Losing any local county Sheriff would be significant to regional law enforcement and would shake up the political landscape, since Arizona Sheriffs are usually the heavyweight in their respective county. The death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is far more significant, since he was a leader among elected Sheriffs and clearly helped shape a more reasonable conversation on border security.

A legal defense fund has been established to assist Arizona county sheriffs Paul Babeu and Larry Dever defend themselves against pro-amnesty interest groups and federal government lawsuits filed to prevent Arizona's new illegal immigration law from taking effect, according to a news release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

A legal defense fund has been established to assist Arizona county sheriffs Paul Babeu and Larry Dever defend themselves against pro-amnesty interest groups and federal government lawsuits filed to prevent Arizona's new illegal immigration law from taking effect, according to a news release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

THATCHER - A southern Arizona sheriff was expected to be released from a hospital Tuesday after he was shot when he pulled over to look into a disabled vehicle.

Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs.

Border Patrol officers are being told by supervisors to stay out of certain areas as too dangerous, Cochise County's top law enforcement officer said Tuesday.

Two sheriffs gave a grim assessment of security along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, telling a lawmakers they need the federal government to send more soldiers.

A prominent southeast Arizona rancher sped away in his all-terrain vehicle after being shot, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office said Monday in releasing more details into Saturday's slaying near the Mexico border.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Devers was heralded as an outstanding role model in his community, a devout Mormon, who stood up to the Obama administration, and was a tough sheriff more than willing and able to enforce all the laws of the land. Well, it turns he did not enforce the laws on himself.

DOUGLAS - Prosecutors in Cochise County have filed first-degree murder charges against a 12-year-old boy accused of shooting his mother to death.

SIERRA VISTA — Cochise County investigators are going over newly uncovered evidence found inside Kartchner Caverns after a break-in occurred last week.

NACO, AZ - Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent died after a shooting near Naco, Ariz. early Tuesday morning.

NACO — Authorities say a man who fled from southern Arizona police officers is in custody and being treated for a gunshot wound.

TUCSON — Authorities say a Cochise County woman is in custody after she admitted to injecting two children with insulin to keep them from crying.

SIERRA VISTA - A 39-year-old man died after a swarm of bees attacked him and his father. The two men were working on a roof Sunday when they accidentally disturbed a beehive.

Arizona is going to get the lion’s share of a $15 million congressional appropriation to help states improve border security.

SIERRA VISTA - A 36-year-old man from the southern Arizona town of McNeal has been charged with shooting his own brother to death after an argument.

SIERRA VISTA - Three illegal immigrants captured after a manhunt in southern Arizona earlier this month have been indicted on charges related to multiple home-invasion burglaries.

Authorities are searching for a minimum security inmate from the state prison in Douglas who has escaped from a work crew.

TUCSON - An illegal immigrant from Mexico fell 35 feet into an abandoned mine shaft in southeastern Arizona, but is expected to survive.

WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain had a terse exchange over border security in a Wednesday hearing on terrorism threats.