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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

(Photo Courtesy Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department) Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada has served as the county's sheriff for over 25 years. He is currently the only Hispanic sheriff in Arizona.

Tony Estrada: an old, new sheriff for Arizona

Eddie Celaya December 5, 2018

Arizona is known for its tough-on-crime sheriffs. An image of a take-no-prisoners lawman is part of the state’s reputation.  Tony Estrada of Santa Cruz County, currently Arizona’s...

Kylie McLean,  a Canadian buyer and seller of horses, feeds her horse Chocolate in San Tan Valley, Arizona. (Photo by: Sterling Blum/Arizona Sonora News)

Quarantined horses return to Canada

SBlum April 13, 2015

Some Canadians making a run for the border back home ended up having to leave their horses in Arizona. During the past year, some horses in the state have been quarantined for Vesicular Stomatitis...

The gates of Tombstone Union High School weathered down by lack of use since 2006. Tombstone, Arizona. February 3, 2015. Photo by: Alexandra Admason/ Arizona Sonora News Service

Vacant classrooms haunt Arizona school boards

ACrandall-Correll February 25, 2015

Gov. Doug Ducey's hope that vacant classrooms and schools can be leased to charter schools might not hold much hope for rural Arizona. The pace of charter school development happens most in urban areas,...

Arizona counties struggle to find emergency helicopters

Arizona counties struggle to find emergency helicopters

Mary Rinker February 5, 2015

Recent changes to the dispatch system in Santa Cruz County has local emergency responders worried that an evacuation may take more time than their patients have. In January, several Southeastern Arizona...

Cochise, Santa Cruz counties brace for floods from Odile

Cochise, Santa Cruz counties brace for floods from Odile

Kyle Mittan September 18, 2014

Rainfall brought on by Hurricane Odile Wednesday afternoon is expected to drag into Thursday and some counties in southeastern Arizona are preparing for the worst. Norm Sturm, emergency services director...

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