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Composting toilets in Arizona put waste to work
By MICHAELA WEBB Arizona Sonora News We Americans flush an average of 10 gallons of drinkable water down the toilet every day. That’s 3,650 gallons per person per year. In Tucson, a year of flushing...
View ArticleA 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...
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Tucson felons set aside their past with rights restoration clinics
By ANGELO LAVO Arizona Sonora News (Angelo Lavo is a reporter with El Independiente) All it takes is a laptop, a form, maybe two, and someone with knowledge of the process and access to online records....
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A national folk treasure: Tucson’s Lalo Guerrero, the father of Chicano music
By HAILEY FREEMAN Arizona Sonora News (Hailey Freeman is a reporter with El Independiente) While crew members and volunteers haul speakers, cords and amplifiers off the makeshift stage at Tucson Meet...
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Helping Muslim refugee children to adapt to a new life while maintaining...
By NOUR HAKI Arizona Sonora News Besan Adnan, 9, teaches her mother, Ibtihaj Al-Na’san, English. Besan goes to public school where she learns English while also attend Sunday school to fortify her...
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Surveying the fish population in the Santa Cruz River
By JESSICA KONG Arizona Sonora News (Photo: Randy Metcalf) Experts say there’s been a noticeably improved environment for the fish community along the 23-mile stretch of the Santa Cruz River ever...
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For these U.A. young women, it’s not their first rodeo
By NATALIA V. NAVARRO Arizona Sonora News Tabytha Friend holds onto her hat in high winds while circling at the Wentz Point Arena in Marana, Arizons.(Photo by Rebecca Noble / Arizona Sonora News)Dust...
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TSA finds record number of guns at airport checkpoints in 2016
By KYLE KOCHEVAR Arizona Sonora News [UPDATED Dec. 14) The Transportation Security Administration has found a record number of guns in passengers’ carry-on bags this year at the nation’s 450 commercial...
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Cochise County economy lags as Fort Huachuca jobs plunge
By DANYELLE KHMARA Arizona Sonora News Kmart in Sierra Vista, Arizona will close its doors. About a dozen Cochise businesses, in a variety of sectors, closed over the past year, including the county’s...
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A Tucson sub shop vending machine that attracts drug-enforcement interest
By LIZ O’CONNELL Arizona Sonora News Not everyone who comes into East Coast Subs is there to order a sandwich. Some customers at the small restaurant south of the University of Arizona campus go...
View ArticleSculptures for sale: Inquire within, maybe just to chat
By HARRISON REED Arizona Sonora News It is impossible to miss James Huffer’s house, at the corner of North Beverly Avenue and East Patricia Street in Tucson’s Old Fort Lowell neighborhood. It is...
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Lalo Guerrero: Tesoro Nacional del Folklor
Escrito por Hailey Freeman Traducido por Lizeth D. Castellanos Mientras que miembros del equipo y voluntarios acarrean bocinas, cables y amplificadores desde el escenario improvisado en el festival...
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Marigolds Bridge the Worlds of the Living and Dead
By Emily Ellis Luis Coronado needed just one thing to complete his altar for el Día de los Muertos. Something that represents ancient Aztec legends. Something that brightens altars in homes throughout...
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Los Nawdy Dawgs Offers Bilingual Latin Blues and Rock that Transcend Geography
By Hailey Freeman George Landa fondly recalls an email he received after his band Los Nawdy Dawgs released their first CD, a compilation of Christmas songs. The message came around mid-January from a...
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Future of S. Arizona desert farming and development floats on water
By ELIZABETH EATON Arizona Sonora News Service A harvester makes its way down a row of pecan tress at the Green Valley Pecan Company on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. GREEN VALLEY — Row after row of pecan trees...
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Teacher pay, not certification, needs reform, educators say
PHOENIX – The only education bills to show significant movement in the Arizona legislature involve teacher certification, but educators say that’s avoiding the real problem in Arizona education:...
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Committee curbs principal powers over high school student media
Kimberly Yee speaking at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona on Aug. 26, 2014. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) PHOENIX – A bill to expand freedom of the press protections for student journalists at public...
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Legislative roundup
PHOENIX – A wild few weeks for news across the country didn’t disappoint here in Arizona: with inaugurations, late nights, and dozens of bills, legislators, interns and lobbyists are flooding into the...
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Annual mineral show keeps Tucson glittery
Jan and Gary Truesdail selecting minerals. (Photo by: Paige Facchino/ Arizona Sonora) Ancient skulls, a 100-ounce gold crystal, vibrant rubies, and a couple thousand unique minerals are enticing 55,000...
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Winter storms bring welcome rains and drought relief, but is it enough?
A rainbow appears after a rain shower in Marana on Jan. 14, 2017. (Photo by Taylor Dayton) Recent heavy rains and mountain snow delivered short-term drought relief, made for happy farmers, brought...
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