Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with arizona www.salem-news.com 2010 Hindu gods will reportedly be getting married in the coming weeks in grand ceremonies in Arizona, Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington states of USA. In a statement in Nevada today, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, applauded efforts of India’s Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and temple communities in USA to organize this ancient ceremony. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/indian-wedding.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172012/indian-wedding.php Thu, 17 May 2012 23:19:00 PDT Despite an adverse economic and political landscape, immigrant and low-income workers celebrated victories this past week. In California, labor and community activists announced the winning of two new union contracts for car washers, or carwasheros, as they are called locally. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252012/immigrant-workers.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252012/immigrant-workers.php Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:18:00 PST Robert Plumlee and I enjoy watching the national media play catch-up with our reports from years ago. The game is on again as information about the U.S./Mexican military Joint Task Force continues to emerge. A new article in the El Paso Times illustrates the reason that officials from both countries have been hesitant to confirm the existence of this military border group; the 1997 shooting death of a young Mexican national by a U.S. Marine. http://salem-news.com/articles/february182012/jtf-mexico-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february182012/jtf-mexico-tk.php Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:50:00 PST A grandfather in Scottsdale, Arizona was blasted in the head by a police officer who "thought" the man might have had a weapon. "There were at least three officers in position to engage the suspect. At least one of the officers thought he saw something in the suspect's hands," Scottsdale Police Sgt. Mark Clark told Arizona's KPNX. http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/grandad-baby-shot-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/grandad-baby-shot-tk.php Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:32:00 PST Pirate profiteers and street merchants are central players in the economies of Mexico and other nations of the developing world. Although informal businesses are far from new in the United States, recent reports indicate they are growing in scope and diversity. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/third-world-economies.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/third-world-economies.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:08:00 PST There were sombre ceremonies across Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, January 8, 2012, in remembrance of Jared Loughner’s shooting spree a year ago where he seriously wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords, killed six and wounded 12 more. I suggest that the Untied States, is the only country in world, where remembrances could be held virtually every single day of the year for egregious killings of citizens by their other citizens—all indirectly supported by the National Rifle Association. http://salem-news.com/articles/january082012/nra_terrorism_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january082012/nra_terrorism_dj.php Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:59:00 PST In an e-mail to constituents this month, El Paso Congressman Silvestre Reyes lauded the November opening of a new, high-tech pedestrian crossing system at the Paso del Norte (Santa Fe) Bridge between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. With assistance from the Unisys Corporation, the maze-like system uses a combination of revolving doors, hand-held mobile devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) to process US passports; ten fingerprint biometric capture devices were also installed for inclusion in the system, according to Unisys. http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/border-crossing-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/border-crossing-kp.php Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:58:00 PST Arizona Governor Jan Brewer visited AWC to "Flip the Switch" on a 5-megawatt (MW) solar installation that will provide approximately 100 percent of the college's daytime electricity needs. "As a college that has worked to develop a strong science program, with facilities and scholarships that are the envy of the state, we are thrilled to integrate solar technology into our curriculum and our sustainability plan," stated AWC president Dr. Glenn Mayle. http://salem-news.com/articles/december142011/aws-solar.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december142011/aws-solar.php Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:29:00 PST Former DEA Agent Cele Castillo, who blew the whistle on the CIA-backed arms-for-drugs trade used to prop up the 1980s Contra counter-insurgency in Nicaragua, is now sitting in a federal prison. Before Castillo reported to prison, he shared with this reporter a series of revelations concerning arms trafficking and corrupt ATF agents. http://salem-news.com/articles/november262011/cele-castillo-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november262011/cele-castillo-bc.php Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:14:00 PST The conduct the U.S. is willing to commit to quiet its opponents is shocking. Retired DEA Agent Celerino "Cele" Castillo III was a front line agent for 12 years in the Drug Enforcement Administration. Today he's serving a 37-month prison sentence, and the feds would not mind if Americans believed they convicted someone in connection with a crime the ATF is presently accused of. http://salem-news.com/articles/november072011/cele-castillo-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november072011/cele-castillo-tk.php Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:00:00 PST A grandmother in Arizona says that the reason her grandchild hasn't gotten attention for her disappearance is because she is African American. The girl has been missing for a week, and she has been begging the media to cover her child's disappearance. Jahessye Shockley was last seen on October 11 and disappeared while her mother was out running an errand. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/missing-girl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/missing-girl.php Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:41:00 PDT Barack Obama and Eric Holder are not giving Americans the real scoop on the Fast and Furious Gunrunner operation where 1700+ weapons were smuggled to Mexican drug cartels through the ATF. Whether Holder knew all along, which is how it appears, or actually had such a serious international federal weapons smuggling operation to aid Mexican drug cartels taking place under his nose with funds and employees he is responsible for, without his knowledge; frankly I don't know which is worse. http://salem-news.com/articles/october072011/gunrunner-obama-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october072011/gunrunner-obama-tk.php Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:47:00 PDT A group in Mexico says they are putting an end to the terror streak inflicted on the population by 'Los Zetas' cartel by giving them a dose of their own medicine. The vigilantism is getting mixed reviews and the Mexican government rejects it. It also doesn't help matters if the group calling itself, "Mata Zetas," or Zetas Killers - is actually linked to the rival Sinaloa cartel... http://salem-news.com/articles/september302011/zetas-killers-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september302011/zetas-killers-tk.php Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:55:00 PDT In the Rio Grande Valley of southern New Mexico and far west Texas, early fall is a very busy time of the year. Weekdays are devoted to harvesting one crop while preparing for the next. Weekends are filled with fiestas, harvest festivals and community gatherings of all kinds. Colors splash the land, as white cotton balls glisten from the earth and plump, orange pumpkins smile from ripe patches. http://salem-news.com/articles/september272011/food-summit-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september272011/food-summit-kp.php Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:34:00 PDT The fingerprints of the CIA have surfaced in a controversial federal criminal case pending in Chicago against Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, an alleged kingpin in the Sinaloa “drug cartel.” US government prosecutors filed pleadings in the case late last week seeking to invoke the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), a measure designed to assure national security information does not surface in public court proceedings. http://salem-news.com/articles/september122011/cartel-immunity-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september122011/cartel-immunity-bc.php Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:09:00 PDT Crossings and detentions of undocumented migrants might be sharply down on the US-Mexico border, but many people stuck on the international line face stark conditions. Despite the well-known dangers and difficulties in crossing the border without papers, migrants continue attempting almost Herculean feats to reach the US. And more than a few die on the journey to the Promised Land. http://salem-news.com/articles/july132011/migrant-heartbreak.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july132011/migrant-heartbreak.php Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:30:00 PDT This article is a description of events over the last three years on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border that reveal covert relationships between the two country's armed forces, and also the needless challenges the Mexican government faces against the deadly cartels. Mexico would prefer to fight this war without assistance from the U.S. government that is fully undermined. http://salem-news.com/articles/june272011/los-zetas-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june272011/los-zetas-tk.php Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:00:00 PDT As of Saturday, the Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona, which began 9 May, has burned about 400,000 acres, making it the second-worst wildfire in the state's history thus far. The fire is five percent contained as of this writing. The state is extremely dry and is at high risk of other wildfires until summer monsoon rains arrive. http://salem-news.com/articles/june122011/arizona-fire.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june122011/arizona-fire.php Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:57:00 PDT While Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords engages in intensive rehabilitation following the gunshot wound that left her with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), her husband, Mark Kelly, has trained for two high-stakes missions. Kelly succeeded brilliantly at the first-commanding the space shuttle Endeavor’s mission to the International Flight Station, then safely home. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102011/giffords-recovery-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102011/giffords-recovery-jc.php Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:29:00 PDT A small U.S. Air Force team known as Prime BEEF, traveled to forward operating bases to improve living conditions at combat outposts in SE Afghanistan. "Our main mission here is to build B-huts [semi-permanent wooden structures]," said Staff Sgt. Kyle Sunne, 577th EPBS electrician. http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/prime-beef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/prime-beef.php Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:10:00 PDT "Wow, murder in Yuma, five dead and the suspect killed himself. The daycare center sent an email stating that the kids were fine, and until that moment I never even considered that he was in danger, just proves that the actions of others are out of your control," said Kristina Grandlund. http://salem-news.com/articles/june022011/yuma-shooting-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june022011/yuma-shooting-tk.php Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:16:00 PDT Having survived two tours in Iraq, Marine combat veteran Jose Guereña in Arizona was gunned down in front of his family, inside of his own home, by the Pima Regional SWAT team earlier this month. They fired 71 rounds in seven seconds, striking him 60 times. This one is far worse than anything I have personally ever heard of, with regard to the rampant number of police shootings we have reported. http://salem-news.com/articles/may252011/arizona-marine-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may252011/arizona-marine-tk.php Wed, 25 May 2011 21:30:00 PDT In the long view of history, one hundred years is a flash in the pan. A mere century ago, the US-Mexico border county of Dona Ana was a different world. Upriver, there was no Elephant Butte Dam to channel and store the Rio Grande that waters the vast pecan forest and many export crops that today cover large parts of the county. http://salem-news.com/articles/may252011/border-economy-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may252011/border-economy-kp.php Wed, 25 May 2011 00:24:00 PDT Arizona Western College broke ground today on a five-megawatt solar project slated for completion in October 2011. The groundbreaking of this innovative solar project celebrates the culmination of years of preparation and development by the college and several partners. http://salem-news.com/articles/may242011/solar-arizona.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may242011/solar-arizona.php Tue, 24 May 2011 22:37:00 PDT More than twice as many Oregon homeowners received notices of default in April as in March, due to a flurry of filings by a single lender. Notices of Default were up 236.2 percent from March and 72,27 percent over a year ago. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182011/recon-trust.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182011/recon-trust.php Wed, 18 May 2011 15:18:00 PDT Dancing to the soaring cumbia sounds of Frontera Bugalu, a large crowd inaugurated El Paso’s newest gem this month. The fruit of patient planners and grassroots visionaries, Museo Urbano (Urban Museum) is now a reality. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/border-history-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/border-history-kp.php Fri, 13 May 2011 01:24:00 PDT The No. 16 University of Oregon softball team (35-11, 7-7) banged out a season-high 16 hits Saturday night to beat No. 9 Arizona (36-13, 7-7) for the second straight game. http://salem-news.com/articles/may012011/ducks-softball-arizona.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may012011/ducks-softball-arizona.php Sun, 01 May 2011 11:51:00 PDT Five years ago, possibly millions of people marched across the US demanding justice for the nation’s estimated 12 million undocumented residents. Hitting a high point with work stoppages on May Day 2006, the pro-immigrant protest was the largest social movement in the US since the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War years. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242011/immigration-stalemate-kp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242011/immigration-stalemate-kp.php Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:44:00 PDT Shrouded in burka-like attire, the anonymous woman was suddenly transformed into “nobody.” http://salem-news.com/articles/april062011/struggle-war.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062011/struggle-war.php Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:57:00 PDT Guns in churches, schools and bars. Immigrants expelled to solve financial problems. Morality praised as the key national issue. American politics are getting more bizarre and in some cases, borders on the nutty. Current politics include Republican legislatures in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Minnesota fighting for their "rights" to reject energy efficiency light bulbs, while South Carolina will manufacture their own state's rights incandescent bulbs. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312011/cable-guns-dm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312011/cable-guns-dm.php Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:31:00 PDT