
Having a successful business takes a lot of hard work, good market analysis, a better product or service than the competition, and advertising. Add in a bit of luck, and hopefully it will grow. If, however, you are a politically favored business—say solar—your story is different.
by Marita Noon4 Jan 2016, 8:27 AM PST0

Mexican officials notified US Customs and Border Protection on December 30 that a four-foot section of a cross-border drug tunnel collapsed near the Nogales, Arizona port of entry. The tunnel was discovered in mid-November and efforts had not yet begun to fill the tunnel with concrete.
by Sylvia Longmire3 Jan 2016, 7:36 AM PST0

A citizen of Somalia has been arrested for helping smuggle human beings across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The Somali was operating from the U.S. side of the border. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Omar Haji Mohamed, a Somali national, was stopped at a border checkpoint in Why, Arizona, near the Tohono O’odham Nation. He had two passengers in his vehicle, Gilberto Alcantar and Alma Delia Reyes-Castillo—both illegal immigrants from Mexico.
by Sylvia Longmire22 Dec 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

Sheriff Joe Arpaio or “America’s Toughest Sheriff” as he has been called, kicked off his volunteer posse holiday watch at an Arizona mall on Monday. He also said “terrorists with evil intent should be worried about armed citizens who will be ready to defend themselves and others.”
by Lana Shadwick1 Dec 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

Congressional candidate Paul Babeu declared Secretary of State John Kerry disqualified to hold any office, including secretary of state, after Kerry implied that he understood the rationale behind the terrorist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left a dozen people dead.
by Michelle Moons20 Nov 2015, 6:31 AM PST0

“America’s Toughest Sheriff,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted on Monday to say that 700 body cameras would be distributed and issued to his deputies soon. He said, “I will be flipping the ON switch soon! Stay tuned.”
by Lana Shadwick17 Nov 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

Breitbart News asked McCain and the other panelists whether they consider the movement of tens of thousands of migrants and designated refugees from countries with known terrorist contingents to pose a threat to national security in the U.S. The immigration status of each of the Boston Bombers was referenced as an example. One of the brothers had received legal status prior to the attack and the other had been in the process.
by Michelle Moons9 Nov 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

Pro-life Republican Gov. Doug Ducey’s administration in Arizona has dropped Planned Parenthood from the list of organizations eligible to receive donations from state workers during the state government’s charitable campaign.
by Dr. Susan Berry4 Nov 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

Drivers in Arizona got their scare a day early this Halloween. A giant, 25-foot tall, 350-pound inflatable Jack O’ Lantern rolled all around and across multiple lanes of traffic Thursday before getting stuck beneath a street light. Once freed, the great pumpkin
by Trent Baker30 Oct 2015, 10:23 AM PST0

After three were wounded and one was killed on October 9 at Northern Arizona University (NAU), Vice magazine ran the headline: “Yet Another Mass Shooting Has Left One Dead and Three Injured at Northern Arizona University.”
by AWR Hawkins9 Oct 2015, 5:30 PM PST0

Since June, authorities in Arizona have been uncovering abuse, fraud, and misuse of state education funds. In one case, funds may have been used for abortions, buying big screen TVs, and other inappropriate things.
by Warner Todd Huston6 Oct 2015, 9:47 PM PST0

Phoenix bishop Thomas Olmsted is urging the Catholic men of his diocese to man up and do battle with forces of evil that are “killing the remaining Christian ethos in our society and culture, and even in our own homes.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Oct 2015, 8:16 AM PST0

On September 23, a scrapyard worker at Tucson Iron & Metal was killed after the torch he was using caused a 500-pound bomb to detonate.
by AWR Hawkins25 Sep 2015, 6:42 PM PST0

A federal judge ruled that the failed Operation Fast and Furious program is not to be mentioned at all during the trial of two men accused of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Sep 2015, 4:53 PM PST0

Late Saturday night, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials and others involved in the Phoenix freeway shootings investigation revealed that suspect Leslie Allen Merritt Jr. was discovered and apprehended by using bullet fragments from the first four freeway shootings.
by AWR Hawkins20 Sep 2015, 8:14 PM PST0

The president of the National Sheriffs’ Association has called out the ongoing silence by President Barack Obama and his administration in regards to cop murders and the escalation violence against law enforcement.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Sep 2015, 7:30 AM PST0

A still greiving father, Steve Ronnebeck, shared with Breitbart Texas on Wednesday that a Mexican cartel “executed my son.” Ronnebeck’s son was killed by an illegal alien, self-proclaimed Sinaloa cartel member. The criminal alien is now facing charges for shooting Grant Ronnebeck during the 21-year-old’s overnight shift at the Mesa, Arizona, QT convenience store.
by Michelle Moons17 Sep 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

An Arizona border sheriff has deputized federal agents as a unique way to deal with the federal government’s refusal to prosecute cartel smugglers and criminal aliens. The move allows their cases can be prosecuted in state court.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Sep 2015, 11:12 AM PST0

SIERRA VISTA, Arizona — The sheriffs in Arizona have been forced to spend millions of dollars to prosecute cartel smugglers, jail them and pay for their legal fees since the federal government refuses to press charges.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Sep 2015, 9:05 AM PST0

On September 14, Arizona Department of Public Safety director Frank Milstead announced that the reward for information leading to the capture and arrest of the person or persons behind the Phoenix freeway shootings has been raised to $50,000.
by AWR Hawkins14 Sep 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

Julio Cesar Lavarga-Carranza tried to pass another vehicle but lost control of his car and crashed into the family around 6:20 PM local time, according to the TriValley Tribune. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office told local media he got out of his car and ran away before police later arrested him without a struggle. Two adults and three children younger than six years old were injured, but luckily not seriously. According to CBS5, Lavarga-Carranza and the family crashed into someone’s home.
by Katie McHugh26 Aug 2015, 3:01 PM PST0

Charges of assault and animal abuse against two federal border agents were dropped in Sana Cruz County, Arizona, courts. A surveillance camera captured U.S. Border Patrol Agent Aldo Arteaga punching a juvenile detainee in the stomach in a Nogales Station holding cell on January 30, 2014. On February 15, 2014, a different surveillance camera recorded U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agent Edgard Garcia forcefully slamming a 7 year-old service dog onto the ground. Arteaga was charged with assault and Garcia was charged with animal abuse.
by Sylvia Longmire24 Aug 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

A video shows how Drug smugglers scale border fences and continue to bring drugs across into the U.S. with little trouble. This disputes the many claims made by top officials within the Department of Homeland Security that the border is as safe it has ever been.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Aug 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

Ward was the choice of 45 percent of the registered Arizona voters polled, while McCain only garnered 36 percent. 1,271 of the more than 1,400 voters polled say they intend to vote in the 2016 primary election. Approximately one fifth remained undecided at this early stage of the race.
by Michelle Moons21 Aug 2015, 9:48 AM PST0

NACO, Arizona — As a motorcade carrying GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson down to a service road behind part of the border fence that was built here, there were no Border Patrol agents in sight.
by Matthew Boyle21 Aug 2015, 5:19 AM PST0