Fronteras Desk News
Officials at a nuclear waste site outside Carlsbad, N.M., are monitoring the health of 13 workers who tested positive for radiation exposure.
Feb. 28, 2014
The training is part of an agreement to reduce tensions between the Sheriff's office and a small Phoenix suburb.
Feb. 26, 2014
The annual cost of fighting wildfires in the United States has been close to $2 billion in the last three years. Obama wants that money to come from disaster relief funds instead of from the Department of Agriculture's budget.
Feb. 26, 2014
The Navajo Nation may have to wait another year to get a gambling compact with the state of New Mexico. With an expiration date of 2016 on the current compact, Navajo officials are getting nervous about the future of their investments.
Feb. 25, 2014
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly recently vetoed legislation that would increase taxes on junk food sold on the reservation, says he will support a new, tweaked version.
Feb. 24, 2014
The head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel who was the world's most powerful drug lord was captured overnight by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a hotel in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Feb. 22, 2014
The week's top stories from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk.
Feb. 22, 2014
There has been mixed public reaction to a religious freedom bill that has sparked controversy. SB 1062 would give some protection to businesses and individuals who refuse service to someone based on religious beliefs, but critics say the bill will sanction discrimination against gay people and hurt the state economically.
Feb. 21, 2014
Most people are squeamish about the notion of consuming recycled wastewater. But experts say we might have to get used to the idea, given our current drought and the growing population in the Southwest. In Part Two of our series Pipe Dreams, we learn how waste water in Las Vegas gets clean enough to drink.
Feb. 20, 2014
The Texas Rio Grande Valley is facing the possibility of losing its only public television outlet.
Feb. 18, 2014
Agriculture in this arid Southwest depends heavily on snow pack that melts into the Rio Grande and Colorado River every spring. But in the last two decades there's been a lot less snow.
Feb. 18, 2014
At the Instituto Madre Asunta shelter for migrant women and children in Tijuana, a woman in a red sweatshirt with a sullen face tries to keep her 4-year-old son entertained while she tells a stranger her story.
Feb. 14, 2014
When Pat Mulroy started her career, people called her Nevada’s water witch. Twenty-five years later she’s known as the water czar. The icon leaves behind a huge legacy in Southwest water management and a few tips about how to sustain the Colorado River water supply.
Feb. 13, 2014
According to new figures released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there's been a 53 percent increase in the number of people signing up for health care plans on the health insurance marketplace in January. In the Southwest, Texas has seen the biggest increase in sign ups among its neighbors.
Feb. 12, 2014
Leonard Knight, the creator of the California desert artwork known as Salvation Mountain, has died. He was 82.
Feb. 11, 2014
A new analysis from U.S. Health and Human Services estimates that about eight out of ten Latinos across the nation qualify for tax credits to buy a health plan through Obamacare or for Medicaid.
Feb. 11, 2014
Asylum petitions more than doubled from 2012 to 2013. Members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hosted a hearing Tuesday looking into allegations of fraud among asylum applicants.
Feb. 11, 2014
Early settlers braved Apache raids to soak in the so-called healing waters of Truth or Consequences. Today the town's economy is built around them, but lately locals have begun to worry about the abundance of their precious natural resource.
Feb. 11, 2014
One in four families in America currently faces medical debt. The Affordable Care Act aims to curb issues with health care access, and in turn lessen debt. But in an Obamacare America, some populations continue to be barred from access and could still be facing mounting bills.
Feb. 11, 2014
