Featured Story: Tank-like vehicles working with Border Patrol in Nogales

SC Wire: Tucson closure, new USPS standards mean longer wait for mail in Santa Cruz County

March 2, 2012
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Outside the Nogales Post Office. Photo by Curt Prendergast.

Read Postal Service changes have ramifications for local delivery, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Two proposed changes at the U.S. Postal Service are likely to delay first-class mail service in Santa Cruz County, potentially inconveniencing residential customers as well as businesses that still rely on so-called “snail mail.”… [Read more…]

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SC Wire: New road along Costa Rica / Nicaragua border

February 29, 2012
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Read A new era along the San Juan, written by Chronicle contributor Clayton R. Norman and published in the Tico Times: “ISLA CALERO, Limón – President Laura Chinchilla, accompanied by ministers, government functionaries and a gaggle of press, inaugurated on Friday a contentious road that runs along the Río San Juan, which forms the northern… [Read more…]

Posted in: Border, News

SC Wire: Nogales makes it into GOP presidential debate

February 25, 2012
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GOP supporters at the debate viewing party during the Feb. 22 debate at the Mesa Arts Center

Read Gingrich shares border stance, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Nogales stood on the national stage for a brief moment Wednesday night when Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich offered the city as a model for both border enforcement and border trade. The night before yesterday’s Republican presidential debate… [Read more…]

Posted in: Border, Business, News

SC Wire: Tank-like vehicles working with Border Patrol in Nogales

February 24, 2012
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Photo courtesy Joint Information Center-Arizona Joint Field Command.

Read BP calls in troops to bolster security, written by Chronicle contributor Marisa Gerber and published in the Nogales International: “The tank-like vehicles traversing local roads and the unfamiliar faces in uniform around town are signs of the government’s latest effort to bolster border security. Military personnel, who will work alongside Border Patrol agents, kicked… [Read more…]

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SC Wire: Outside the GOP debate hall

February 23, 2012
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Ron Paul supporters shout "Ron Paul" in a face-to-face confrontation with Dream Act supporters

Read Political views also heard outside outside GOP debate, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast, photographed by the Chronicle’s Paul M. Ingram, and published on TucsonSentinel.com: “Political views weren’t only being heard inside the Mesa Arts Center where Republican presidential hopefuls gathered to debate Wednesday night — they could be heard outside, as well. DREAM… [Read more…]

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Paul Supporters, Immigrant Advocates face off during Mesa GOP debate

February 23, 2012
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Paul and DREAM act supporters face off just outside the Mesa Arts Center

By Paul M. Ingram – Mesa, AZ - Among GOP supporters were two distinct groups, a young and vocal throng of Congressman Ron Paul supporters who pushed through the crowd chanting “revolution…Ron Paul” and an equally youthful alliance of DREAM act supporters, who carried signs saying “Veto Romney, not the Dream Act.” For a moment, these… [Read more…]