Top Stories Of 2019

1. Arizona Border Area Ranchers Issue Invite To Pelosi, “We’ll Send A Plane”

Arizona ranchers, living along the U.S. Mexico border, have issued an invitation to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to visit their ranches. The invite was made five years ago and is making the rounds again in response to the government shut down. READ MORE >>

2. Navajo Nation VP Delivers Prayer Before President Trump Signs Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Executive Order

Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer had the honor of providing a prayer in the Oval Office moments prior to the signing of the executive order. [Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer and Second Lady Dottie Lizer joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, for the signing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Executive Order. U.S. Attorney Gen. William Barr, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and other tribal leaders were also in attendance at the White House for the ceremony. READ MORE >>

3. Tempe Police Asked To Leave Starbucks, Veterans Included

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Starbucks barista asked Tempe officers to leave establishment.

A tweet from the Tempe Officers Association regarding a request that a group of officers move or leave a Starbucks coffee shop on the Fourth of July because a customer felt uncomfortable has sparked public outrage. READ MORE >>

4. Tucson Police blow up social media with “White Powder Investigation”

Tucson Police Department Investigating Suspicious White Powder on Tucson’s far East Side.

TUCSON — Tucson Police Department public information officers deployed their sense of humor Friday, setting off a social media frenzy with their “investigation into white powder.” READ MORE >>

5. Mormon Officials In Bisbee Being Investigated For Not Reporting Child Sex Abuse

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The Cochise County Attorney’s Office is looking into whether local members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints violated state law by not contacting law enforcement even though they knew a church member was engaging in ongoing sexual behavior with his children, including an infant, the Arizona Daily Independent has learned. READ MORE >>

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