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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A tower stands near the border wall in Naco, Ariz. on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. The wall in Naco was completed in May of 2017.

Arizona companies scrutinized over border wall

Cedar Gardner October 2, 2018

  In Sierra Vista, Ramon Rosario Jr. retrieves his mail from the offices of KWR Construction. Rosario no longer works for the company, but he still holds the management in high regard. “I’ve...

Bolo ties hanging up.

Comeback Season: The Bolo Tie

Zoe Wesley May 2, 2018

This festival season, the bolo tie is getting a makeover. The bolo tie gained immense popularity throughout the southwest in the early 30s and became the official neckwear of Arizona in 1973. The...

Danielle Aguilar ramps up tamale production at La Mesa Tamales for the holiday rush. Aguilar’s father opened the store 21 years ago. (Photography by Tirion Morris/Arizona Sonora News)

Cornucopia of holiday foods traditional for Arizona

Tirion Morris November 30, 2017

Tamales are on the tip of everyone's tongue when thinking of holiday traditional foods in Southern Arizona, but they are not the only thing to adorn local tables. Traditions from a cornucopia of...

Unwanted horses of the West

Unwanted horses of the West

Janie Todorovich November 15, 2017

  President Trump’s 2018 appropriations bill suggests changing a 1971 act of Congress protecting wild horses from slaughter, and cuts the Wild Horse and Burro program by 12 percent. If...

Hacienda Del Sol Executive Chef Bruce Yim prepares a lamb leg marinated in pesto. Photo by: Devon Walo

For Tucson chefs, international hype raises friendly competition

Devon Walo March 31, 2017

As it basks in the light of international recognition, Tucson has upped its game in the culinary world. Being labeled North America's first “City of Gastronomy” by UNESCO in December...

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