Welcome Rain Falls In Drought-Stricken Southwest
Parts of the Southwest have seen above-average rainfall this week. The extra moisture is welcome after three years of severe drought.
Mike Corn has three ranches outside of Roswell, N.M. In the last week he's seen more rain than in the past two years.
"We're so much better now than we were in the last couple of years," Corn said. "It's been a long time since we've had some rain."
On Immigration Reform, Conflicting Messages For House Republicans
A new poll shows House Republicans face a tough choice on immigration reform: do they cater to the demands of their current voter base, or prepare for the future?
Pushing through a path to citizenship will be good for the party’s long-term prospects but potentially dangerous for its immediate future.
David Martin Davies
A pharmacist mascot dances in front of a pharmacy in downtown Matamoros.
Women Turn To Mexico After Texas Passes Anti-Abortion Law
Some Texans are learning to live with the tough new anti-abortion law which will shut down 37 of the state's 42 abortion clinics.
For the Texas-Mexico border region this means women will have little choice but to turn to dangerous alternatives to deal with an unwanted pregnancy.
In the last two years a growing number of women on the border have turned to underground reproductive healthcare because of the legislature’s 2011 cuts to the Texas Women’s Health Program.
Large Scale Wildfire Prevention Stalled
The largest wildfire prevention effort of its kind has stalled out.
Under its contract with the Forest Service, Pioneer Forest Products must thin 300,000 acres in Northern Arizona over the next decade and turn the small-diameter trees into wood for furniture. So far the company has thinned a small fraction of the forest — 500 acres.
Environmentalists are calling for an investigation.
Hopi Tribe Shining A Light On Domestic Violence
A new study by the World Health Organization finds that one in three women is assaulted in her lifetime. For Native American women, that number is twice as almost as high at 61 percent.
The Hopi Nation in Northern Arizona is in the middle of what advocates call a domestic violence epidemic. But after years of secrecy, victims are starting to come forward.