ARIZONA 360

Episode 236

TUCSON SECTOR BORDER PATROL CHIEF: CHIEF ROY VILLAREAL DISCUSSES APPREHENSIONS DURING THE SUMMER, WALL CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE BORDER AND ONGOING CHALLENGES IN THE SECTOR. RIO NUEVO 20 YEARS LATER: RIO NUEVO CHAIR FLETCHER MCCUSKER DISCUSSES HOW THE MULTIPURPOSE DISTRICT HAS CHANGED SINCE ITS CREATION 20 YEARS AGO, INCLUDING PAST MISSTEPS AND FUTURE PROJECTS DESIGNED TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN TUCSON. I-10 ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG: A PROJECT TO CREATE A NEW INTERCHANGE AT I-10 AND RUTHRAUFF LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE NEAR THE INTERSTATE AND THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ANTHROPOLOGIST THOMAS SHERIDAN DISCUSSED THE RIVER’S CRITICAL ROLE IN ANCIENT AGRICULTURE IN PIMA COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE TYPES OF DISCOVERIES THESE EXCAVATIONS CAN YIELD. TUCSON MAYORAL CANDIDATE MIKE CEASE: ARIZONA 360 HEARS FROM GREEN PARTY MAYORAL CANDIDATE MIKE CEASE ABOUT HIS VISION FOR THE CITY OF TUCSON, AND HOW HE SEES A PATH TO VICTORY IN NOVEMBER’S ELECTION.