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- Repo! The Genetic Opera Sells Out at Chandler Cinemas, Draws Local Notables to Premiere
Revelers dressed as characters from the film Repo! The Genetic Opera at the movie's Arizona premiere.
- Dena Bunis: Under Obama, immigration reform may have to wait
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- Sentencing in Machete Attack
Sentencing for a 38-year old Sells man for an assault with a machete. It happened in December 2006 on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
- Sells man sentenced for machete attack
A 38-year old Sells man has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for a violent assault on another man which took place in the Pisinimo Village of the Tohono O'odham Nation.
- Chertoff: Progress made at border
There has been "measurable and significant progress" in moving toward border security in the past few years, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday.
- Chertoff visits amid protests
Sandy Rathbun reports Chertoff visits amid protests The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, visited Arizona on Thursday and Friday.
- Danny Lopez tirelessly taught Tohono O'odham culture
Danny Lopez, a widely known Tohono O'odham poet, storyteller and educator who worked to preserve the tribe's culture and language has died.
- Educator vs. businessman vie for tech ed board seat
A businessman and an educator are facing off in the only contested race for a seat on the Joint Technological Education District board.
- Naylor Middle School gets 'failing' label 3rd year in row
For the third straight year, Naylor Middle School in Tucson Unified School District earned a "failing" label from the state AZ LEARNS program.
- Author J.A. Jance to speak Oct. 10
J.A. Jance, the New York Times best-selling author of the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series and three stand-alone thrillers, will speak at the Struthers Library Theatre on ...
- 3 illegal immigrants in trouble get assist from Border Patrol agents
Border Patrol agents provided medical treatment Thursday and Friday to three illegal immigrants found in distress.
- Sells man sentenced for fatal shooting
A 41-year old Sells man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
- Reservation ban of water for migrants is reported
A Tohono O'odham tribe member who has been putting water in remote desert areas for the past seven years for the benefit of illegal immigrants says he has been told to stop.
- Border agent sues Ford after crippling accident
A U.S. Border Patrol officer who was critically injured in a wreck last October has sued the Ford Motor Co., alleging the F250 pickup he was driving was defective.
- Denogean: O'odham activist fights diabetes with 3,000-mile walk
Fifty years ago, diabetes was unheard of among the Tohono O'odham people. Today, more than half of all Tohono O'odham adults suffer from type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, the highest rate in the world.
- Tales from the Morgue: The day the road to Ajo grew by two miles
Elaine Raines has been the librarian at the Arizona Daily Star for almost 30 years.
- County OKs Cell, 911 Service near Border
"It's frightening to be in a remote area and not be able to call law enforcement," says Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson, who covers the sprawling, isolated Tohono O'Odham Reservation.
- 5,000 items missing from Indian Health
Mismanagement at the federal Indian Health Service has resulted in millions of dollars of equipment being lost or stolen across the nation, including in Arizona, congressional investigators reported.
- 5,000 items missing from Indian Health
Mismanagement at the federal Indian Health Service has resulted in millions of dollars of equipment being lost or stolen across the nation, including in Arizona, congressional investigators reported.
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- Kumon of Tucson - Tutoring Center
Math and Reading for children K-grade 12.
Individualized, after-school, year-round program for enrichment or remedial purposes.
Parent orientations daily, by appointment only.
Please call 520-797-0121 to reserve your spot.
6004 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ (Oracle & Rudasill)
City DescriptionSells (O'odham (Papago): Komkcʼeḍ ʼe Wa:ʼosidk) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,799 at the 2000 census. It is the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation. Originally known as Indian Oasis, the settlement took its present name in 1918 to honor Indian Commissioner Cato Sells.
Sells is located at 31°54′54″N 111°52′32″W / 31.915, -111.87556 (31.914994, -111.875669).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24.3 km²), of which, 9.4 square miles (24.2 km²) of it is land and 0.11% is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,799 people, 690 households, and 565 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 298.9 people per square mile (115.5/km²). There were 810 housing units at an average density of 86.5/sq mi (33.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 2.82% White, 0.04% Black or African American, 96.32% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. 3.25% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 690 households out of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.9% were ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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