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SC Wire: Arizona Birders meet Sonoran ‘Falcons’ on Santa Cruz River

April 17, 2012 by

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Read Birders team up with ‘halcones’, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “A local festival, which will include a birdwatching tour of the Santa Cruz River in Sonora, aims to combat the borderlands’ negative image and bring tourists back to Santa Cruz County and northern Mexico, The Santa Cruz… [Read more…]

SC Wire: New immigration documentary playing in Nogales

April 13, 2012 by

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Read Film takes a broad look at illegal immigration, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “A new immigration documentary featuring Nogales is now playing at the Oasis Cinema. The documentary presents immigration and border issues in a relatively non-partisan light, a rare approach in the volatile national immigration debate.… [Read more…]

SC Wire: All-terrain wheelchairs direct from Sonora

April 10, 2012 by

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Read Project gives better access to people in wheelchairs, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “In a workshop in Nogales, Sonora, a blinding flash of light comes from Gabriel Zepeda’s blowtorch as he welds together metal bars that will be used for an all-terrain wheelchair. Meanwhile, at a free… [Read more…]

SC Wire: Lady Apache softball beats Rio Rico

April 6, 2012 by

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Read NHS scores its runs late, often, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “The Nogales High softball team scored one run and held Rio Rico High School scoreless in the first inning on Wednesday. It was all downhill from there for the Rio Rico Hawks as the Apaches went… [Read more…]

SC Wire: Truck security at produce conference

March 30, 2012 by

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Read Securing the supply chain against smugglers, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Every winter, thousands of trucks carry fruits and vegetables from Mexico’s Pacific coast through Santa Cruz County on their way to supermarkets and restaurants around the country. Making sure that contraband, weapons and pests aren’t carried… [Read more…]

SC Wire: Food safety big issue at produce conference

March 28, 2012 by

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Read Seminars stress active response to outbreaks of food-borne illness, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published in the Nogales International: “Recent contaminations of cantaloupes and papayas were at the forefront of discussions at last week’s America Trades Produce conference in Tubac. The outbreak of listeriosis in cantaloupes from Colorado in September 2011 and… [Read more…]