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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Entrance to the Hermosa-Taylor mining site on the outskirts of Patagonia, Arizona. The owner, an Australian mining company called South32, says the operation could become one of the largest producers of zinc worldwide. (Photo by Clara Migoya/El Inde).

The rise and fall of mining in the Patagonia Mountains

May 9, 2020

By Clara Migoya /El Inde In a lot on Harshaw Avenue, off-road trucks line up in neat rows. The small town of Patagonia is seeing new activity in the nearby mountains now that South32, an Australian...

Employees wait for the next load of pecans to be dropped off at the cleaning plant at the Green Valley Pecan Company on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (Photo by Rebecca Noble / Arizona Sonora News)

Guest farm workers do not always understand the rules

steven spooner December 4, 2017

With almost no one in the U.S. willing to work harvest jobs, farms have imported workers via temporary visas, a program widely criticized for the extensive bureaucratic requirements including housing...

STEM education offers promise of jobs

STEM education offers promise of jobs

Michael Edmond March 24, 2016

    The state of Arizona has twice the amount of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) job openings than workers who are qualified to fill them. With a 2-to-1 ratio of job...

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