Elgin News

There are more than 30 wineries and vineyards in Arizona, spread out from Chino Valley, in the north, to Bowie, in the southeast.

There are 44 to 55 pounds of copper in the average car. New hybrid plug-in cars will require an additional 26 pounds of copper for the battery.

Public meetings have been set in Elgin and Green Valley for the visit of a top federal official to Southern Arizona on Saturday to hear public concerns and company comments on the proposed Rosemont Mine.

Grapes aren't supposed to grow in the desert. But here in the southern Arizona town of Elgin, surrounded by endless, rolling, green and amber hills, the Callaghan family is de-stemming gigantic bins of grapes that will eventually produce a nice petit verdot.

Lisa Callaghan applies labels to bottles at her family's winery in Elgin, Ariz. Every bottle of wine is hand labeled.

But here in this southern Arizona town, surrounded by endless, rolling green and amber hills, the Callaghan family is de-stemming gigantic bins of grapes that will eventually produce a nice Petit Verdot .

Southern Arizona, land of ocotillo, ironwood, mesquite, and saguaro cacti, seems like one of the least likely places in the U.S.A., or on earth, to yield quality wines.

The grassland near Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin really is a gem in Southern Arizona consisting relatively undisturbed farm and ranch land.

Bro, it ain't the container, it's what's in the container. You'd be drinking wine from goatskins if everyone thought as you do.

If you like fine wine and good food - and really, who doesn't? - drive to the Wine, Dine and Unwind celebration June 20-21 in the "Mountain Empire" - Sonoita, Patagonia and Elgin - of southern Arizona.

How about some wine with your meal? One of Arizona's oldest wineries has burned to the ground, sending ripples through the state's wine industry that it helped developed.

Eight people are dead after an SUV packed with suspected illegal immigrants crashed just before midnight along State Route 82 near Sonoita.

Head for the Southern Arizona wine country in June. Elgin, Patagonia and Sonoita are opening their doors and inviting wine lovers and their families to a relaxing weekend of wine, food and fun in the cool setting of Arizona's Wine Country .

Lupita Murillo reports Arsonist arrested by Pima Co. Sheriff's Investigators Arson detectives with the Pima County Sheriff's Department say a man accused of starting a weekend fire could be responsible for others.

A wildfire Tuesday near the west gate of Fort Huachuca quickly spread to 2,000 acres, burned at least five houses and injured one person, authorities said.

A fire Tuesday afternoon near the west gate of Fort Huachuca has burned five houses and injured one person, authorities said.