By Alberto Quiroz/Arizona Sonora News When they finish high school, some students go on to college while others enter the workforce. A select few, enlist into the Armed Services. Jose Alberto Ureña was one of those select few. “I scored high enough to join the Air Force, but they never got back to me,” Ureña…
Arizona is known for its tough-on-crime sheriffs. An image of a take-no-prisoners lawman is part of the state’s reputation. Tony Estrada of Santa Cruz County, currently Arizona’s longest-serving and only Hispanic sheriff, is cut from that same cloth. But for national audiences, the embodiment of that image has always been dominated by larger than life publicity-seekers…
It’s an organization that is changing the lives of those who try to cross into the United States to provide a better lifestyle for them and their families. I traveled to Nogales Sonora to visit the Kino Border Initiative, where thousands of migrants call their home. Carmen Valencia is a reporter for Arizona Sonora…
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey started this week off with a press conference on gun safety, repeating a vow to increase the data sent into the gun registration database, despite calls from reporters to answer questions on whether or not the “gun show loophole” will be closed. As it stands, guns are only registered if…
A tomato grows in Mexico. After being plucked from the vine, shipped into the United States, and placed on a shelf, it lies in wait. Some don’t even make it to the shelf. If the tomato isn’t purchased, it’s off to the landfill. Some find salvation. One woman has dedicated the last 20-plus…
