Agua Prieta Health Clinic

Reporters Maty Cantero and Nikki Helms took a trip to Agua Prieta, Mexico to document a free medical clinic.  Run from start to finish by undergraduates in the Flying Samaritans club at The University of Arizona, they see a different side of health care on the other side of the border.

By Maty Cantero and Nikki Helms 03 March 2010 Read Article

Angel's Home is in Prison

The three-month-old baby boy is wrapped in a blue blanket. He wears a Winnie the Pooh beanie on his head and draws attention from the many women surrounding him.  Angel Alejandro Beltrán is healthy.  There is nothing unusual about him, but despite his clean record he lives behind prison walls in Mexico.

By Matilde Cantero 01 March 2010 Read Article

Flying for the Environment

After spending a life-altering year in Mexico, Sandy Lanham decided to combine her passion for flying airplanes and her immense interest in marine life and desert habitat to single-handedly start the non-profit organization Environmental Flying Services.

By Jacquelyn Valerie Smith 09 March 2010 Read Article

Just Off the Helicopter from Haiti

About a month after the earthquake, a group of four Tucson women from World Care flew to Haiti.

For University of Arizona student Krista Kinnard, what she saw blew her mind.

By Nikki Helms 12 March 2010 Read Article

Organization Gives Hope to Border Crossers

No More Deaths (NMD) is an organization in Arizona, run by volunteers, whose sole mission is to end the death and suffering on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to NMD spokeswoman Sarah Launius.

By Christina Stymfal 19 April 2010 Read Article

Humane Borders Saves Lives

At seven in the morning, on any given Saturday, 21-year-old Stephen Park can be found at First Christian Church in Tucson. He is not there to pray, he is not even Christian. He is waiting to venture out into the southern Arizona desert.

By Bridget Miller 29 March 2010 Read Article

Local Filmmaker - Ben Lopez

Local filmmaker Ben Lopez is preparing to release his third feature film, Sexo en Parisio. Lopez first got interested in film while attending Catalina Magnet High School and continues his dream, shooting films locally in Tucson and Northern Mexico.

By Whitney Misenhimer 28 March 2010 Read Article

Carmen's Kitchen

By Whitney Misenhimer 28 January 2010 Read Article

Don't Call Me 'Bi'

Twenty-two year old Patty Garcia prefers not to label herself.

By Nicky Hamila & Jocelyn Bresnick 05 March 2010 Read Article

Boots Galore

Everyone knows their shoe size. Some might even remember as a kid stepping on that silver metal foot to get a measurement. Few, however, have experienced getting their shoe custom-made to fit perfectly on each foot.

By Jacquelyn Valerie Smith 19 April 2010 Read Article