By MIKAYLA MACE Arizona Sonora News Service The sun sets in Tucson; street lights blink on; storefronts glow. From downtown, you can see a handful of stars, and quite a bit more if you are in other areas. But where is the Milky Way in that night sky? Despite Tucson having long been known as…
By ALEXIS WRIGHT Arizona Sonora News Sweat collects on his brow, salty and profuse. He absentmindedly wipes it away with a roll of his shoulder and focuses on the gritty process in front of him. Pedro Robles-Hill looks up. The machine is still operating with no clogs, rips or tears in the mechanisms. Its loud…
By CHASTITY LASKEY CASCABEL, Arizona –Wikipedia dismisses this tiny village in the desert behind the Rincon Mountains east of Tucson as “a ghost town in Cochise County. ” It is an outpost in the middle of nowhere, framed by rugged cliffs, 70 miles from Tucson. It’s the last place you would expect to encounter 796 splendidly…
By JACQUELYN SILVERMAN Arizona Sonora News When you think of a chef, who comes to mind? After following three different cooks around Tucson, I began to realize that although every chef has a unique approach to cooking, they all share a common bond: pride in knowing their way around a kitchen. JANOS WILDER Starting as a high schooler working…
By TOBEY SCHMIDT Arizona Sonora News NOGALES, Arizona — Farmers from Mexico bring nearly 20 million pounds of produce across the border into this once-bustling border town each year, according to statistics by U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2014. From there, they sell it to distribution companies, who then sell it to grocery stores. The…
