Sonora, Mexico News

Punctuated by applause, accolades, and a few tears, four new City Council members replaced departing members Tuesday afternoon.

Members of the Damien Club, for young Catholics, often would go out together on weekends a ' sometimes to Nogales, Sonora, and other times to a local eatery.

The Temper Trap will return to SXSW in 2010, after grabbing buzz-band attention for their showcases this year.

Admired for his singing as well as his acting, Luis Aguilar, a.k.a. el Gallo Giro, went down in history as one of the great stars of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

Getting invited to a destination wedding is a bit of a mixed blessing. On the plus side, you're forced to take a vacation, potentially to somewhere you've never been.

Northern Mexico's Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America's last Indian massacres lay in storage for more than a century.

This Butterfield map of 1859 shows the Arizona region as part of New Mexico Territory .

Phoenix kicked off its Sister Cities program nearly 35 years ago with Hermosillo, Mexico, and now has partnerships with nine cities all over the globe.

First Pursuit Ventures Ltd. is pleased to report that drilling commenced at it's La Tuna copper-gold property located 50 kilometers northeast of Obregon in Sonora, Mexico.

Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Reported by: Christen Bejar Email: cbejar@abc15.com Reported by: Associated Press Last Update: 6:58 pm TUCSON, AZ a ' A Mexican police officer was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months in federal prison for unlawful possession of ammunition.

Protecting baby shellfish and mollusks from fishing nets in marine reserves helps replenish adult fish in open waters, according to UC Santa Cruz biologists.

The tequila sits untouched in a corner chapel of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church.

Reporting from Nogales, Ariz.-- Alan Bersin is back at the border and on the move.

One of Mexico's best kept secrets is about to be discovered. The first international airport in Puerto Peaasco, and the first completely privately built airport in Mexico, opens today for commercial service.

The bed of artefacts in the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico also includes the bones of an extinct cousin of the mastodon called a gomphothere.

Monday, 2 November 2009, 12:52 pm Press Release: Embassy of Mexico MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 2 November 2009 Mexican Embassy prepares altar dedicated to Dr.

A 62-year-old Tucson man has been indicted on five federal counts of possessing child pornography.

In a break with a longstanding drug enforcement practice, the authorities in the United States and Mexico have agreed to have some Mexicans caught smuggling drugs into the United States returned to Mexico for prosecution.

The preliminary approval of Grupo Mexico's plan to take Asarco LLC out of bankruptcy is taking a bite out of the Tucson copper company's financial reports.