A rare northern jaguar last documented in Arizona in 2015 has been spotted on camera in neighboring Sonora. Conservation groups point to the sighting as evidence of continued cross-border connectivity for the species.

Another journalist has been gunned down in central Mexico. More than a dozen journalists have been killed in the country so far this year.

Leaders of the Circulo Social Anahuac said the alley’s arrival is tied to the sizable presence of well-heeled Americans during the early 20th century company town days of Cananea, when the Consolidated Copper Company dominated daily life.
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Among the investments is new infrastructure at a plant near the Arizona border in Agua Prieta.

Sonoran officials say they are continuing to roll out vaccinations for children ages five and up in the hopes of getting shots in arms before the new school year begins in August. It’s been a month since Sonora started vaccinating children ages 5 to 11, using the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.

A top Mexican health official emphasized that the viral disease is not very deadly, and said he doesn't expect it to spread extensively.

Hermosillo has a water problem. There isn’t enough to keep up with demand. So a group of nonprofits and business organizations are teaming up to push for greater conservation efforts.

Sonora has become a test site for major solar energy projects in Mexico since the announcement last year that a massive new solar plant would be built near Rocky Point. Now, officials are planning additional facilities in the state.

This week, a feminist collective in Sonora announced that it’s working to ban people who have committed gender violence from holding political office in the state.