Benson, Arizona

• RVing 101: Solitude, birds, and pecan pies, AZ, Part 1
  

  Just an hour's drive east of Tucson, and five miles south of Benson on the route to Tombstone and Bisbee is the agricultural community of St.

• History falls victim to budget cuts
  

  BENSON, Ariz. a ' This is a story of countervailing forces locked in a struggle for the hearts and minds of our countrymen a ' Arizonans in this instance.

• Patrols target Mardi Gras partiers
  

  A police task force made up of several agencies will be out on patrol Tuesday night looking for Mardi Gras partiers who drink too much and get behind the wheel.

• Hot Links: Cop Accused of Shoplifting, MVD, and the Penis Tree
  

  A Mesa police officer is accused of shoplifting at Sportsman's Warehouse in east Mesa.

• DPS: Officer spots 197 pounds of pot in man's back seat
  

  BENSON, AZ a ' Authorities say a Bisbee man was taken into custody Wednesday after a Department of Public Safety officer found nearly 200 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle.

• Spirits at the lucky Horseshoe Cafe in Benson Arizona
  

  With a little luck you just might encounter a ghost at the Horseshoe Cafe in Benson, Arizona.

• Kingman man caught with 163 pounds of pot
  

  A 36-year-old Kingman man was busted with 163 pounds of marijuana at a border checkpoint Friday, according to the Department of Public Safety .

• High-Speed Chase Yields 163 Pounds Of Pot
  

  The Arizona Department of Public Safety and U.S. Border control confiscated 163 pounds of marijuana Friday after a high-speed chase.

• Benson, Ariz. skull thief gets 18 months
  

  A man, who prosecutors called "satanist," was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing a skull from a grave Monday.

• Baxter Black featured speaker at chamber banquet
  

  Baxter Black, the "self-described cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and sorry team roper," is set to bring laughs and his Western rural theme to the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.

• MUHS, C-OC districts looking into unification
  

  MUHS and C-OC school boards met Tuesday night in joint session to discuss the possibility of unifying the two districts.

• Tucson missionary in North Korea driven by 'zeal,' family says
  

  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.

• Political Cartoonists
  

  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.

• Tiny Arizona school district turns down stimulus funds
  

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

• Apache Nitrogen agrees to pay up to $5M for Benson cleanup
  

  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.

• Cochise County announces continuation of H1N1 clinics
  

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

• H1N1 vaccine available to everyone in December in Cochise County
  

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

• Cascabel Working Group submits second letter against SunZia Project
  

  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.

• Train hits, kills man in Benson
  

  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.

City Description

Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, in the United States, 45 miles east-southeast of Tucson. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,934. The city was founded in 1880 when the Southern Pacific Railroad came through. It was named after Judge William B. Benson, a friend of the president of the railroad. The city is perhaps best known as the gateway to Kartchner Caverns State Park. Benson is located at 31°57′10″N 110°18′24″W / 31.95278°N 110.30667°W / 31.95278; -110.30667 (31.95288, -110.30677). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.5 km²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,711 people, 2,084 households, and 1,346 families residing in the city. The population density was 131.9 people per square mile (50.9/km²). There were 2,822 housing units at an average density of 79.0/sq mi (30.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.32% White, 19.85% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 1.29% Native American, 0.72% Black or African American, 0.47% Asian, and 0.13% Pacific Islander. 5.69% were from other races, and 2.38% from two or more races. There were 2,084 households out of

City Contained By:

• Cochise County
• Arizona
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 92.462575539 km squared

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