimed at reducing the Mexican trucking industries’ carbon footprint on the border, cutting freight costs for shippers, and even adding money into state coffers.

Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposed budget for next year would slash state funding for community colleges by roughly half, but that dramatic pull-out of state support won’t affect Cochise College’s operations in Santa Cruz County – they’re still getting exactly zero from the state in the coming year.

After nearly four decades on Hohokam Drive, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department has a new home.

County Supervisor Rudy Molera is trying to spur a move to hire a permanent county manager, seven months after he initiated a vote to fire former County Manager Greg Lucero.

The Southern Arizona Legal Aid Office’s director and board got a verbal thrashing from the community at a stakeholder’s meeting on Thursday, Feb. 3 for closing the Santa Cruz County office with little notice, abandoning the community and not holding a meeting sooner.

Even though revenues are in line and expenses are under about 10 percent, City Manager Shane Dille has directed staff to proceed cautiously with spending over the next six months because “the economic picture is not getting any prettier.”

Two men were arrested Feb. 1, following a high-speed chase that lead various law enforcement officers through downtown Patagonia west on State Route 82 to Camino Del Monte in Nogales.

After four years as the Nogales utilities director and about two years as the interim public works director, Flavio Gonzalez gave his two-week notice on Monday.

Tubac business owners are looking forward to this week’s five-day Festival of the Arts because it has a track record of bringing people to Tubac Village. 

Cross the border into Mexico at the Dennis DeConcini gate, and before leaving the port, you’ll hear those familiar taunts, “Taxi?” “Pharmacy?” Starting this week, you’ll also hear a new service being offered, “Tour guide?”

Last Saturday, three people hiking west of Nogales came across a dead body in Sycamore Canyon, just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is warning drivers to expect delays on the Interstate 19 southbound frontage road between Calabasas Road and State Route 289 (Ruby Road) on Wednesday.

Rio Rico High School will hold its annual Spring Fling on Friday, April 16, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

County supervisors and Treasurer Caesar Ramirez thanked Lupita Puebla for her 29-year career working for the Santa Cruz County Treasurer’s Office, and awarded her a rising star trophy during the board of supervisors meeting on April 6.