From TheTombstoneNews.com:

In the near future you may see Tombstone Public Works Employees going about their daily jobs in new more fuel efficient vehicles.

“The whole idea is to save money,” stated City Clerk/Manager Barnes. “To operate one pick-up truck the fuel is $400 a month, this excludes any needed maintenance.”

The Yamaha mini truck golf carts will cost $100 a month to lease and $50 a month for fuel and save the city $250.00 per vehicle per month. The first question Barnes and Mayor Henderson asked themselves was if carts would be able to handle the daily tasks of Public Works. According to Barnes, the answer is yes. The back ‘bed’ is like a small pickup truck and can hold debris from weed eating and a rack can be mounted in the back to hold different tools like weed eaters.

A sheriff's spokeswoman says a man was climbing a ladder when a Border Patrol agent fatally shot him three
times.

Cochise County sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas told The Associated Press on Monday that investigators have no indication that 19-year-old Carlos La Madrid assaulted or tried to assault the agent when he was shot March 21.

La Madrid had fled police in an Arizona border city (Douglas) in a truck and drove to the border with Mexico. He was climbing a ladder and trying to cross the border.

Capas says another man atop the wall began throwing rocks at the agent.

La Madrid was shot three times and died. The man on the wall got away.

By Teresa Jun,

Congressman Ted Poe, who represents the 2nd U.S. Congressional District of Texas, toured the Arizona-Mexico border Friday afternoon.

He was invited by the office of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to see border security firsthand. The two had worked together last year, to call on President Obama to assign National Guard troops near the border.

"It's not a partisan issue, it's a bipartisan issue," Rep. Poe said. "We have the same problems in Texas as Arizona does. And we need more boots on the ground, right here at the border."

A local rancher who led Rep. Poe on the tour argues that more law enforcement officers should be assigned right along the border, instead of at stations a few miles into Arizona.

"It's amazing to me that (illegal border crossers) can get 50 miles into Arizona before they're even caught," said Gary Thrasher, who owns ranch properties near the border in Douglas. "That's why we want officers out on the border, on the fence. Right now, the Border Patrol works quite a distance from the border."