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Counterclockwise from top right, Youth On Their Own participants and Tucson High graduates Michael, Victoria and Alyssa; Tucson High social worker Bonnie Kneller.

Beating the Odds to Graduate from High School

Youth On Their Own aims to keep homeless and unaccompanied young people in school.

Female Gila topminnows (pictured here) grow to approximately 2 inches and males are about half as big.

Big Role for Little Fish: Mosquito Control in Pima County

Officials hope the native Gila topminnow will be effective replacement for mosquitofish.

The Flint Water Treatment Plant in Flint, Michigan

NOVA: Poisoned Water

NOVA investigates the water disaster in Flint and unravels a disturing truth about the vulnerablilities of water systems across the country.

American Epic: Out of the Many, the One

Discover how America’s diverse cultures and Mississippi John Hurt transformed music forever.

The participants in Victorian Slum House.

Victorian Slum House: 1900s

Observe the social changes of the 1900s and the measures taken to alleviate the plight of the poor.

Mexican soldiers work in the mountains of Sinaloa burning this marijuana field, part of an eradication program supported by the United States.

Trump Wants to Cut US Aid to Mexican Drug Cartel Fight

Budget proposal calls for cutting funding to Mexican policy, military almost in half.

U.S. Army veteran Alex Sutton after shooting a rifle on his farm in rural Moore County, North Carolina, October 2, 2014.

Independent Lens: Farmer/Veteran

Meet a combat veteran coping with PTSD who turns to farming to find purpose and a place to heal.

Episode 139: Inside the City of South Tucson

A look at the city's history, community, fiscal challenges and commercial future.

A Union Pacific freight train, pulled by two locomotives, rolls into the train yard southeast of downtown Tucson.

Arizona, Sonora Officials Seek Better Transportation

Bilateral commission meeting this week will focus on improved air, rail service.

Proposition 101 would raise sales tax in Tucson by half a cent, and bring in $250 million over five years, the city said.

Tucson Setting Priorities for New Sales Tax Revenues

Police, fire equipment first on order list; oversight committees also will be set up.

Tucson Ranks Low in Public Park Availability

Trust for Public Land rankings show many Tucsonans do not have easy access to a park.

PCC, Lacking State Funding, Seeks Property Tax Increase

If approved, increase would bring in about $3.2 million a year, cost homeowner $6.

Sabri Dikman was appointed as agent in charge of the Nogales Border Patrol Station starting June 11, 2017.

Border Patrol Names New Agent in Charge in Nogales

19-year agency veteran Sabri Dikman will take the post in June.

A Place to Call Home: Catch the Tiger

While Regina's behavior spirals, George asks for the family to go about business as usual.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved more than 6.6 million people to be citizens in the last decade.

Episode 317: The Paths, and Barriers, to Citizenship

A green card with a price tag, an immigration law firm, and U.S.-born triplets with Mexican-born parents.

Afternoon traffic heading into the U.S. builds up at the San Luis Port of Entry in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, 2011.

Trump Budget Includes San Luis Border Crossing Rebuild

Local officials are both surprised and excited about the $234M set aside for the port.

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