Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

From left to right, Jorge Colombia, Carlos Cana and Mariel Fernandez visit with family members in Mexico through the border fence in Nogales, Arizona on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Fernandez said if a physical wall is built, he may have to resort to calling his family members rather than seeing them face to face. Photo by Amanda Oien / Arizona Sonora News

The ‘Ambos Nogales’ divided by Trump’s wall

Amanda Oien April 27, 2017

  Saturdays and Sundays bring families to the steel beams of fence, dividing Ambos Nogales, a Spanish term to describe the community of Nogales north and south of the border. Families and...

A PEMEX gas station sits empty in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico after repercussions from the gasolinazo on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.

Gasolinazo: Gas crisis in Mexico crosses the border

Amanda Oien March 10, 2017

Angela Ayala Gonzalez, like many other residents in San Luis, Sonora, and Nogales, Sonora, is struggling even more to make ends meet in Mexico after a 20 percent increase in gas prices following a...

Tucsons pothole problem wont go away

Tucson’s pothole problem won’t go away

Amanda Oien March 8, 2017

Campaign promises. Propositions. Complaining. Damages. Injuries. What do just some of these aspects each have in common? The crumbling infrastructure of Tucson roads. In 2013, the Old Pueblo was...

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