Surveying the fish population in the Santa Cruz River

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…

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A mask-making workshop for Dia de los Muertos

By HAILEY FREEMAN  Arizona Sonora News Ruben Palma carries trays of still-damp papier-mâché masks across a makeshift crafts studio. Tin paint cans, hunks of cardboard and faded tangerine-colored Home Depot buckets litter the inside of Funeraria del Angel, one of the sites for the All Souls Procession workshops last month.  Palma serves as All Souls…

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Cochise County economy lags as Fort Huachuca jobs plunge

By DANYELLE KHMARA Arizona Sonora News A year ago, Adrianne Cooper opened Cooper’s Credit Repair Nerds out of her home in Hereford, a small town in rural Cochise County, less than a half-hour drive from the Mexican border. Within nine months, her business – helping people budget their finances and fix credit issues —  moved…

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