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Kendal Blust

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  • Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Arizona School of Journalism
As seen in: Here & Now Anytime, NPR, U.S. News and World Report, The Toronto Star, AZCentral | The Arizona Republic, Washington Times, WBUR-FM (Boston, MA), The World (Podcast), Arizona Daily Star, KRCC-FM (Colorado Springs, CO) and
@UAZJSchool Prof and freelance reporter in the AZ-Sonora borderlands. Formerly with the @fronterasdesk in Hermosillo and @nogalesnews. Dms open for news tips!
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Family unites to restore historic ranch

Family unites to restore historic ranch

The historic Rancho Santa Cruz has reopened as a B&B after Susan Berryman and her family came together to res…

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'Do you shoot rockers?'

'Do you shoot rockers?'

When rocks started falling around then-Border Patrol Agent Shandan Wynecoop the night of Oct. 10, 2012, he wa…

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City sees tax boost from online purchases

City sees tax boost from online purchases

On Friday afternoon, Mirna Casarez loaded her arms with about a dozen cardboard boxes and metallic pink envel…

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Entrepreneurs push grassroots innovation in Ambos Nogales

Entrepreneurs push grassroots innovation in Ambos Nogales

From yard work to babysitting, grocery shopping to plumbing fixes, Francis Glad's business Mi Friend On Deman…

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Giant puppets frolic at the border fence

Giant puppets frolic at the border fence

Reaching out with large hands made of recycled water bottles, five 15-foot tall puppets met at the U.S.-Mexic…

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Moves raise open government concerns

Moves raise open government concerns

A recent series of controversial decisions made by the Nogales City Council with little public discussion has…

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Still without work visa, Haitian migrant tries to make best of life in sister city

Still without work visa, Haitian migrant tries to make best of life in sister city

Sitting at a taco shop booth a few blocks from the border fence in Nogales, Sonora last Tuesday, Ruben Jean B…

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Samantha Schadler is running her own race

Samantha Schadler is running her own race

Samantha Schadler knows what she wants this year. She wants to be the girls cross country state champion; she…

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No preschool for most county children

No preschool for most county children

"Kiss your brains," Jeneen Treto told a roomful of squirmy 4-year-olds sitting crosslegged on a multi-colored…

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After 93 years in Nogales, Bracker's to close its doors

After 93 years in Nogales, Bracker's to close its doors

Walking into Bracker's Department Store was like walking into another world for Rosa Amelia Samaniego when sh…

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Apache tribe in Nogales, Sonora seeks recognition, respect

Apache tribe in Nogales, Sonora seeks recognition, respect

Standing among piles of stones scattered across a stretch of land west of Nogales, Sonora on Sunday, five peo…

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Mothers in U.S. and Mexico unite across the border

Mothers in U.S. and Mexico unite across the border

About 30 men and women stood with faces pressed between the steel bars of the border fence in Nogales, Ariz. …

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Shuttles see slow business, increased competition amid 'Trump terror'

Shuttles see slow business, increased competition amid 'Trump terror'

Gerry Vasquez stood in the shade next to a large yellow sign with red letters advertising Sonora Shuttles wai…

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Rustic gardens meet gilded-age glamour at Agua Linda Farm

Rustic gardens meet gilded-age glamour at Agua Linda Farm

Tucked between towering cottonwood trees at the end of a winding dirt road just north of Tubac, the red brick…

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Still in limbo, Haitians give up U.S. dreams

Still in limbo, Haitians give up U.S. dreams

Bourjolly Louissaint played dominoes on the shaded front patio of the Rotary Club in Nogales, Sonora on Monda…

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Deportation marks 'new reality' under Trump

Deportation marks 'new reality' under Trump

Less than 24 hours after being taken into custody during a routine check-in with immigration officers Wednesd…

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Children of waste pickers find a helping hand

Children of waste pickers find a helping hand

Eight children raced around the small playground at Niños Ayudando Niños Agradecidos Children's Ministry on a…

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Central American migrants face difficult choices

Central American migrants face difficult choices

Dozens of men and a handful of women sat around four long tables at the Kino Border Initiative's "comedor" in…

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Nogales dentists try to compete with low prices in Sonora

Nogales dentists try to compete with low prices in Sonora

Plaza Pesqueira teems with life. Taxi drivers gather to collect customers, shop owners set up their wares on …

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UA diving coach gets another crack at Olympics

UA diving coach gets another crack at Olympics

Omar Ojeda is calm as he watches Rafael Quintero jump off a 10-meter concrete platform, twist one and a half …

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Deaths per 10,000 border crossers are up 5 times from a decade ago

Deaths per 10,000 border crossers are up 5 times from a decade ago

They gather around a large red cross overlooking State Route 80 near Bisbee. The half-dozen people are here t…

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Frontera Formations

Frontera Formations

Nogales, Sonora, rumbles with noise and motion near the international border. Buses, cars and pedestrians kic…

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Tiny owl that lives in Arizona and Sonora could get protection from growing threats

Tiny owl that lives in Arizona and Sonora could get protection from growing threats

A tiny owl that lives on both sides of the border in the Sonoran Desert could soon receive new federal protec…

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Indigenous Comcaac conservation group works to restore vital mangrove habitat in Sonora

Indigenous Comcaac conservation group works to restore vital mangrove habitat in Sonora

Mangroves are considered one of the planet’s most important ecosystems. But they are disappearing world wide …

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