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The closure makes Tucson the latest two-newspaper town to lose one of its dailies. The Citizen published in the afternoon while the Arizona Daily Star has appeared mornings.

On Friday, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's office filed a motion seeking to halt the closure, contending that Gannett and Lee Enterprises, publisher of the morning Arizona Daily Star, had violated antitrust statutes by agreeing to close the Citizen.

On Saturday, Goddard told The Associated Press his office had been in contact with the chief federal magistrate in Tucson who was trying to locate U.S. District Judge Raner Collins — the judge assigned the case late Friday.

A Gannett official said late Friday that lawyers were reviewing the filing. A Lee spokesman did not return a call Friday night but denied the claims to the Star and said Lee looked forward to addressing them in court.

The Citizen will remain as an online-only opinion Web site — something that both Ross and Kim Kellow said appeals to them.

Gannett said the Citizen was no longer a viable print enterprise. The joint operating agreement with Lee was to end Saturday, but the two planned to continue a business partnership sharing in the costs of operating and profits from the Star.