Benson News

Robert T. Park, believed to be detained in Korea, had a zeal for Christian missionary work that he developed while doing outreach work in Nogales, Son., his family said Monday.

A review of the top news of 2009 through the warped and whacked-out cartoons of Steve Benson, political cartoonist for the Arizona Republic, and nationally syndicated cartoonist Brian Fairrington.

It's the season for giving and getting, mostly getting if you happen to be a school.

A federal judge has signed a consent decree ordering Apache Nitrogen Products to pay up to $5 million to continue a cleanup of soil and water contamination near its plant just outside Benson, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.

The Cochise County Health Department is announcing the continuation of its H1N1 vaccination clinics.

The Cochise County Health Department is announcing the continuation of its H1N1 vaccination clinics.

This is comment letter number two sent to BLM regarding the SunZia Transmission project which proposes to put in a high transmission electrical line through the San Pedro River Valley from Benson to San Manuel through the Redington area.

Police and Cochise County sheriff's investigators are looking into the death of a man run over by a train Wednesday evening in Benson southeast of Tucson.

The parade is just the beginning of this holiday event. In addition to enjoying the floats, visitors can stop by the arts and crafts booths that will line the street, and food booths will serve such fare as Navajo tacos and tamales.

In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, six-year-old Falcon Heene is shown with his father, Richard, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo.

The Cochise County Health Department is announcing the continuation of its H1N1 vaccination clinics of this flu season.

BENSON a ' Cave explorers know things are found a ' not lost a ' in black holes.

Walk into MacAlpine's and it's like stepping into a time warp. Opened in 1928, the restaurant brings the fun and funky malt-shop atmosphere into the 2000's. A lot of nostalgia combined with good old-fashioned home cooking and decadent ice-cream treats make it worth all the calories.

The fall fun isn't over just because Halloween has passed. Here's a look at some of the fun planned in southeastern Arizona this month... Western Music Festival Tombstone November 6-8 Hear how the West was sung! Three full days of live Western music will play on the streets of Tombstone and on its stages.

The Arizona School Board Association will conduct its annual county workshop at 5 p.m. on Thursday at the Pueblo Elementary School cafeteria, 2803 W. 20th St.

A Southern Arizona power cooperative and two member distribution cooperatives will receive more than $32 million as part of a federal project to modernize the nation's electric grid.

The slowdown in building permits says it all about new-home construction. Permits 6,887 7,493 8,511 9,560 11,762 8,578 5,044 3,108 1,800 - 2000* * Projected numbers for the year.

BENSON a ' For Gordon Abbott and his sons, Ryan, 9, and Sean, 12, Kartchner Caverns State Park provided an eye-opening experience during a trip from Honolulu.

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Cochise County investigators are going over newly uncovered evidence found inside Kartchner Caverns after a break-in occurred last week.