Fronteras Desk News
A federal judge in California has ruled to vacate a new asylum rule enacted by the Biden administration in May, when the pandemic-era restriction Title 42 came to an end.
Jul. 25, 2023
The Sam Hughes neighborhood in central Tucson is one of the city’s oldest communities, named for one of Tucson's founding residents. The area is sought after, featuring older homes with deep porches and other charming touches. This summer, the rats moved in.
Jul. 25, 2023
The U.S. government wants to hear from you about a proposal to build up to three wildlife crossings across two national forests in northern Arizona.
Jul. 25, 2023
The Migration Policy Institute says fixing both the court system and immigration reform are needed to solve irregular migration. But in the absence of legislative reform, their new report offers ways to streamline the asylum process.
Jul. 25, 2023
Less than a year ago, voters in Douglas approved a ballot initiative to create stricter groundwater regulations through what’s called an Active Management Area. At least for now, it will remain in place after county officials threw out a separate initiative to eliminate the AMA.
Jul. 24, 2023
In a letter sent to the Biden administration this week, 112 Democratic lawmakers, including Arizona’s Raúl Grijalva and Ruben Gallego, say OSHA should introduce more stringent federal regulations to protect workers from extreme heat.
Jul. 24, 2023
Investigators have completed their scrutiny of last year’s Tunnel Fire that destroyed 30 homes northeast of Flagstaff.
Jul. 21, 2023
Sheriff’s investigators in northern Arizona have accused an Ash Fork firefighter in a string of arsons and have so far charged him in nine separate counts.
Jul. 21, 2023
The U.S. government won a conviction against a Mesa woman last week for her role in a multimillion-dollar fraud case targeting Arizona’s Medicaid program.
Jul. 20, 2023
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services has moved to get long-awaited federal protections for a tiny owl that lives on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
Jul. 20, 2023
More funding is on the way for cleaning up PFAS. That’s the group of human-made chemicals used in a wide range of products that’s now being found in drinking water. PFAS have been found in air, soil and water around the world.
Jul. 20, 2023
Throughout Mexico, agave plants are used to make distillates like tequila, mezcal and Sonora’s bacanora. But there are other products that can be made with the plants, too, and one group is using fiber from agave leaves to reduce waste and bring new income to rural communities.
Jul. 19, 2023
Hundreds of people gathered in Flagstaff on Tuesday to listen to public comments that overwhelmingly supported the designation of a new national monument surrounding Grand Canyon National Park.
Jul. 18, 2023
Lawmakers in Washington have re-introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act. A bipartisan coalition of U.S. Senators and Representatives — including three Arizona congressmen — announced the re-introduction this month.
Jul. 18, 2023
A group of environmental and community organizations has filed suit to stop a pair of mining exploration projects in southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains.
Jul. 18, 2023
A Phoenix firm has proposed building a dam on a tributary of the Little Colorado River for hydroelectric power, but the project has drawn criticism from Navajo Nation residents.
Jul. 17, 2023
It’s been a little more than two months since the pandemic-era protocol Title 42 came to an end at the U.S.-Mexico border. By the time the protocol came to a close on May 11, Angela, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Venezuela, was already on the road.
Jul. 17, 2023
Experts say the recent kidnapping and killing of three police officers — all brothers — in southern Sonora is part of a bigger problem within the state’s municipal police forces.
Jul. 14, 2023
Sonorans’ quality of life is negatively affected by poor roads, lack of safe bike lanes and unreliable public transportation. That’s the message of a proposal submitted by more than 20 citizen groups asking for a law to improve public mobility.
Jul. 14, 2023
One person has been arrested in connection with a still burning fire in northern Arizona. The arrested man was charged with reckless burning and violation of the county fire ban after grass trimmings he was scorching in a burn pit grew out of control on a windy day causing the Flat Fire.
Jul. 14, 2023
