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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The constitutional reform requires presidential and gubernatorial candidates in Mexico to renounce any non-Mexican citizenship. -
Dr. Jesús Maximiano Verduzco Soto turned himself in to authorities in Hermosillo after evading arrest for months. -
Nearly 30 people have died from heat stroke in the Mexican state south of Arizona this year. -
In Sonora, mothers comb through the desert to try to find the remains of their missing children, even as Mexican officials say the number of homicides across the country is in decline. -
Some communities remained difficult to access after flooding from Tropical Storm Polo. -
The Arizona Game and Fish Department warns that Arizona is at risk of the flesh-eating parasite after recent cases in New Mexico and northern Mexico. -
The new sanctions target more than 40 entities and individuals who the U.S. Treasury Department says are aligned with the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa cartel. -
Tropical Storm Polo left coastal areas in Sonora flooded Tuesday, but left other parts of the state with little rainfall as it began to dissipate. -
The National Hurricane Center predicts the storm will remain a strong hurricane as it moves into mainland Mexico early this week. -
The Category 5 hurricane could make landfall in Baja California Sur before moving east toward Sonora, the Mexican state south of Arizona, next week.
