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

Mike Carrafa, who announced hes running for mayor in Tombstone, walks though the house hes working on remodeling. (Photograph by Devon Confrey / Arizona Sonora News)

A candidate hopes to be ‘Your Huckleberry’

Devon Confrey April 28, 2016

Mike Carrafa threw his foot on the brake, stuck his head out a Jeep door to give a shout to a city worker filling a pothole. The man with the shovel straightened defensively, sighed, recognizing...

The old tabernacle of the Bible college remains, even after new ownership. (Photograph by Devon Confrey / Arizona Sonora News)

Miracle Valley: A land sullied by history

Devon Confrey March 31, 2016

MIRACLE VALLEY — Once home to a Bible college, a cult, a bombing, a shooting and a police brawl, Miracle Valley can be a transformative place. The small place with a complicated history where...

A third of the graves in Boothill hold unknown bodies. Photo by Devon Confrey / Arizona Sonora News Service

Tombstone rests on Boothill

Devon Confrey March 3, 2016
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. – George Johnson’s mouth landed him in Boothill. See where he's buried in an interactive map.
Bisbee and the mine as they are seen from Google Earth

The big hole of Bisbee

Devon Confrey February 11, 2016

Left with a hole, what’s a town to do? Bisbee – with its tunnel, red rock, hippies, stairs, the Copper Queen Hotel, motorcycle geeks singing Fleetwood Mac, slag, the coffee roaster with dreadlocks...

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