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Border residents brace for change with approach of closure to nonessential travel

Both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in Douglas were left wondering what comes next as the Friday night restriction neared.

A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Environmental advocates say planned border construction threatens jaguar corridors

CBP announced plans to build more than 90 miles of border wall in an area advocates say is predominantly remote wilderness.

A vial of methadone at the dosing station inside the Community Medical Services clinic in Sierra Vista.

Opioid treatment options lacking in rural Arizona

A discussion with AZPM reporter Jake Steinberg.

Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera walks with retired Army Col. Larry Portouw at the Sulpher Springs Valley Electric Cooperative in Sierra Vista on Dec. 3, 2019. Portouw currently serves as president of the Fort Huachuca 50, a nonprofit that advocates for Fort Huachuca.

Community group advocates for Fort Huachuca’s future

The Fort Huachuca 50 formed in response to the Pentagon's 1988 Base Realignment and Closure.

Conservation groups challenge U.S. Army, USFWS over harm to San Pedro River

Conservationists say Fort Huachuca covered up an internal report on its groundwater pumping effects.

A cement batch site on a rancher's property east of Douglas leased by Southwest Valley Constructors for border wall construction.

Work beginning on new border wall in Cochise County

Police chiefs in Douglas and Agua Prieta share how current infrastructure impacts public safety in their cities.

Art that celebrates the classic architecture featured during Architecture Week and Modernism Week in Tucson.

Exploring the future through the past: Tucson's Sunshine Mile.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A preview of Film Fest Tucson 2019, and how one woman's dream of helping wildlife is making a big difference in the Sonoran Desert.

Border wall construction in Arizona moves ahead

Preparations for more construction are underway near Douglas and on the San Pedro River.

The San Pedro River just north of the international border with Mexico.

Deal will use Bisbee wastewater to recharge San Pedro River aquifer

The project is meant to support the health of the river following decades of agricultural pumping.

Inside the Southeastern Arizona Communications Center in Sierra Vista. The center helps dispatch first responders with multiple agencies in Cochise County.

Technology helping curb border crime in Cochise County

Arizona 360 tours the county's new communications center for first responders.

The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona.

BLM: Border wall across San Pedro River would be 'engineering challenge'

A fence blocking the flows during monsoon could damage habitat and erode the San Pedro's channel and banks, the agency said.

A mural welcoming visitors to Willcox is located across the street from the city's Historic Railroad Avenue Park.

Willcox steps up marketing, looks for greater cooperation across Cochise County

The new city manager says cities and towns in the county should work together to draw tourists.

Some of the contemporary citizens of Bisbee, Arizona who participated in a dramatic re-enactment of the 1917 Bisbee Deportation for the film "Bisbee '17", directed by Robert Greene.

A town faces ghosts from its past in "Bisbee '17"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Looking for a new shelter arrangement for asylum seekers in Tucson; and Aurelie Sheehan talks about her new short story collection "Once Into the Night".