NOGALES, Sonora – Within the Albergue para Migrantes San Juan Bosco, adorned by Virgin Mary shrines and migrant-rights posters, hides rows of bunk beds filled with migrants resting after their journeys to and from the United States. Since 1982, Juan Francisco Loureiro and his wife, Gilda, have provided food, shelter and clothing to thousands of…
A small bird is part of a big plan to help endangered animals in Arizona. The Working Lands for Wildlife project is helping private landowners preserve habitats of endangered animals, including the Southwestern willow flycatcher. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and their partner the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Arizona bicyclists might notice a younger demographic pedaling down their lanes. Schools throughout the state are helping children learn to ride to school through the federal National Safe Routes to School program, started in 2005. Through 2012, the federal funding provided for 28 safe route projects in 19 Arizona cities. Since 2013, about $1.4 million…
The Arizona State Trust Land Department officially banned geocaching on their grounds last year, saying the outdoor recreation violates state policy against litter, according to Eric Schudiske, spokesman for Groundspeak, operators of the Geocaching website that provides a centralized repository of caches nationally. Hundreds of thousands of geocaches in the state are in jeopardy of…
Job seekers might want to brush up on their cocktail recipes as Arizona is expected to have the second highest expected growth rate for bartending in the nation for the next decade.
