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A reporter was killed in northeastern Mexico on Wednesday. He is the 12th journalist in the country to be murdered in just the first six months of this year.
June 29, 2022
For well over a month, each week has brought big jumps of new COVID-19 cases in neighboring Sonora.
June 28, 2022
Mexico’s president says the tragic deaths of at least 50 migrants in Texas will be on the agenda during his upcoming meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
June 28, 2022
Vaccinations for kids ages 5 to 11 started in Sonora and across Mexico on Monday, drawing big crowds. In Sonora, state authorities hope to eventually vaccinate some 250,000 young people in that age range.
June 28, 2022
A 2020 National Science Foundation-funded study found that cloud seeding can generate precipitation, but other researchers are skeptical that cloud seeding can address the impacts of drought and climate change.
June 28, 2022
Seven species of sea turtles swim the world’s oceans, nearly all of them threatened or endangered by climate change, poaching and entanglement in fishing gear, among other threats. Five of those turtle species make their way into Mexico’s Gulf of California, where a family in the small Sonoran fishing town of Kino Bay is working to protect the turtles that reach its coasts.
June 27, 2022
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Mexican authorities had hoped to recoup the status within several months, but more than a year has passed since U.S. authorities determined that the country didn't meet international standards.
June 25, 2022
Sonora’s previous governor, who often touted her collaboration with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, has been kicked out of her political party.
June 24, 2022
Neighboring Sonora remains among the handful of Mexican states accounting for nearly half of the country’s murder victims.
June 22, 2022
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the two priests were slain at a church in a remote town in Chihuahua after a man was chased into the church and killed.
June 22, 2022
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador enthusiastically welcomed the weekend win of Colombia’s new president-elect Gustavo Petro.
June 20, 2022
The popular Sonoran beach town of San Carlos was the site of deadly violence over the weekend.
June 20, 2022
Sonoran legislators have unanimously approved a measure that will help conserve private land across the state. Conservation experts see it as a major step forward in protecting habitat and wildlife.
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June 20, 2022
A Sonoran councilwoman was murdered in the southern part of the state this week. Officials say they are investigating the killing as a femicide.
June 17, 2022
As many in the U.S. look forward to soon having access to COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5, in neighboring Sonora, it’s kids over 5 who will finally get their turn for a jab.
June 16, 2022
A new law in Sonora, Mexico, criminalizes sharing or publishing images of violent crime victims. But after pushback, the governor says the law will be modified.
June 16, 2022
Registration is also set to open soon for children ages five to 11 to get their coronavirus vaccines.
June 14, 2022
Members of an Indigenous community in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, are asking tourists not to contract outside tour operators when visiting the tribe’s territory.
June 8, 2022
Nearly two years after a mask mandate was implemented in Sonora amid the height of the pandemic, legislators voted this week to lift the measure.
June 8, 2022
Half of the state's 72 municipalities are considered to have severe drought, and the other 36 extreme drought.
June 8, 2022
