The BioteQ plant in Bisbee, Arizona returned to full production in July and produced 120,000 pounds of copper to the end of September. From July to December, the plant is expected to recover 325,000 pounds of copper for the year, at an estimated cost of $2.75 per pound...
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Chart of blood red tracks obtained from CBS News indicates the rivers of blood that flow from the ATF guns that 'walked.' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix Field Division Special Agent William Newell wrote this to his personal friend, Kevin M. O'Reilly of the White House National Security staff.
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Allegations that there was a third gun found at Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder have surfaced, bring more questions about the facts surrounding the firefight in Arivaca last year.
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Kenneth Melson, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, has resigned amidst the continuing scandals of his agency's program of 'gunwalking', or allowing the unhindered sales of firearms for illegal importation into Mexico.
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BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc., a leader in the treatment of industrial waste water, has resumed water treatment operations at its joint venture plant in Bisbee, Arizona. Bioreactor activity has been restored and water treatment has resumed. BioteQ expects treatment to gradually ramp up over the next four to six weeks.
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In Southern Arizona, rapid spread of buffelgrass and conversion of fire-resistant desert to flammable grassland rivals urban growth and water as the region's most pressing environmental issue. Buffelgrass has introduced a new wildfire risk into an ecosystem that is not fire adapted.
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BioteQ reports a delay in the expected re-start of operations at its joint venture plant in Bisbee, Arizona. With the ramp-up of the bioreactor following re-inoculation earlier this spring, the company has discovered several air leaks in the bioreactor loop system...
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The Cochise County Health Department has partnered with Adacel and TAPI to deliver all adults in Cochise County a Tdap vaccine free of charge.
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Top agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosiveshave been replaced in Phoenix, following the 'Fast and Furious' and 'Operation Gunrunner' capers that helped armed Mexican drug gangs. CBS News reporter Cheryl Attkisson continues to report on the "Fast and Furious" ATF operation, also known as Operation Gunrunner.
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Whistle me up a memory... Whistle me back where I want to be... Whistle a tune that will carry me... To Tombstone Territory... If your past has run afoul the law... It's a handy place to be... But your future's just a good as your draw... In Tombstone Territory...
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The Cochise Small Business Development Center is co- sponsoring an event geared towards ways to market non- profits.
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Crime statistics from the FBI confirm that the drug violence occurring in Sonora is not spilling over into Arizona. In fact, violent crime rates in Arizona have decreased in the last four years. Violent crime rate per 100,000 people dropped 7 percent from 2007 to 2008 and more than 15 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to the FBI.
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The AK 47 that killed Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was allowed into Mexico by Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms administrators. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa received ATF emails from gun dealers that detail concerns that quantities of guns being sold to straw buyers were diverted to Mexico for use in the escalating drug war.
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The suspect wanted for killing Cochise County rancher Robert Krentz Killer was murdered a month ago in Agua Prieta... "KVOA News 4 obtained a 36 page report from the Cochise County Sheriff's Office revealing new information on the ongoing investigation of Robert Krentz's murder. Recently on February 22, 2011, Cochise County Sheriff's department received a call from an unknown source who requested to meet investigators at the U.S. Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona informing officials they "investigated a homicide in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico on February 12, 2011, and believed the deceased, who was later identified as an investigative lead in the Krentz homicide investigation." MORE INSIDE...
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The budget cuts being proposed by the Arizona Legislature could close dozens of rural hospitals, including the Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee. Copper Queen's CEO, Jim Dickson is alarmed that the proposed cuts could impact his patients and the community at large.
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CBS News reports that Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed by an AK-47 that was traced back to an Arizona gun shop. US officials in the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency allowed these "guns to walk" into Mexico for the purpose of tracing them at crime scenes and other locations in Mexico.
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An FBI report contains new information confirming that Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed by a single shot, with a bullet matching the caliber of an AK-37 rifle. Agent Terry was a killed in a gun battle last December 14th, in a canyon near Arivaca. He was a member of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) in the Nogales, Arizona area of operations, having served at the Naco Station before joining BORTAC.
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The FBI has determined that three of the four men detained by the Border Patrol on the night Agent Brian Terry was killed have no connection with the shooting death.
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Cochise County Sheriff's Deputy, Victor Lopez and his wife, Angelina Michelle Lopez, have been charged with embezzling nearly a million dollars from Sierra Vista Internal Medicine, her former employer.
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