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Valley Police Beat: Cocaine found in gas tank
ANDRADE - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found roughly 48 pounds of cocaine in a vehicle’s gas tank at the Andrade Port of Entry on Monday evening, according to a press release. Around 9 p.m., an officer conducting inspections...Tags: Police Arrests, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, FBI, Prisons
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How easy is it to visit the U.S.? Two surveys disagree.
The process of getting into the U.S. for a visit is either easy and efficient or so frustrating that many tourists tell their friends to avoid a trip to the country. The starkly different portrayals of the nation's customs process come from two separate...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Transportation Industry, National Security, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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El Centro resident busted with $120,000 of methamphetamine
Staff WriterCALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested an El Centro resident Sunday after discovering about $120,000 worth of methamphetamine in his car, according to a press release. Around 12:10 p.m., a detector dog alerted to a blue 1993...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Drug Trafficking
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Mail Call - April 9
“I see where someone wants to cut out the junk mail they receive. Think about it this way, that junk mail still brings in revenue for the postal service. Take away the junk mail, take away the revenue. Take away the revenue, take away a lot more...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Voting, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Local Government, Politics
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'Sequester' budget cuts have not delayed airline flights
Despite predictions that sweeping federal budget cuts would lead to long wait times at the nation’s airports, airline on-time performances did not change significantly during the busy spring break period. When a budget battle between Congress...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Government Debt, Security Measures, Travel, Transportation Security Administration
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Irvine couple ran international steroid ring, police allege
Authorities in Irvine said they uncovered a large-scale operation that allegedly produced illegal steroids and distributed them locally and around the world. Irvine police said 40 vials and 20,000 pills were found when local and federal authorities... -
Irvine couple suspected in steroids ring
A joint investigation by local and federal law enforcement uncovered a large-scale steroids ring in Irvine that may have distributed the drugs locally and internationally, Irvine police announced this week. Carlos Hernandez, 27, and his wife, Roxanne,...
Tags: National Security
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Valley Police Beat: Name of woman killed in collision Monday released
Staff WritersIMPERIAL - The name of the woman killed Monday on Aten Road was released by the Coroner’s Office on Wednesday. The woman was 80-year-old Micaela Govea of Imperial. She was hit by a vehicle as she crossed Aten Road west of Highway 86. An autopsy was...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Drug Trafficking, U.S. Border Patrol, Transportation Accidents
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Manhunt on Canadian border after shots fired at U.S. agents
SEATTLE -- A massive manhunt along the U.S.-Canada border ended early Wednesday with the arrest of a suspected drug smuggler believed to have fired shots at U.S. border agents in a remote, mountainous valley widely used for illicit trafficking. The...
Tags: Police Arrests, Shootings, Organized Crime
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CBP cuts to be reevaluated
Staff WriterU.S. Customs and Border Protection are reevaluating and postponing proposed cuts resulting from sequestration that would have translated to a more than 35 percent pay cut for the roughly 1,200 Border Patrol agents working in the Valley. In a statement...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Study ranks Hagerstown Regional Airport high in economic impact
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comAn economic impact study released Monday by the Maryland Aviation Administration ranked Hagerstown Regional Airport third out of 35 public-use airports in the state for 2012. Throughout the state, nearly 8,700 jobs can be traced to the aviation...Tags: Personal Income, Federal Aviation Administration, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Air Transportation Industry, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Smartphone app speeds up border crossings
SAN YSIDRO — Two eternal truths about crossing the Mexican border: It's worth the drive to Rosarito Beach for Tacos El Yaqui. And coming back is hell. In the last several years, crossing the border from the Mexican side has become a test of...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Computer Science, Mountains, Cabo San Lucas (Mexico), St. Patrick's Day
Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 7, 2013
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Apr 7, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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