PIMA COUNTY ELECTIONSELECTIONS
December 6, 2024
Sheriff Chris Nanos officially wins reelection in official recount
Heather Lappin "firmly" believes Nanos’ discipline impacted Pima Sheriff's race loss.
EDUCATIONINDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
December 6, 2024
Cholla High School students experience Native art through virtual reality
Students, through the use of virtual reality sets, listened to three different stories from Navajo artists.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
December 6, 2024
Threats to Medicaid funding could mean loss of health insurance for thousands of Arizonans
The incoming Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress could cut the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act, eliminating health insurance for over 3 million parents and adults, including Arizonans.
University of Arizona
December 6, 2024
University of Arizona Innocence Project awarded $1.5 million grant for wrongful convictions work
The federal funding will support DNA evidence analysis, helping to overturn wrongful convictions and train future advocates in Arizona.
The Buzz: Tariffs and Southern Arizona's Economy
With the promise of import taxes, will major industries in our area be affected?
December 5, 2024
“I did not want to let her go back inside,” says first responder in Pima County deputy rape case
Another responding deputy testified Ricardo Garcia was on first-name basis with Sheriff Chris Nanos.
December 4, 2024
Former Pima County Sergeant accused of rape was “best friends” with Sheriff Nanos, says victim
The victim’s testimony wrapped up on the third day of Ricardo Garcia’s trial.
BORDER
December 4, 2024
Portion of women dying crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona increase in 2024
The percentage of women who have died crossing the border into Arizona has increased this year, even as the total number of human remains found has slightly declined.
ASTRONOMY
December 4, 2024
Arizona asteroid hunters detected space rock that fell over Russia
The team used a University of Arizona telescope to track the object to its fiery fate.
IN DEPTH
Cholla High School students experience Native art through virtual reality
Students, through the use of virtual reality sets, listened to three different stories from Navajo artists.
Arizona enshrines abortion rights, but Trump’s return sparks uncertainty for providers
Arizona's Proposition 139 secures abortion rights, but with Trump’s return, providers brace for renewed challenges and uncertainty.
How some of Pima County’s youngest voters feel about casting their ballots
Arizona’s Gen Z voters set to shape the 2024 election.
Competition rises in Legislative District 17 race: Democrats looking to flip legislature
Arizona Democrats are making a strong push to flip Legislative District 17, a GOP-favored area, by focusing on independent voters and framing their Republican opponents as too extreme.
HEADLINES
Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world's rarest whale in 'extraordinary' New Zealand study
The creature, which washed up dead on a beach on New Zealand's South Island in July, is only the seventh specimen ever found.
SunFed cucumbers and Costco eggs recalled due to potential salmonella contamination
Federal health officials say 68 people in 19 states were sickened by the cucumbers, and 18 of them needed to be hospitalized. There were no reported illnesses with the eggs.
Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you
The FDA recently authorized the iHealth at-home test for the SARS-CoV2 virus and two strains of the flu virus.
Art exhibit combining Native life, 'Star Wars' heads to Tempe Center for the Arts in 2025
The exhibit, previously called "The Force is with Our People," has a whole new name and includes 19 artists from different tribes.
Stargazers can see the final supermoon of the year this weekend
If you miss this supermoon, you won't be able to see the next one until October 2025.
My Little Pony, Transformers, Phase 10 join the National Toy Hall of Fame
All three of this year's inductees were created in the 1980s.
How to find lost objects: 6 techniques that really work
Finding missing items is an art and a science. The next time you misplace your house key, try these strategies to hunt it down.
Impossible, you say? Try asking a toddler
Even toddlers can tell an event that is improbable from one that appears impossible.
Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng
A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh.RECENT SERIES
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