Fronteras Desk News
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
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
Over the weekend dignitaries of the Guatemalan government, including its First Lady, will celebrate the opening of a consulate in Tucson. There has been buzz about a local office since the summer brought a surge of migration from Central America.
Dec. 8, 2014
The recount in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District race is underway in Pima County. Republican Martha McSally beat Democrat Ron Barber by just 161 votes, triggering the recount.
Dec. 4, 2014
Currently only about 5 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents are women, according to a spokeswoman. But that could be changing.
Dec. 3, 2014
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday a program to help Native American youth. More than one-third live in poverty and about two-thirds graduate from high school.
Dec. 3, 2014
In the Grand Canyon the Colorado River flows for 296 miles free from dams and other development. Many say the man responsible is Martin Litton, a legendary conservationist and boatman. Litton died Sunday in his California home. He was 97.
Dec. 3, 2014
Another lawsuit has been rejected in the highly contested 2nd Congressional District race between Martha McSally and Ron Barber. A Tucson lawyer sued the Secretary of State over the recount process.
Dec. 2, 2014
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook thousands of people in northern Arizona on Sunday night. This is the second earthquake that’s occurred near this epicenter in the last week.
Dec. 1, 2014
Power plants are the number one source of carbon pollution in the United States. Today is the final day to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan. The EPA has received a record number of comments.
Dec. 1, 2014
A part of Arizona’s history all but disappeared when the U.S.-Mexico border was created about 160 years ago. Parks and museums on both sides of the border have begun working together to revitalize and preserve a living history that gives people a way to connect to their roots.
Nov. 28, 2014
A Flagstaff crew has been working the wee hours of the morning in freezing temperatures to make enough snow to open Snowbowl Nov. 28. This will be the Flagstaff ski resort’s second full season with man-made snow. Getting the approval to make snow did not come easy.
Nov. 27, 2014
A Honduran woman won the right to stay in America two days before the holiday when an immigration judge ruled in favor of her asylum claim. She fled her country after receiving death threats.
Nov. 27, 2014
There is already confusion circulating as to who can be granted relief under President Barack Obama’s Executive Action, issued last week. An undocumented immigrant in sanctuary in Tucson may not be covered under the new immigration order.
Nov. 26, 2014
In the latest chapter of the Navajo Nation election saga, a presidential candidate can campaign now that a tribal judge ruled he is qualified.
Nov. 25, 2014
One of every five people on the Navajo Nation in Arizona is considered food insecure. That means they may not know where their next meal is coming from. A community on the western edge of the reservation has just gotten a grant to help.
Nov. 25, 2014