Stephanie Casanova

Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood

After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson.

Un mono ardilla de ojos grandes corre sobre un tronco mientras juega con su comida, metiéndose y sacándose un trozo de fruta de su boca. Detrás de él, otro mono trepa por la rama de un árbol con su larga cola enroscada en la corteza. Los monos ardilla se desplazan con rapidez por su insólito refugio en el desierto, saltando desde troncos y tablones de madera hacia gruesas cuerdas y recorriendo a toda prisa un túnel elevado que los lleva a un espacio interior más fresco para escapar del calor creciente.

A wide-eyed squirrel monkey runs across a log as it plays with its food, popping a chunk of fruit in and out of his mouth. Behind it, another monkey climbs up a tree branch, its long tail wrapped around the bark. The squirrel monkeys move fast through their unlikely haven in the desert, where they leap from tree trunks and wooden planks onto thick ropes, scurrying through an overhead tunnel to their cooler indoor space to escape the growing heat.

About 30 people protested outside the Bureau of Land Management offices on Tucson's south side Thursday afternoon demanding that public lands along the border be reopened. At a news conference, community activists said the land closure is one of several ways the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service are pushing the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies.

Los votantes de Tucson decidirán en noviembre si aprueban o rechazan un nuevo acuerdo de 25 años entre la ciudad de Tucson y Tucson Electric Power.

Tucson voters will decide this November whether to approve or deny a new 25-year agreement between the City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power.

Arizona is joining a fight against the Trump administration's 10-year plan for managing the Colorado River that could slash the state's share of water.

The Grand Canyon State sues over Trump administration rules that would sharply reduce the amount of water Arizona receives from the river.

Joselin Colibrí transformed her experience in an ICE detention center in Arizona into her strength to help her LGBTQ+ immigrant community