By JESSICA KONG Arizona Sonora News Experts say there’s been a noticeably improved environment for the fish community along the 23-mile stretch of the Santa Cruz River ever since Pima County’s wastewater treatment facilities, the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and the Agua Nueva, were upgraded in 2013. The Sonoran Institute, joined by Pima…
By JESSICA KONG Arizona Sonora News As fall weather rolls around, snowbirds start returning to Kartchner Caverns in Cochise County. At the same time, another type of critter, bats that inhabit the caverns during the spring and summer, migrate down south to cooler caves for winter season until they return next spring. Scientists at the Arizona…
By JESSICA KONG Arizona Sonora News Pushing back against declines in airline service that have been seen at all mid-sized and smaller airports in the U.S. in recent years, Tucson International Airport is launching new flights. On Friday, Oct. 7, new nonstop service between Tucson and New York’s Kennedy International airport will begin, four days…
