Douglas, Arizona

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Top Ten Activities that National Guard Troops Will Engage in on the U.S. Mexico Border
It was announced months ago that Pres. Obama would be sending an increased number of National Guard troops to the United States-Mexico border.
Is Douglas, Arizona in denial about the border?
Remember the movie "Jaws" and how the town of AmityA was in denial they were being stalked by a Great White Shark out of fear of scaring offA tourists? In this report from Ed Ashurst, a Cochise County rancher, one has to wonder what the City Council of Douglas, Arizona is thinking: At approximately 1:00a.m., the morning of August 26, 2010, three ...
AZ CD8:
To: Interested Parties From: Rodd McLeod, Campaign Manager, Giffords for Congress Date: August 25th, 2010 In Re: State of the AZ08 Race With the defeat of lobbyist/insider Jonathan Paton in yesterday's Republican primary, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' prospects for re-election have brightened significantly.
Three jailed for Mexico baby smuggling racket
An Arizona attorney and two New York women were sentenced to federal prison yesterday after admitting they had smuggled Mexican children into the United States, where prospective parents paid as much as $20,000 . An Arizona attorney and two New York women were sentenced to federal prison yesterday after admitting they had smuggled Mexican children ...
'I understand that people are desperate --- but a '
Sue Krentz is a conflicted woman, coping with many strands of the complicated, apparently unsolvable quagmire of what has become normal life near the Mexican border.
Don Olsen to operate Coyote Wash grocery store
Longtime area grocer Don Olsen has purchased the grocery store and the shopping center at Coyote Wash in Wellton with plans to reopen the grocery store as Olsen's IGA.
Local law enforcement helps Border Patrol in pot bust
Two different local law enforcement departments helped U.S. Border Patrol agents seize 220 pounds of marijuana on Tuesday, according to a Border Patrol press release.
The Reaper's Line
For 28 years I've been under the spell of a fabulously infatuating mistress. In the blink of an eye her charm could lull a man to sleep, or leave him stranded on the brink of death.
Border Patrol Seizes more than $800k in Narcotics
TUCSON, Ariz. a ' U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Douglas station seized more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana last night from an abandoned vehicle found near Douglas, Ariz.

City Description

Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Douglas has a border crossing with Mexico and a history of mining. The population was 14,312 at the 2000 census. According to 2008 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,316. Douglas is located at 31°20′42″N 109°32′29″W / 31.345°N 109.54139°W / 31.345; -109.54139 (31.344911, -109.541376). Douglas stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, across from the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Douglas was founded as a smelter town, to treat the copper ores of nearby Bisbee, Arizona. The town is named after mining pioneer James Douglas. Two copper smelters operated at the site. The Calumet and Arizona Company Smelter was built in 1902. The Copper Queen operated in Douglas from 1904 until 1931, when the Phelps Dodge Corporation purchased the Calumet and Arizona Company and took over their smelter. The Calumet and Arizona smelter then became the Douglas Reduction Works. Douglas was the site of the Phelps-Dodge Corporation Douglas Reduction Works until its closure in 1987. The smoke stacks of the smelter were not taken down until January 13, 1991. The town was a site of the Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983. The "Cowboys