Fronteras Desk News
Last month, the Arizona Game and Fish Department adopted a series of amendments to guide the agency’s relationship with tribal communities. Jon Cooley took it upon himself to update his state agency's tribal cooperative agreement, ensuring that policy accurately reflected today’s relationship between Arizona and its Indigenous communities.
Sep. 5, 2023
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, has asked the Mexican government to take steps to lessen the harm done by tourists to a threatened firefly species in which males blink together as one.
Sep. 4, 2023
Just like other parts of the state, southern Arizona saw a spate of scorching summer temperatures in July. Rights advocates monitoring the border say that the brutal heat wave had deadly consequences for migrants and asylum seekers crossing the desert.
Sep. 2, 2023
In a letter sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a group of conservationists say the effort to build up the population of Mexican gray wolves south of the border isn’t going well. The species is endangered here in the U.S.
Sep. 2, 2023
The Navajo Nation council has approved the Nation’s Victims Rights Act of 2023, which is intended to offer more support to victims of sexual assault, rape, domestic violence and other types of violent crimes.
Sep. 1, 2023
The life and legacy of one famous Hopi Olympic athlete is being honored on Sunday. Up to 300 runners will dash in his memory, competing in 5k and 10k races through Hopi homelands, including the village of Shungopavi where he grew up.
Sep. 1, 2023
The federal government says the landscape has changed some areas of Arizona where flooding has posed a real risk. Updated floodplain mapping is now available for one northern Arizona community.
Aug. 31, 2023
A group of 19 attorneys general around the country are asking the Biden administration to fast-track work authorization for newly-arrived immigrants in their states.
Aug. 31, 2023
The Pima Animal Care Center says it’s in urgent need of pet adoptions and fosters. A country official says the shelter has seen an increase in the number of pet owners having to surrender their pets over the last year.
Aug. 30, 2023
Amelia Flores, chairwoman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, brought attention to critical issues that her tribal farmers face back at home on her community's reservation.
Aug. 30, 2023
A group of GOP states are suing to stop a Biden administration program that allows Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to apply to come to the U.S. with a sponsor. The case went to trial this month in Victoria, Texas.
Aug. 29, 2023
While the state has taken down the containers already, it will still pay more to resolve a lawsuit to fully remediate damage done to the area.
Aug. 29, 2023
Lois Ellen Frank's latest cookbook, “Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes using Native American Ingredients,” is a love letter to the foods and flavors from the Southwest — but most of all, the Indigenous producers who cultivate and cherish them.
Aug. 27, 2023
Coconino County officials have declared a state of emergency after flooding in Tusayan forced the evacuation of 100 people Tuesday. Officials warned that with more rain in the forecast, further shelter in place warnings or evacuation orders could be on the horizon.
Aug. 24, 2023
The hearing Thursday in Tucson covers a pair of mining projects slated for a stretch of U.S. Forest Service land in southern Arizona. A federal judge will hear their arguments for halting all mining activity while the a larger case proceeds.
Aug. 23, 2023
The Sedona City Council is putting aside the idea of banning off-highway vehicles within the city and instead working to reach agreements with rental companies to self-regulate their customers.
Aug. 23, 2023
Three feet of water swamped State Route 64 into Grand Canyon National Park prompting emergency officials to call on residents to shelter in place Tuesday night.
Aug. 22, 2023
Federal prosecutors say 22 people have been indicted for conspiracy to smuggle undocumented immigrants for profit.
Aug. 22, 2023
An official also said the agency was redesigning the TPS status for Ukraine as a whole — meaning Ukrainians who are in the U.S. but don’t yet have the status can apply to get it.
Aug. 22, 2023
Texas installed roughly 1000-feet of giant orange buoys are held together by sharp metal pieces and surrounded by barbed wire earlier this year.
Aug. 21, 2023
