Groundbreaking in Nogales: New mining project center promises local jobs | News

NOGARES, Arizona (KVOA) – In southern Arizona, Australian mining company South32 has reached an important milestone as it smashed the ground at Nogares’ remote operation centre Centro. The centre is set up to support the Hermosa Mining Project. It promises to provide essential minerals and create hundreds of local jobs. In southern Arizona, Australian […]
Ranch Fire is burning uncontained northeast of Nogales

Firefighters continued their efforts to contain the ranch fire, a 2,751 acre wildfire in San Rafael Valley in Santa Cruz County. Located about 19 miles southeast of Patagonia in southern Arizona, lightning fired on June 4th, spreading rapidly south and southeast, fueling strong winds, heavy grass, brushes and oaks. Arizona Forestry and Fire Control Bureau. […]
Flagstaff Eagles vs. Nogales Apaches

The Flagstaff Eagles will be taking part in a tournament with Nogales’ Apache at 11:30am on Friday. The two teams are strolling into the contest after winning big games. The Nogales compete against the hot Flagstaff team. The team extended their winning streak to four. Flagstaff hurt Sienega with a sharp 12-2 victory on Thursday. […]
Two dead after car rolls over near Nogales Wednesday

Updated (1/16 10:33am): The Arizona Department of Public Safety provided more information about what happened in Wednesday’s fatal crash near Nogales. At 3:43 p.m., a sedan lost control heading southbound on Interstate 19 near Rudy Road and struck another vehicle at the 12 kilometer mark. The sedan then crossed the median, rolled over and came […]
Nogales City Manager gives sudden resignation | News

NOGALES, Ariz. (KVOA) – Turnover is increasing at Nogales City Hall. City Manager Roy Bermudez suddenly announced his resignation after just one year in the job. News 4 Tucson obtained the resignation letter sent to the mayor and City Council on Tuesday. In it, he gave no explanation as to why he suddenly decided to […]
Trial for Nogales rancher George Alan Kelly: Jury cannot reach verdict

NOGALES — A jury was unable to reach a verdict Friday afternoon in the trial of a Nogales-area rancher accused of killing an unarmed migrant as he crossed his 170-acre property. After 10 hours of deliberations, the jurors wrote Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink a letter asking that the jury be dismissed […]
In Nogales, lawmakers, local officials lambast failure to pass migrant reform

Lawmakers and local officials were in Nogales Monday morning, arguing that Congress is fueling the crisis by failing to pass border and immigration reform. The reform in question Omnibus Funding BillThe bill, drafted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers earlier this year, includes funding for additional Border Patrol and asylum officers, as well as a […]
In Nogales, Gallego & Mayes push for federal border bill

Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays criticized “extremists” in Washington, D.C., and was in Nogales on Monday with Rep. Ruben Gallego and Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway to promote border legislation that is blocked in the Senate. The long-awaited bill was the first major attempt to rewrite America's immigration system in decades. It included funding […]
Nogales doctor facing 5 criminal charges according to Santa Cruz County complaint | News

NOGALES, Ariz. (KVOA) – News 4 Tucson obtained a Santa Cruz County criminal complaint this week that alleges Marco Saucedo, 56, a Nogales-based obstetrician-gynecologist, touched the genitals of one of his victims. In April 2018, he engaged in “sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact” without consent. The complaint alleges that in December 2022, Saucedo intentionally […]
Nogales rancher murder trial witness once smuggled cannabis into US

NOGALES — A key witness in a state lawsuit against a Nogales-area rancher accused of murdering a Mexican national was jailed in 2015 for smuggling cannabis across the Arizona-Mexico border. According to court documents, the witness brought a bundle of nearly 50 pounds of cannabis in a backpack from Mexico to the United States near […]