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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero speaks with Federal Transit Regional Administrator Ray Tellis ahead of a press conference on the new investment in transit infrastructure.

Tucson receives $11M for bus stop shelters, trees and more

Jul 11, 2024 Tucson’s Sun Tran system is receiving more than $11 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The money is meant to fortify transit infrastructure and help protect vulnerable communities from the effects of climate change.
Monsoon rain over Tucson.

Monsoon storm activity picking up late in the week

Jul 10, 2024 Some areas in Southeastern Arizona could see wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour.
1975 Zoo Staff, Barry Ames, Joanna Gradillas, Marc Bruns, Angela Stewart, Alex Flores, Mike Flint, Ms. Boyle, Ann Dery, Sandra Hein, Gale Ferrick, Al Gallego, Shanda Martin, Kathy Kuehn, Garland Godbehere.

"Taking the camel to the drive-in?" Historian David Leighton's history of the Reid Park Zoo

Jul 10, 2024 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Visit the Word of Mouth Print Space; celebrate imagination at the Library's Megamania!! Festival; and meet the founder of the Naco Wellness Initiative.
This photo accompanied a July 10, 2024 social media post in which congressman Raul Grijalva announced he has finished cancer treatments "for now."

A thinner Raul Grijalva announces he's "finished" cancer treatment

Jul 10, 2024 12 term representative is working with doctors on returning to Washington D.C.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Arizona for Abortion Access sues Legislative Council over abortion ballot description

Jul 10, 2024 The Legislative Council used the term "unborn human being" in its description of the abortion initiative.
The city of Tucson is weighing options for the future of golf courses that don't turn a profit.

Sierra Vista to take over struggling golf course

Jul 10, 2024 The now-former owners Castle and Cooke announced they were walking away from the property last fall.
George Alan Kelly during opening statements, on March 22, 2024, at trial where he's being charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault.

Judge closes door to new trial for Arizona rancher in fatal shooting of Mexican man

Jul 10, 2024 The judge said justice would not be served by letting prosecutors wait for a tactical advantage to retry Kelly.
Flashing lights on top of a police car.

Arizona election worker accused of stealing a security fob also charged with other crimes

Jul 10, 2024 Ringfield also is charged with theft after prosecutors say he stole $9,500 in vintage jewelry from mannequins at the Phoenix Art Museum on May 20.
The Colorado River, just north of the Navajo Bridge in Northern Arizona.

Arizona congressional delegation introduces $5 billion tribal water rights legislation

Jul 8, 2024 The legislation would ratify a settlement agreement that was approved by each of the tribes in May.
Walking down the road near the Bear Canyon Trail in the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, February 2018.

Public meeting will discuss new Sabino Canyon visitor center

Jul 8, 2024 The Thursday meeting will include a first look at initial plans for the redesign
A free water station outside of the Arizona Poppy shop on South Fourth Avenue in Tucson, Ariz.

Local businesses set up community water stations in the face of extreme heat

Jul 8, 2024 The new community partnership is an effort to keep unhoused Tucsonans safe.
Itzel waits in Nogales, Sonora, hoping to get a chance to ask for asylum in the U.S., for herself, her husband and their two young daughters. She asked that we don't show their faces due to fears for their safety after running from threats in Mexico City.

Border Patrol continues to discard bulk of migrants’ belongings

Jul 8, 2024 In the first part of a two-part series, Danyelle Khmara explains one of the challenges migrants who cross the border into Arizona are facing — as more people are quickly removed from the country under Biden’s recent limit on asylum.
A sprinkler runs on a hot day in Phoenix.

Tucson's new conservation program aims to save water by removing ornamental grass

Jul 8, 2024 Apartment complexes and commercial buildings are being urged to remove grass landscaping and conserve water — in exchange for a rebate from the city.
The sun blazes before it begins to set.

Pima County heat-related deaths in June topped 2023's totals

Jul 8, 2024 Days with high temperatures also saw a notable increase from the previous year.
The summer sun hangs over cacti in Tucson.

Persistent heat wave in the US expected to shatter new records as it bakes West and swelters in East

Jul 7, 2024 Phoenix topped out at 114 F, just shy of the record of 116 F dating to 1942.
NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument on June 19, 2024, recorded scorching roads and sidewalks across Phoenix where contact with skin could cause serious burns in minutes to seconds, as indicated in the legend.

NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks

Jul 6, 2024 Surface temperatures that hot can cause severe contact burns within minutes or seconds.

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