NEW from me: No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona's endangered children and new missing person system azluminaria.org/2025/11/06/n... via @azluminaria.org

New from me: Pascua Yaqui Tribe pauses council meeting livestream change after community concerns over access, transparency azluminaria.org/2025/10/10/p... via @azluminaria.org

✨Some personal news, as they say✨ While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.

For over 100 days, journalist Mario Guevara has been detained by U.S. law enforcement for his livestream reporting. He is the only journalist behind bars for his journalism, and he could be deported for doing his job. We demand his immediate release. freedomformario.com

#ICYMI Safety changes to Maricopa County sheriff meetings in Latino racial profiling case await federal judge’s order via @azluminaria.org azluminaria.org/2025/09/22/s...

Thanks so much @apnews.com for sharing! Last week, @azluminaria.org broke the story on the Gila River Indian Community’s proposed banishment ordinance for tribal members convicted of violent crimes, marking the first move of its kind in Arizona. apnews.com/article/crim...

New, from me: Gila River Indian Community weighs banishment ordinance, a first for Arizona tribes azluminaria.org/2025/08/29/g...

“Being an immigrant is risky:" ICE enforcement drives Arizona families to online fundraising platforms azluminaria.org/2025/07/30/b... via @azluminaria.org

Wrong ballots sent to hundreds in Tucson – here’s how to fix yours before Aug. 5 primary azluminaria.org/2025/07/29/w... via @azluminaria.org

Exclusive: Records obtained by Arizona Luminaria tie Amazon to a massive Tucson area data center that has been shrouded in secrecy until now

Officials confirm Emily’s Law wouldn’t have applied to Emily Pike’s case, bringing renewed attention to gaps in missing person alerts for children labeled runaways azluminaria.org/2025/05/22/r... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP

Gov. Katie Hobbs signs Turquoise Alert System into law azluminaria.org/2025/05/13/g... via @azluminaria

“This is for shíyázhí Emily Pike”: New missing person alert bill unanimously passes AZ House, heads to Gov. Hobbs for signature azluminaria.org/2025/05/07/t... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP

Celebrate #WorldPressFreedomDay by supporting independent journalism! 🌎 @azluminaria.org has launched its 2025 Spring membership campaign that doubles every donation made to our newsroom. Help us continue to bring you more of the coverage that matters and strengthen local news! 🕯️🔗 shorturl.at/nuu2n

UPDATE: Keisha Kootswatewa’s family believes she may be among multiple sets of remains found on the Navajo Nation, potentially bringing their three-year search to an end. Charges have been filed in connection with some of the remains — but not hers. via @azluminaria.org #MMIP

Recent amendments to the bill address a discrepancy that would have excluded Emily Pike’s case, despite recently renaming the legislation in her honor story via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.org

Lawmakers have amended Arizona’s Turquoise Alert bill — addressing a previous gap in the bill’s language that would’ve excluded Emily Pike, the Indigenous teen it was named after azluminaria.org/2025/05/01/a... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP

Emily Pike’s brutal murder has been used to rally support for legislation creating a new alert system for missing people. But as it’s written, the proposed law — now named in the San Carlos Apache teen’s honor — wouldn’t help in missing cases like hers because of its age criteria.

ICYMI: A critical report created to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Arizona and across the country has been removed from federal websites as the Trump administration continues to slash DEI measures

Trump's anti-DEI crusade deleted a report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. It was created under the Not Invisible Act, which Trump signed in his first term. via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.bsky.social

I was honored to write for @lookoutnews.bsky.social Spring Issue! I spoke with Tucson’s trans Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert on resilience, the power of poetry & community, Indigenous & genderqueer history and our future @transjournalists.org #transjoy #queerpoets www.lookoutnews.org/how-poetry-a...

Listening to Chelsea Curtis talk about how she used freedom of information laws to uncover stories & build a database about Indigenous people who are missing or were murdered across Arizona: azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona/ #SunshineFest #SunshineWeek #OpenGov #ddj

🚨 Update: we were able to track down Yesenia, the mother picked up with her 2 kids in Tucson. After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico. Her husband and two of her kids remain in US. azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...

Between May 2023 and Sep 2024, 30% of heat deaths were in mobile homes or RVs. An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...

@cacuella.bsky.social and I wrote about unhoused communities in Tucson relying on patchwork of resources to stay warm amid freezing temps Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...

Excited to announce that we’ve launched our new database dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People — the first of its kind in Arizona. 🧵 #IWMFgrantee #MMIP azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona

Tonight on PBS, watch a powerful new documentary collaboration by @azpm.bsky.social and AZ Luminaria on Pima County jail deaths

I wrote about the growing opposition in Tucson to a proposed city sales tax. The money would help fill a budget gap from the state flat tax, but organizers say planned spending on police cars and a plane are not the right place for those dollars azluminaria.org/2025/01/08/s...

We are thrilled to announce veteran Arizona journalist Rafael Carranza as our newest team member

Scoop🚨 Sheriff Mark Lamb failed to disclose a prior bankruptcy while incorporating his nonprofit. When we pointed that and other inconsistencies out to AZ Corporation Commission, they said they’d be dissolving the org. Latest for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/s...

Sharing my latest about Yolanda Bydonie’s tireless efforts to find her cousin Keisha Kootswatewa, a Hopi woman who disappeared from the Navajo Nation almost 3 years ago. #IWMFgrantee #MMIW #MMIP Beautiful photos by @ashponders.bsky.social for @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2024/12/20/h...

From me: ‘Havasupai school report may shock people, but it is 'our reality,' tribal leaders say’ Via @azcentral.bsky.social

Re-upping the @transjournalists.org style guide, which I encourage both journalists and non-journalists to review! Language matters, respect matters. styleguide.transjournalists.org

Today is Giving Tuesday, the midpoint of our biggest fundraiser of the year 🌟 Thanks to NewsMatch and the generosity of people like you, every donation made today will be TRIPLED. 👉 Get started here: azluminaria.org/membership/ Thank you for supporting Arizona Luminaria! 🧡

As policymakers rushed to equip cops with body cams, they often failed to grapple with a fundamental question: Who controls the footage? They defaulted to leaving police with the power to decide what is recorded, who can see it and when. By @ericumansky.bsky.social, w/ @farooqumar.bsky.social

Hey, we’re Juntos. We are a cooperative of photojournalists founded in 2019. We have pushed for safety measures as freelancers throughout the pandemic and we stay accountable to the people who we tell stories with. go.bsky.app/D5zC5vP

400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us

From me: ‘Navajo leaders vow to 'hold Apache County accountable' in future voting after 'debacle'’ via @azcentral.bsky.social My latest on what is happening in Apache County Election Day fiasco. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Arizona is poised to resume executions in 2025 after @GovernorHobbs fires independent reviewer she hired to evaluate 'mismanaged' executions under previous admins. www.12news.com/article/news...

Connecting people leaving the jail with basic services, checking up on them after a few days, giving them basic items after they leave jail — these things can make a huge difference in keeping people out of trouble, says the director of the Pima County center. It can also save a lot of money.

Arizona is the only state with English-only legislation still in effect. Under those laws, children who aren’t proficient in English are segregated at school from their peers whose primary language is English. @cacuella.bsky.social on the impact on those students: azluminaria.org/2024/11/22/a...

Journalism 101 on the Navajo Nation: Say hello to pup 🐶. This cutie was hanging out at the Sanostee Chapter building.

Big news today from our Border Wildlife Study collaboration with Wildlands Network: Our study on the crossing rates of animals through different types of border wall has just been published, showing which species are able to cross and through which barriers: ow.ly/mMrG50Ucesj

A former Navajo Nation vice president is being eyed as a possible nominee for the Bureau of Indian Affairs by President-elect Donald Trump.

Demolitions are coming for these old motels after two quick votes by the Pima Community College board. They spared the neon signs

Pima County's closely watched sheriff's race is going to a recount. That's not very likely to change the result, but this race is important for the future of both oversight of a deadly county jail and also immigration enforcement at the border azluminaria.org/2024/11/21/p...

‘Lesher said it was unclear if there are “any guardrails” for Prop. 312, which would allow people to apply for tax relief if a city doesn’t enforce regulations about homelessness that affects a homeowner or business.’ azluminaria.org/2024/11/21/n...

Starter pack on Indigenous news and reporters from my colleague @chelcurtis.bsky.social go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T

Indigenous news starter pack from @chelcurtis.bsky.social ! bsky.app/starter-pack...

Created a #starterpack of Indigenous journalists (and news orgs amplifying Indigenous stories) I’ve found so far on @bsky.app! Pls reach out if you know of anyone I should add. go.bsky.app/Mgp9P4T