A disease caused by airborne fungus from the soil is common in the hot, dry Southwest, but researchers wonder whether it is spreading elsewhere because of climate change
Veterinarians are seeing more cases of Valley fever in pets, paralleling the rise in human cases. Jackson, a Boston terrier and pug mix, is one case.
Critics of Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to collect enough signatures for recall effort.
The newsroom early Friday morning, before students and editors arrived. The Institute is wrapping up two weeks at the University of Arizona.
For some, mariachi is a way of life in Tucson. Los Changuitos Feos, the most famous mariachi youth group here, express their Mexican pride through folk songs.
I ripped off a taxi cab driver in Mexico, without meaning to. My phone died right before I was ready to get back to Nogales, Ariz. I’ll be back to pay him soon.
The Arizona woman who was arrested in Mexico on suspicion of smuggling 12 pounds of marijuana onto a bus headed for the United States, was released Thursday night and has returned to her home.
After the failure of a $1.1 billion network of surveillance towers, another costly initiative is underway to help seal the 2,000 mile-long U.S.-Mexican border, using high-tech, high-priced, high-rise motion-detectors.
It’s purple, egg-shaped and spiny: It’s the prickly pear, a fruit that grows abundantly in Tucson. Locals use the fruit to create items such as lip balm, soap and taffy.
As the nation debates immigration policy, Arizona border residents say they are seeing an increase in the number of people trying to get into the U.S. from Mexico.
Marina Villeneuve hugs Anibal Ortiz as she prepares to leave the New York Times Student Journalism Institute newsroom and return to Dartmouth, where she graduates in June.
Lisa Frank is the creator of a line of vibrantly colored school supplies covered in hearts, stars and rainbows that reigned supreme in the 80s and 90s. Now, Frank’s namesake company is a fraction of what it was, and she has essentially disappeared.
As drought concerns underlie water-use policies in the Southwest, a sharp contrast between Arizona’s two major metropolitan areas.
Everybody who goes to the Tap Room at the Hotel Congress in Tucson will know the name of its longtime bartender, if they don’t already: The bar was renamed for the bartender in honor of his 80th birthday.
Adequate health care on Indian reservations becomes a larger problem as federal cuts mean fewer medical referrals, delays in renovations and longer waits. The Indian Health Service provides care for two million Native Americans; it faces a $220 million cut through October.
A church in Tucson has remained true to its activist roots, creating social programs for immigrant workers at risk of being mistreated or arrested.
Reporter Javier Panzar overcomes his fear of reporting in Spanish and finds new perspectives from those in truly alienating circumstances.
Tucson’s dog racing industry is dwindling, possibly toward extinction. Facing a host of allegations of animal abuse from animal rights groups, Tucson Greyhound Park, the last operational dog track in Arizona, is trying to keep business afloat and its culture alive.
After a failed infamous two-year experiment in the 1990s, Biosphere 2 is now a leader in geological research for the University of Arizona in climate change.
A walk through the mountains of Catalina State Park was not without its obstacles: 98-degree heat and warnings of rattlesnakes and scorpions.
An important astronomy project to reach an asteroid depends in part on the dark night skies that are a result of cooperation between science and industry in Tucson.
The small town of Sonoita, Ariz., about 30 miles north of the Mexican border, has become an unlikely destination for stargazers, wine lovers and motorcycle enthusiasts. Visitors are drawn to the natural surroundings, winemakers and well-regarded chefs who are relocating there.
Dancers taking lessons at the Viva Performing Arts Center, a dance and music school that teaches mariachi lessons along with different forms of dance.
Increased federal penalties for migrants illegally crossing into the United States have skyrocketed in the last decade, but for many at the Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, family trumps all.
Halfway through the hike, after talking to a hiker who sipped from a water reservoir on his back, I realized my mistake. My water bottles were sitting on the roof of my car. As a native of Tucson, I should have known better.
Bang! Bang! You look the part! The daily spectacle of Tombstone, where the Old West has a showdown with international tourism and cowboy street theater.
Magic Kenny, left, laughing with Kitty Katt McKinley at the 80th birthday party for longtime bartender Tom “Tiger” Zeigler. After 54 years of bartending for the Tap Room, at The Hotel Congress, Zeigler was surprised to learn that the saloon was renamed “Tiger’s Tap Room.”
After 13 years, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s sibling mountain lions, the zoo’s mascots of sorts, are being forced into retirement by arthritis. A cub, almost 6 months, that was found orphaned in San Jose, Calif., will replace the siblings. And when the siblings retire, so too will the name George L. Mountainlion. An online contest is being held to name the cub.
For the first time in their lives Kristian and Danya Hernández move into a college dorm. The two are the only married couple participating together in The New York Times Student Journalism Institute this year.
A husband and wife started the Crossroads Rescue Mission in Nogales, Ariz., in 1995 with a budget of $900. Over a decade later, the mission has grown and dozens of Mexicans cross the border on Saturdays to obtain meals and groceries, something they are not helped with back home.
Bisbee, a city southeast of Tucson known for its colorful mining history, artists and visitors, hopes a a proposed same-sex civil union ordinance will help it grow.
The annual Space Fest V conference met Memorial Day weekend in Tucson, Ariz., to celebrate human space flight and its future. However, some at the conference were disillusioned with NASA’s budget cuts and shorter-term goals.
Sleep deprived and deep into editing our copy, the cowpokes of the Tucson, Ariz. based New York Times Student Journalism Institute say “Howdy, pardner” in two quick Vines
Maria Camila Bernal shoots a small video on her iPhone. She blogs about her love for horses and the lessons learned.
World War II Veteran Helen Anderson Glass, 90, wipes a tear off her face as she listens to Sheron Jones, president of American Gold Star Mothers Inc. speak during a Memorial Day ceremony at Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery in Tucson, Ariz., Monday, May 27, 2013. Anderson, who presented her poem “Memorial Day Remember Me,” served as an aviation machinist mate, second class.
On assignment an hour south of Tucson, I found thousands of cacti and a village of 500 cousins.
The mingling of color, texture and lines at a child’s playground in Central Tucson.
A cyclist climbs Catalina Highway overlooking Tucson, Ariz. Saturday, May 23.
Vanessa blogs about the steps she took to get the final layout of the plane graveyard photo essay and story page. Read as she explains why she didn’t pick two of the three versions.
An astronaut who walked on the moon has turned to paint and canvas to convey the depth of the moon’s colors.
A federal judge found that deputies of Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, used race or Latino ancestry as a factor to stop vehicles.
Long and unpredictable waits at border crossings are costing the United States and Mexican governments billions of dollars per year, according to a report on the Mexico-U.S. border by an international border research partnership.
Marina’s story began when she was six months old in a Colombian orphanage. Raised by white parents, she fights to embrace her identity and become a righteous Latina journalist.
Even with the temperature reaching the high 90s, there is still work to be done in the streets of Tucson, Ariz. A road worker casts a shadow as he and his team patch asphalt pavement.
Mario Koran’s jail stint turned into the journalism opportunity of a lifetime. Koran is a master’s student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and future intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Anibal Ortiz uses photography to tell stories that words can’t describe. A recent graduate of California State University, Fullerton, Ortiz will intern this summer at the Star Tribune.
Kristian Hernández uses journalism as a way to explore his roots. Hernández, a University of Texas-El Paso graduate, has worked with Borderzine, Hispanic Link and the Star Tribune.
Journalism is a sacred career for Amer Taleb. His interest in journalism draws from a childhood stay in Lebanon. He says he can’t be an activist, but he can inform people with his stories.
A reporter’s murder in his hometown became Javier Panzar’s impetus for delving into journalism. Since then, his reporting has taken him to the forefront of polarizing issues time and again.
As co-anchor and co-producer of a weekly Spanish radio show at the University of Florida, Monivette Cordeiro shares a strong connection with the Latino community. She is expected to graduate this summer.
Unexpectedly meeting the girlfriend of a man killed when a police siege went wrong reinforced Griselda Ramirez’s determination to succeed as a journalist. “I feel like the news follows me,” Ramirez says.
Danya Pérez-Hernández graduated from the multimedia journalism program at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her experience migrating to the United States has inspired her reporting at The New York Times Student Journalism Institute.
Erik Reyna draws from his background in visual journalism to tell stories through a unique perspective. His dual interest in journalism and CSS led him to pursue a master’s degree in new media from the University of California, Berkeley.
Paul Ingram, a master’s candidate at the University of Arizona’s School of Journalism, spends much of his time focusing on science and environmental issues in the Southwest, the place he has called home since birth.
Elaine Cromie was given her first camera, a 35mm contraption with a black plastic body and a pink carrying strap, at the age of 7. Now a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, she carries a more complicated piece of equipment and has started work on her first long-form documentary.
Joesph Fitzgerald, a junior at San Francisco State University, sees journalism as a calling and a necessary service.
When Arielle Dollinger was 13, her dad dissuaded her from becoming a lawyer. Now as a journalist, she hopes to cover “really ordinary things that people don’t normally think are beautiful.”
Firefighters have now contained 70 percent of the Nogales wildfire, which has spread to 10,775 acres and forced the temporary closure of a portion of the Coronado National Forest and Sierra Vista Ranger District.
Fausto Giovanny Pinto does the kind of journalism that points out and dives into what others overlook. A master’s candidate at CUNY, he will continue this work at Newsday this summer.
Vanessa Martínez has a personal connection with the two bracelets that hang on her left wrist – they represent her cousin’s battle with cancer and the good luck she’s had in journalism since she started wearing them two years ago.
Moonlight illuminates the buildings at Kitt Peak National Observatory shortly after sunset on the Tohono O’odham reservation in southern Arizona. From photographer Molly J. Smith: “I waited for over an hour after sunset for the sun to dip enough below the horizon that a blue night sky appeared.”
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has released nearly 600 photos from the 2011 mass shooting that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The photos included the Glock 19 that the gunman, Jared Loughner, used to kill six people and wound 13 others, as well as the bloodied pavement outside the Safeway.
More than 50 officers from agencies across Pima County and more than 30 vehicles, including an armored car, swooped into a former auto wrecking yard during an FBI-led raid in the Julia Keen section of Tucson on Thursday morning. Authorities would not say if any arrests were made.
A wildfire near Nogales has quadrupled since it began last Friday – but fire officials, who have contained 40 percent, say the only threat to nearby residents will be smoky air, not damage to nearby structures. Wildfires may be frequent in 2013, with experts predicting an “above normal” season.
It was May 22, and in the blistering heat of the Sonoran Desert, people in Tucson feigned dismay but harbored excitement as they wondered if it would be Ice Break Day.
Emergency lights reflect off the dashboard of the cruiser of Pima County Sheriff’s deputy Tom Peine as he raced to an incident in the city on Wednesday night.
Melanie Dostis started her journalism career at 11, when she created her own monthly newspaper. Now a student at Northeastern University in Boston, she expects to graduate next May.
It was a long journey for Alex Wroblewski to “stumble upon” photography. Now at 26 and a junior at Columbia College Chicago, he hopes to cover Middle Eastern affairs one day.
Maria Camila Bernal doesn’t care where she does journalism — as long as it’s forever. Bernal, 22, has worked at The Miami Herald, Telemundo and NBC 6 South. She’s a graduate of Florida International University.
For a time Hannah Winston wished to become an astronaut but it wasn’t until she read Capote’s “In True Blood” that she knew she was meant for a totally different adventure.
Writing has surrounded Jeannette Cruz since childhood. Now a senior at Arizona State University, not much has changed and she dreams of many writing possibilities in her future.
Barragan, the youngest of two, was raised in Pomona, Calif. He grew up speaking fluent Spanish, reading The Los Angeles Times and dreaming of becoming a fiction writer.
A desert flower growing on the U.S. side of the border fence in Nogales, Ariz.
The 2013 class of The New York Times Student Journalism Institute started in Tucson, Ariz. Twenty-three students will tackle Tucson news for two weeks with the assistance of reporters and editors from The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
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