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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A part of the locomotive storage facility west of Benson, Arizona.  (Photo courtesy of the University of Arizona Journalism School)

See them long trains run and watch them disappear

Emily homa April 5, 2018

Drive along the I-10 interstate east toward Benson. Quick! Look out your window! Do you see that long, curving line of mustard yellow metal that seems to go on forever? Notice that they are massive...

A view of the San Pedro River, near the San Pedro House, in Cochise County, Ariz. The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area provides a crucial habitat for over 300 species of birds. Nick Smallwood / Arizona Sonora News

New bill highlights conflict between development, water supply in San Pedro

Ava Garcia March 30, 2018

Sheltered in the shade of cottonwood trees flows the 150-mile-long San Pedro River, the last dam-free river in the American Southwest.  Yet, just a few miles away from the river’s edge lies...

House development challenges Benson, San Pedro River

House development challenges Benson, San Pedro River

Erik Kolsrud March 10, 2017

BENSON -- The future of the 70,000-person residential community Villages at Vigneto lives or dies on a single decision by the Army Corps of Engineers, potentially dooming the San Pedro River or reversing...

photo by Jordan Glenn

Killing the San Pedro

Victoria Teplitz May 4, 2016

  A colossal proposed housing development in Benson, Arizona, threatens to deplete the San Pedro River and the local water supply within five years of completion.       *Click the Image...

San Pedro River in Benson

Plan masivo de vivienda podría consumir San Pedro por completo

Valeria Flores April 13, 2016

Una construcción masiva de viviendas propuesta en Benson, podría vaciar el acuífero del valle del río San Pedro, así impactando la agricultura, fincas y la vida silvestre de México y Winkelman. La...

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