PHOENIX — A study done by the non-profit organization "Business for Water Stewardship" shows a grim future for rural Arizona real estate. "The study confirmed that, especially in rural locations that ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs this month canceled a state land lease in Butler Valley to the Saudi-owned company Fondomonte, and announced that our state will not renew three other leases to Fondomonte when they ...

WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) — A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has used ...

Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters fed up with their groundwater being pumped by huge farms. Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters fed up with their groundwater ...

Lisa Glenn has seen what happens when a rural desert community’s groundwater aquifer is pushed past its breaking point. For 57 years, she’s lived in Willcox, Arizona, where farms dot the landscape.