Tucson Border Patrol agents hope an alliance with the SSP will further prevent the influx of drugs, humans and weapons into the country by way of the Arizona-Mexico border. Still, many law enforcement agencies, such as the Tombstone Police Department, fear that an alliance with SSP will be tumultuous due to Mexico's allegedly corrupt government.

"It has been good to have all the rain and snow in this area, but that is going to cause different weeds and flowers to bloom that we haven't seen in a while and it is going to cause a lot of allergies," said Tombstone local Hermando Molina.

Karl Uterhardt, Tombstone Unified School District superintendent, said the district filed suit to force the contractor, Richard E. Lambert Ltd., to make good on promises to complete a "punch list" of problems that ranged from leaky windows and doors to non-working sinks to more serious, underground plumbing issues.

In the Feb. 17 board meeting, the Parks Board discussed extending the close dates of any park where there is currently a drafted agreement between cities and state, or cancelling the closure of any park where cities have volunteered to take over operational management.

The state studied the need after a local driver struck and killed a British couple crossing the street early one evening last October. The deaths spurred town officials to ask the state yet again to put permanent markings on the street, which is also State Route 80.

Officials with the Arizona Department of Transportation reviewed traffic patterns along the street before reaching the decision.

To alleviate concerns that the town expressed about the timing of the study – conducted in the town's slowest part of the tourist season – the state said it would allow the town to place temporary crosswalks on the roadway for special events like Helldorado Days. A state permit would be needed.

The school district is honoring the former teacher, coach, principal and mentor by dedicating the gymnasium at the new high school in his name.

Members of the football, baseball, softball and tennis teams begin by changing in the locker rooms at school, and then, instead of practicing at their own school, they board a bus and travel to their old high school across town - which has been vacant since 2006.

The board voted to reinstate serving lunch at the elementary school, where it's been suspended since the 2008-09 school year due to a $38,000 budget deficit. For the last year and a half, students had to hop on a bus that ferried them to Tombstone High School for their mid-day meal.