What would you do if you could not go home? That was the question many foreigners in Mexico faced during the pandemic, as some borders closed and others imposed expensive quarantine restrictions. Continue reading Stranded expats find a solution as government hands out residency cards
My first foray into science writing for the general public! Happy to finally be using my degree. Continue reading Alzheimer’s drugs targeting amlyoid plaque may be doomed to fail
Small towns in Sinaloa have faced a lot of challenges in recent years, ranging from cartel violence to the current pandemic. Despite the challenges, local tourism is thriving in some areas. Read all about it in my most recent piece for Mexico News Daily. https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/after-years-of-conflict-tourism-is-revitalizing-some-small-towns-in-sinaloa/ Continue reading After years of conflict, tourism is revitalizing some small towns in Sinaloa
I’m finally getting back to the good stuff! Here’s a story I wrote for M! Magazine in Mazatlán about the impact the pandemic has had on local businesses. Continue reading Hope for 2021: Mazatlán businesses look to the future
New article up at the Culinary Travel Guide. Bit of a new direction. Let me know what you think! Continue reading A Foodie’s Guide to Sinaloan Seafood
October 19, 2018 – Some of the individuals apprehended in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid last week were believed to be “aggravated re-entry suspects” and had re-entered the United States after being deported once, Moab Police Chief Jim Winder reported Tuesday. Some of them may have had criminal offenses and could have presented dangers to the community.
In the wake of the detainments, Moabites organized a quick response to Thursday and Friday’s raid, with a protest Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25. More than 50 people came out to demonstrate against the action, which resulted in the detention of 11 individuals.
Continue reading Detainees suspected of aggravated re-entry, police chief says
July 26, 2018 – The Community Recycling Center is severely understaffed and the global market for recyclables is changing, putting the Solid Waste Special Service District, which manages the recycling center, in a tough position. Many have heard that the solid waste district has reduced the recyclables they accept at the recycling center, as well as reducing the hours of the center. Now, after the injury of a key employee, they are reducing hours even more.
It started several years ago when China, the main market for recyclables, instituted the Green Fence initiative, Barton said. The initiative demanded a 0.3 percent contamination rate… Continue reading Is single-stream the future of recycling for Moab? Barton: Free recycling ‘not a sustainable model’
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has issued a preliminary recommendation to shrink the boundary of the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument, which was established in December by former President Barack Obama. In a June 12 memorandum to President Donald Trump, Zinke said that under the Antiquities Act, the monument should be the “smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects [of cultural significance].”
“It would have been more appropriate to protect only specific areas of cultural and historic importance within the current Bears Ears boundary,” … Continue reading Zinke report recommends shrinking monument size, giving tribes co-management of Bears Ears
Twenty environmental activists were arrested in the East Tavaputs Plateau of the Book Cliffs after trespassing onto the U.S. Oil Sands PR Spring mine site on June 19 to protest the mining of tar sands in Utah. Acting on a plan to restore lands they contend was destroyed by the construction of the PR Spring mine, the protestors planted native seeds at an open pit during the final demonstration at the three-day “mine reclamation action.” Continue reading Twenty arrested at June 19 protest at PR Spring mine
