
Joanna Jacobo Rivera
Communities editor at The Arizona Republic
sw editor with CALÓ News • santanera fresnillense • she/her/ella
Articles
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1 week ago |
calonews.com | Joanna Jacobo Rivera
The fight to protect Oak Flat, a sacred Western Apache site east of Phoenix, suffered a significant loss Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared a hurdle for the mining of the publicly owned land that Indigenous and environmental rights activists have fought against for years. The high court refused to hear the case of Apache Stronghold v.
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2 weeks ago |
calonews.com | Joanna Jacobo Rivera
When Frank Luna, a Phoenix native, retired from a career in education, fundraising and development, he knew he could carefully choose where he wanted to focus his efforts. He had the time and the patience to wait for something great involving his Latino community to come along. A major advocate for student associations, he was asked by a friend to help organize a fundraiser for Phoenix College’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán student chapter, commonly known as MEChA.
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3 weeks ago |
calonews.com | Joanna Jacobo Rivera
Mizael García ha trabajado en la industria de la plomería por más de 20 años. El nativo de Arizona, de 49 años, regresó a su estado natal desde Minnesota en el año 2000 y poco después comenzó a trabajar en el oficio que lo llevaría a descubrir su pasión por ayudar a los demás a través de la instrucción.
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3 weeks ago |
sfweekly.com | Joanna Jacobo Rivera
Emily Pike went missing on January 27, from the Mesa, Arizona group home she lived in. Weeks later, on Valentine’s Day, the 14-year-old from the San Carlos Apache Tribe was found murdered in Gila County, nearly 100 miles away from where she went missing.
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3 weeks ago |
calonews.com | Joanna Jacobo Rivera
Emily Pike went missing on January 27, from the Mesa, Arizona group home she lived in. Weeks later, on Valentine’s Day, the 14-year-old from the San Carlos Apache Tribe was found murdered in Gila County, nearly 100 miles away from where she went missing.
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