July 14, 2025
New Cochise County Jail site chosen
The future of a new jail building, now planned adjacent to the current jail in Bisbee, still depends on an upcoming tax election.
FIRE
July 13, 2025
Fire destroys historic North Rim lodge
Weather turns controlled burn into destructive blaze.
Since COVID, threats to local school officials have nearly tripled, research finds
Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on LGBTQ+ policies and that the targets held a variety of political views.
Hundreds laid off in State Department overhaul
The State Department is slashing hundreds of jobs in what's being called its biggest shake-up in decades — drawing sharp criticism from former diplomats who say the cuts risk gutting America's diplomatic muscle.
ASTRONOMY
July 11, 2025
Tucson space scientists focus on another interstellar visitor
The object is only the third space rock detected as coming from outside our solar system.
Arizonans jump out of airplanes as part of a global challenge
World Skydiving Day is being held with state, national and international participants
EDUCATION
July 10, 2025
Tucson Unified School District facing $6 million in federal funding losses
Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo called the projected impact of those cuts “devastating.”
GOVERNMENTUniversity of Arizona
July 10, 2025
University of Arizona loses $59 million in federal funding
64 grants affected.
IMMIGRATION
July 10, 2025
After policy lapse revealed, Pima County Sheriff drops rule on tracking immigration calls
Sheriff Chris Nanos says the change formalizes what was already happening. The update came days after Arizona Luminaria reported the policy hadn’t been followed in nearly a year.
IN DEPTH
Since COVID, threats to local school officials have nearly tripled, research finds
Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on LGBTQ+ policies and that the targets held a variety of political views.
Still Catching Up: How COVID-19 set back Arizona’s youngest learners
Five years after the pandemic shuttered classrooms, Tucson educators say the youngest students are still struggling with academic setbacks, behavioral challenges, and have fewer resources to help them recover.
Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from '90s punchline to scientific playground
Researchers created the facility in the late '80s and early '90s to see if humans could survive in an artificial, self-sustaining ecosystem.
Why Tohono O'odham Nation's centuries-old saguaro fruit harvest is experiencing a revival in Arizona
For many families, it's a time to gather across generations and pass down the traditions and centuries-old knowledge enjoying a resurgence as more youth rediscover their ancestral ways.
NPR and PBS HEADLINES
Since COVID, threats to local school officials have nearly tripled, research finds
Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on LGBTQ+ policies and that the targets held a variety of political views.
Historic World War II ship found in the Pacific Ocean
Researchers and scientists found a part of an 80-year-old damaged World War II warship more than 600 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean.
Sea lions are released after toxic algae bloom in California
This spring, Southern California experienced one of the longest toxic algal blooms on record, sickening at least 1,500 animals in the region.
Shoes off at the airport? TSA gives the pesky rule the boot
For nearly twenty years, most air travelers in the U.S. have been required to remove their shoes when going through security. That requirement has ended.Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from '90s punchline to scientific playground
Researchers created the facility in the late '80s and early '90s to see if humans could survive in an artificial, self-sustaining ecosystem.
Why Tohono O'odham Nation's centuries-old saguaro fruit harvest is experiencing a revival in Arizona
For many families, it's a time to gather across generations and pass down the traditions and centuries-old knowledge enjoying a resurgence as more youth rediscover their ancestral ways.
NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system
The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it about galaxies far, far away.
Waffle House drops egg surcharge as prices fall back to Earth
Waffle House has dropped its 50 cent surcharge on eggs as supplies rebound. The chain added the temporary charge in February, when avian flu sent egg prices to record highs.
80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him
Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories.RECENT SERIES
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