Nina Kravinsky is a senior field correspondent covering stories about Sonora and the border from the Hermosillo, Mexico, bureau of KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk.
She's covered many on-the-ground stories in Mexico, including the drought digging into Hermosillo as the region is scrambling to quench the thirst of a growing city, while rural Sonorans fear they will be left high and dry; the few remaining migrants at Nogales shelters in summer 2025; and local highlights like pitaya season and markets in central Hermosillo.
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Delegations from the United States and Mexico are meeting March 16 to start talks on the treaty that binds the two countries and Canada. -
Mexico says nearly half of the .50 caliber bullets it has seized since 2012 were produced at one government-owned plant in Missouri. -
Temperatures in Hermosillo reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit last week, smashing the record for the hottest February day. The temperature also surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week. -
Scientists in Sonora are searching for clues about what happened to missing whale populations — and what the creatures that do appear are trying to say about the health of their habitat. -
More than a century after being nearly hunted to extinction by the early 1900s, 29 American bison were released in the state. -
Officials say brothers René and Alfonso Arzate García run Tijuana operations for the Sinaloa cartel. -
The plan would roll out the shorter workweek incrementally, reaching a 40 hour week by 2030. -
Keith Allen with Encántame Resorts says they’ve had around 80 cancellations after the capture of a cartel leader 1,000 miles away Sunday. -
The killing of the leader of what is perhaps the country’s most brutal drug cartel could create a power vacuum, and result in a violent succession struggle, experts say. -
Cartel members burned buildings and blocked roadways in other parts of Mexico after a U.S.-backed raid killed the country’s most powerful narco leader.
