East Valley Tribune - State News http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/section/state East Valley Tribune - State News © Copyright East Valley Tribune 2008. All Rights Reserved. en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss Sat, 17 May 2008 04:39:07 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ web@aztrib.com East Valley Tribune http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/evtlogo_rss.gif http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ 88 33 East Valley Tribune <![CDATA[Saban to run again for Maricopa County sheriff]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116497 Fri, 16 May 2008 23:07:25 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116497 Former Mesa police Cmdr. Dan Saban filed thousands of signatures with the county on Friday to get his name on the ballot, setting up a rematch with Joe Arpaio for Maricopa County sheriff.

]]> <![CDATA[Special report: Inside the drop houses, Part II]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116496 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:02:57 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116496 Human smugglers have built a lucrative and often brutal industry that generates billions of dollars annually moving loads of illegal immigrants through Arizona. When things go smoothly, the immigrants pay their money and move on. But when things turn bad, beatings, rapes and murders often follow. In a three-day series, the Tribune looks inside the industry that treats human beings as cargo – from the plazas in Mexico where the human smuggling trail begins to the drop houses in the Valley where it sometimes reaches a bloody end.

]]> <![CDATA[Special report: Blood and Money]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116438 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:00 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116438 Human smugglers have built a lucrative and often brutal industry that generates billions of dollars annually moving loads of illegal immigrants through Arizona. When things go smoothly, the immigrants pay their money and move on. But when things turn bad, beatings, rapes and murders often follow. In a three-day series, the Tribune looks inside the industry that treats human beings as cargo – from the plazas in Mexico where the human smuggling trail begins to the drop houses in the Valley where it sometimes reaches a bloody end.

]]> <![CDATA[Utility seeks to build controversial power line]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116488 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:35:29 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116488 Southern California Edison made an initial filing to federal regulators Friday seeking permission to build a controversial power line from Arizona to California that was rejected by Arizona utility regulators last year.

]]> <![CDATA[Death penalty sought for Serial Shooter suspect]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116485 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:40:14 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116485 Maricopa County prosecutors announced today they will also seek the death penalty for an eighth homicide recently charged to Dale Hausner, one of the Valley’s two suspected Serial Shoorters.

]]> <![CDATA[Lake Havasu City moves to revoke beach beer ban]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116478 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:51 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116478 LAKE HAVASU CITY - Police in Lake Havasu City are asking the City Council to revoke a ban on drinking at London Bridge Beach Park.

]]> <![CDATA[Arizona governor stamps state's commemorative quarter]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116472 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:55:52 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116472 DENVER - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and two other state officials are in Denver to stamp their state's first commemorative quarters.

]]> <![CDATA[Thunderstorms usher in triple-digit temps]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116420 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:00:15 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116420 The thunderstorms that brought blowing dust and sprinkles of rain to the Valley on Thursday were unseasonable. But triple-digit temperatures, not unusual for this time of year, are just a few days away.

]]> <![CDATA[Thunderstorms roll into East Valley]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116407 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:17:45 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116407 Strong thunderstorms rolling through the East Valley on Thursday blinded motorists and knocked down trees.

]]> <![CDATA[2 carjack suspects dead after Interstate 8 chase]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116305 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:32:54 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116305 Two men suspected in a carjacking at the Grand Canyon on Monday are dead after a chase on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Police say carjacking suspects kill themselves after chase

SLIDESHOW: Police chase aftermath

]]> <![CDATA[5 men from Mexico arrested in drug bust]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116386 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:32:50 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116386 TUCSON - Five men carrying weapons and drugs are in custody after U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana in an abandoned vehicle on the Tohono O'odham (toh-HO'-noh OH'-tuhm) Reservation.

]]> <![CDATA[Former Tucson priest pleads guilty in molestation case]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116310 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:51 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116310 TUCSON - A former Catholic priest in Tucson has pleaded guilty in a child molestation case dating to the 1980s.

]]> <![CDATA[Border fence plans subject of feds' open house in Arizona]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116297 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:30:32 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116297 SIERRA VISTA - Customs and Border Protection officials say some 44 miles of new border pedestrian fencing is in the works in Arizona, above another hundred miles of such fencing and vehicle barriers already built.

]]> <![CDATA[APS economist: Valley growth slowest in 35 years]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116250 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:04:34 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116250 Population growth in the Valley appears to have slowed to the lowest rate in at least 35 years, and maybe at any time since the Anasazi civilization flourished in the Southwest, according to a prominent economic analyst.

]]> <![CDATA[Arizona AG warns of scams over tax rebate checks]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116255 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:11:26 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116255 Federal tax rebate checks are starting to arrive in mailboxes and bank accounts nationwide. Right behind them are the swindlers.

]]> <![CDATA[SLIDESHOW: Spring snow dusts northern Arizona, Colorado]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116235 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:29:14 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116235 The Flagstaff area and Colorado Rockies saw a fair covering of snow Tuesday.

]]> <![CDATA[Authorities search for carjacking suspects at Grand Canyon]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116216 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:24:08 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116216 GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - National park rangers, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and deputies from Coconino County are searching inside the Grand Canyon National Park for two carjacking suspects.

]]> <![CDATA[Storm brings close to a foot of snow to Flagstaff area]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116214 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:19:59 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116214 FLAGSTAFF - Residents of Flagstaff and surrounding areas awoke Tuesday morning to snow.

]]> <![CDATA[State care for veterans shows improvement, inspection reveals]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116178 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:29:21 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116178 The state-run nursing home for veterans has been cited again, this time for neglect after a resident in an electric wheelchair sheared off three of his toes.

]]> <![CDATA[2 Tucson cops wounded in domestic violence call]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116134 Mon, 12 May 2008 08:39:30 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116134 TUCSON - A domestic violence call led to the stabbing and shooting of two Tucson police officers.

]]> <![CDATA[Retiring DPS sergeant organizes benefit bike ride]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116113 Sun, 11 May 2008 19:39:23 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/116113 Sgt. Gary Durree has seen many colleagues die in the line of duty in his 34 years on the highway patrol, so he decided to end his career by organizing a grueling bicycle ride to raise money for families of fallen officers.

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