Timeline moved back after public concern about complexity of filing comments.
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217 missing mail-in ballots recovered in Phoenix; investigation continues
Santa Cruz County Recorder: “None of these ballots match up with the list of individuals from Nogales, Sonoita, Elgin area who reported that they did not receive their ballots, so they’re still out there.”
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Activists stage tree sit in battle to save cottonwoods from border wall construction
July 29 update: Activists scale tree in fight to preserve ancient cottonwoods from border wall construction near former border town of Lochiel.
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County schedules Truth in Taxation Hearing for Aug. 5
Average increase calculated at $5.41 per year for every $100,000 in assessed value.
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A new section of the billion-dollar border wall in Arizona is bent out of shape
At least four panels of the wall in the San Rafael Valley were mysteriously damaged months before a controversy-plagued contractor even finished construction.
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Donnelly, Lopez prevail in county Democratic primaries
In lone contested Santa Cruz County races, Maya Donnelly defeated challenger Sonia Sanchez for School Superintendent, while Miguel Lopez ousted incumbent Adriana Olaiz for Justice of the Peace.
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County approves legal counsel for defendants in Auditor’s Gutfahr embezzlement complaint
The County’s action was described as necessary protection against legal risk and financial exposure as a result of ‘frivolous litigation.’
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Elgin Residents Report Missing Mail-in Ballots
Several Elgin residents reported not receiving mail-in ballots for July primaries.
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Donations enable Humane Society to delay closure
Contributions of more than $140,000 will enable Santa Cruz Humane Society to postpone shutdown date through the end of the year but will not prevent closure.
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Canelo Hills ladies’-tresses grow only in the Southwest’s vanishing ciénegas. Can they be rooted there again?
Scientists are working to restore an endangered orchid to Arizona’s desert wetland at the Canelo Hills Cienega Preserve.