Russian TV interview with the Chronicle

April 17, 2012
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Follow this link to see the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast interviewed by Ramon Galindo of the Los Angeles bureau of RT TV, a Russian television station. Galindo was doing a story on the Special Missions Unit, a state-funded militia that would be used to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border. Watch it here. ###

Posted in: Border, immigration, News

SC Wire: Mural in downtown Nogales stirs up protests

April 17, 2012
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Read As urban mural grows, so do voices of protest, written by Chronicle contributor Marisa Gerber and published in the Nogales International: “On a corner in downtown Nogales, streets aren’t the only things that intersect. As complaints pour into the city about an ongoing urban mural project, beliefs about what constitutes art, free speech and… [Read more…]

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

April 17, 2012
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A view of the Santa Cruz River in San Lazaro, Sonora. Photo by Curt Prendergast.

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…]

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SC Wire: New immigration documentary playing in Nogales

April 13, 2012
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Dennis Lynch talks with ranchers near the border in Cochise County. Photo courtesy Dennis Lynch.

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…]

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SC Wire: All-terrain wheelchairs direct from Sonora

April 10, 2012
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Gabriel Zepeda at work in his wheelchair workshop. Photo by Curt Prendergast.

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…]

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SC Wire: Lady Apache softball beats Rio Rico

April 6, 2012
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Emerald Grijalva winds up during her shutout victory over the Rio Rico Hawks on Wednesday. Photo by Curt Prendergast.

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…]

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