Fronteras Desk News
Despite high incidence of sexual assault on the Navajo Nation, many women in Indian Country have been denied access to Plan B.
Dec. 25, 2014
Another undocumented immigrant in Arizona left sanctuary Wednesday. The man had been seeking protection from deportation at St. Francis in the Foothills Church in Tucson for several months.
Dec. 25, 2014
When a federal appeals court forced Arizona to stop denying licenses to some young immigrants, it was the latest in a series of legal losses for the state.
Dec. 24, 2014
Forty percent of the Navajo Nation doesn’t have running water. A Los Angeles-based nonprofit is trying to change that one community at a time.
Dec. 23, 2014
Young immigrants known as DREAMers celebrated getting driver's licenses for the first time on Monday. But Arizona continues to bar another immigrant group from driving legally.
Dec. 22, 2014
Recent studies say firefighters are twice as likely to get certain types of cancer than the general public. But scientists say stricter firefighting safety practices could lower those rates.
Dec. 22, 2014
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Firefighters face a multitude of cancer-causing agents but one of the most insidious is the exhaust from their own trucks. There's now funding available to install exhaust removal systems.
Dec. 22, 2014
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has told a federal judge he will disband a controversial unit that did worksite raids.
Dec. 18, 2014
The Tucson Police Department said it will stop some immigration checks by Friday. The agency said it will scale back enforcement of Arizona’s controversial immigration law SB1070, in part because of President Barack Obama’s executive action.
Dec. 18, 2014
Starting Monday, Arizona must allow young immigrants known as DREAMers the right to apply for driver’s licenses.
Dec. 18, 2014
The Maricopa County Superior Court announced Wednesday that Republican Martha McSally has won in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District after a mandatory recount.
Dec. 18, 2014
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The cost for turquoise has jumped in recent years. And that means Navajo artists and other silversmiths might be raising their jewelry prices this holiday season.
Dec. 17, 2014
Pima and Cochise counties have finished more than a week-long recount in the 2nd Congressional District race between Republican Challenger Martha McSally and Democratic representative Ron Barber. The winner is set to be announced on Wednesday.
Dec. 15, 2014
The case of a Mexican man who agreed to plead guilty to raping a 14-year-old migrant girl is now heading to trial in Arizona's Santa Cruz county.
Dec. 15, 2014
The recount in the 2nd Congressional District is getting closer to the finish line. The district includes half of Pima County and all of Cochise County, and both have finished their electronic recount.
Dec. 11, 2014
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Half of the inmate population at the Coconino County jail is Native American, and their recidivism rate is high. In an attempt to change that, the jail offers various recovery and job-skills programs. It has even built a sweat lodge.
Dec. 11, 2014
A Southern Arizona-based humanitarian group says that some immigrants who are stripped of their possessions when they are apprehended at the border never get their property back when they are deported.
Dec. 11, 2014
A report released Wednesday shows an experimental release of water into the dry Colorado River Delta shows potential for how more regular flows could restore the environment.
Dec. 10, 2014
Civil rights advocates on the border say new federal guidance restricting racial profiling doesn’t go far enough. The rules released Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice include exceptions for border enforcement.
Dec. 9, 2014
The recount in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District race between Ron Barber and Martha McSally continues this week.
Dec. 8, 2014
