HDR Engineering has presented cost estimates and a summary evaluation for four alternatives for the future of the Babocomari/Elgin Bridge.
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Patagonia to continue law enforcement agreement with county sheriff
Patagonia has scrapped plans to reinstate the town marshal’s office and will continue to contract with the Santa Cruz County sheriff’s department for law enforcement.
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Border Patrol’s preferred site appears to be next to Elgin Elementary
Maps provided by Customs and Border Patrol to Santa Cruz County appear to show that a parcel adjacent to Elgin Elementary School is its preferred site for a new Border Patrol facility.
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Customs and Border Protection scoping out new Border Patrol station near Sonoita
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors has been notified of the U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s intention of building a new border patrol station in the Sonoita area.
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‘Best Little Rodeo’ enjoys another big weekend, thanks in no small part to stock broker
Spectacular weather, rough-and-tumble livestock and daring cowboys and cowgirls make for another record-setting Sonoita Rodeo.
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Affordable housing, daycare center, Town Hall expansion on Sept. 9 Council agenda
Agenda includes proposals for design and engineering of affordable housing project, daycare center and Town Hall expansion.
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County officials schedule public presentation on proposition to raise spending limit
Santa Cruz County officials will host a presentation on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the county complex in Nogales to explain the ramifications of Proposition 417, which, if approved, will raise the county’s state imposed spending limit.
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Ceremony marks signing of Hermosa project’s Plan of Operation
The U.S. Forest Service signed South32 Hermosa’s Final Mine Plan of Operation on Wednesday at a ceremony at the mine’s base of operations in the Patagonia Mountains, authorizing South 32 to conduct operations on Forest Service land.
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As property values increase, Fanning says taxpayers deserve steeper tax cut
The county is in year two of a four-year plan to reduce its primary tax rate by three cents per year per $100 of assessed value, but District 3 Supervisor John Fanning said future rate cuts need to be much larger — in the 12 to 15 cent range — to offset the annual increase in property value assessments.
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Grijalva, Butierez debate their candidacy for Congressional District 7
Incumbent Adelita Grijalva and challenger Daniel Butierez are running for the U.S. House seat for Arizona Congressional District 7. They appeared together to debate the issues with representatives of the Arizona Clean Elections Commission.