August 4, 2017 / Modified aug 7, 2017 2:53 p.m.

Edward Abbey's Southwest

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The latest on the sewage pipe break in Nogales; and a UA project to return lost dog tags from the Vietnam War unites two generations of veterans.

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Featured on the August 4th, 2017 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

nogales sewer break spotlight Santa Cruz County officials touring the extent of the damage from the sewer pipe break in Nogales, Arizona. (July, 2017)



  • Film writer Chris Dashiell looks back at Lonely Are the Brave, a film from 1962 starring Kirk Douglas that owes its unique take on the Southwest to its source material, a novel by Edward Abbey...
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