The sun hangs high in the mid-afternoon sky as the smell of hay and beer wafts through the air at the Rillito Park Race Track and Jesus Osuna settles in at the starting gate. Osuna braces himself on Fayvorite Flyer, the horse he will be racing for the second match of the day. He’s wearing…
It’s a typical warm Monday morning in Tucson. As the sun rises, more and more people gather outside the Sam Lena-South Tucson Library. Some are here for the towering shelves of books, some for the computers, and a few for the air-conditioning. Others are here for the nurses. Inside, Nurse Kristin Robinson-Lund sets up her…
Each year 7,000 refugees come to Arizona. When they arrive, they are met by someone who has walked the path before. This is the story of three individuals who are making the acclimation process for refugees in Arizona easier. A Safe Haven for Refugees Chong Bee Vang is from Laos. In 1980 at the age…
South American and Latin American flavors are finding their way into Mexican cuisine. An Agricultural Marketing Resource Center study shows Mexicans are now the largest minority group living in the U.S., and within the restaurant industry Mexican food consumption is increasing faster than any other segment. Chicken and cheese enchiladas. Fajitas. Bean and cheese…
Beginning this month, unemployed SNAP recipients in Pima County will have 90 days to find employment or risk losing their food assistance. As many as 40,000 Arizonans will be affected by this time crunch as the Arizona Department of Economic Security works to reinstate Able Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) requirements for individuals on SNAP or the…
