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A Navajo cattle-raising family is calling for oversight after an oil spill in Shiprock, New Mexico
Navajo farmers and ranchers, like the Maxwell family, have raised concerns over the long-lasting environmental and ecological impacts on vegetation and groundwater around that contaminated site near the San Juan River months after over 1,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled in Shiprock, New Mexico.
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Apr. 25, 2024
You cant call 811 before digging on the Navajo Nation. That may change after Shiprock oil spill
Back in December, a severe spill of crude oil on the Navajo Nation contaminated the land. Remediation efforts are still underway, but this accident has a silver lining, one that may facilitate faster emergency responses on the largest reservation in the U.S.
Apr. 25, 2024
Tribes who helped create new national monument near Grand Canyon want to help manage it
Native American tribes have filed motions to weigh in on the federal court battles over the new national monument near Grand Canyon National Park.
Apr. 25, 2024
Staying Power: Arizona activist has fought for immigrants’ rights for decades
Luis Avila has been a community organizer in the Valley since the days of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration raids. He’s fought for the DREAM Act and campaigned for Barack Obama here. He spoke more to The Show for Staying Power.
Apr. 25, 2024
ADOT to partner with fiber company for broadband project
The initiative is part of a nationwide effort to bring broadband internet to U.S. communities — especially rural and Indigenous communities where connectivity is harder to come by. .
Apr. 24, 2024
Randolph Township becomes latest Arizona site on National Register of Historic Places
Randolph was established in 1925 and is considered Arizona’s longest-surviving Black community that’s associated with the Great Migration of the mid-20th century — when some 6 million African Americans moved from the South to other parts of the country.
Apr. 24, 2024
Citizenship and Immigration Services to open new refugee processing centers in Turkey, Qatar
USCIS officials say the new centers are opening in Ankara, Turkey, and Doha, Qatar. And they’re meant to increase capacity for refugee processing and facilitate safe, lawful and orderly migration.
Apr. 23, 2024
Families renew calls for special immigration status
U.S. citizens with undocumented relatives are renewing their calls to the Biden administration to protect their families from deportation through a special immigration status called parole.
Apr. 23, 2024
Rep. Ciscomanis border security bill fails to pass U.S. House
Measures have been introduced, then stalled, for months as lawmakers argue over where to focus funding and resources at the border.
Apr. 22, 2024
Judge declares mistrial in case of Arizona rancher accused of fatal migrant shooting
George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico.
Apr. 22, 2024
Uranium transport through northern Arizona is about to begin. Why some are concerned
Conservation groups have asked the U.S. Forest Service to lay out how it will manage mined uranium as it’s transported across northern Arizona. KJZZ posed those concerns to Energy Fuels, the company that owns the Pinyon Plain Mine just south of the Grand Canyon.
Apr. 22, 2024
Jurors in case against rancher accused of fatally shooting Mexican man to return Monday
Jurors deliberating a case that accuses an Arizona rancher of fatally shooting a Mexican man near the border last year say they’re at an impasse. Prosecutors say on Jan. 30, 2023, 75-year-old Nogales resident George Alan Kelly shot and killed Gabriel Cuen Buitimea as he crossed Kelly’s ranch with other migrants.
Apr. 19, 2024
Life without electricity is an ordinary Navajo Nation struggle. Some homes finally getting power
More than 250 volunteers from 41 utilities across 16 states are expected to travel between now and July to the largest reservation in the U.S. to donate their time and talents during the fourth annual Light Up Navajo mutual aid project.
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Apr. 19, 2024
The Casagrandes Movie takes its main characters to Michoacán, Mexico
The Nickelodeon show "The Casagrandes" has been off the air for the couple of years, but the family is now back on-screen — this time in movie form.
Apr. 19, 2024
Jury begins deliberating in migrant shooting case
A case against an Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican migrant last year near Nogales has gone to the jury for deliberation.
Apr. 18, 2024
Pima County program helps first-time buyers break into housing market
The program is called Lighthouse, and it’s run by the Pima County Industrial Development Authority. It’s the latest project of an initiative launched in 2012 to address housing affordability in southern Arizona.
Apr. 17, 2024
Navajo president wants safeguards for mined uranium transported across Navajo Nation
The president of the Navajo Nation said he wants the tribal government to pass uranium transportation regulations to restrict uranium from being transported across tribal lands.
Apr. 17, 2024
Arizona reporter is creating a database for missing, murdered Indigenous women
In the last few years, we’ve seen more attention paid to a devastating — and evasive — issue for Indigenous communities: missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and transgender people. Reporter Chelsea Curtis is working to change it.
Apr. 17, 2024
Website offering info about abortion pills by mail sees uptick in AZ visitors
Some southern Arizona groups are also recommending people act now to get medication abortion pills — which use a combination of drugs to incite an abortion and can be done at home.
Apr. 16, 2024
Pima County supervisors pass resolution against 1864 abortion ban
The resolution says that law infringes on the reproductive rights and autonomy of Arizona residents. It calls on county attorneys, law enforcement agencies and medical professionals statewide to allow residents to pursue healthcare — including abortions.
Apr. 16, 2024

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