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George Alan Kelly listens to closing arguments Thursday, April 18, during the murder trial in the shooting death of Gabriel Cuen Buitimea. Kelly pled not guilty.

Jury starts deliberation in border rancher murder trial

Apr 18, 2024 George Alan Kelly has pled not guilty in the murder of a Mexican citizen.
A marker at the Park of the Canals in Mesa shows a map of the ancient canal system dug by the ancestral Sonoran Desert people.

Ancient farmers dug canals that shaped Phoenix's modern water system

Apr 18, 2024 Those ancient farmers have been referred to as the "Hohokam" but it’s not the name of a tribe or a people, and their O'Odham, Hopi, and Zuni descendants do not call them that.
Arizona Coyotes season-ticket holders comfort one another as time expires in team's NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. The Coyotes won 5-2. Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo agreed to sell the franchise's hockey operations to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith, who intends to move the team to Salt Lake City.

Coyotes officially leaving Arizona for Salt Lake City

Apr 18, 2024 The NHL announced the team was sold on Thursday afternoon.
The Arizona State Capitol building.

Arizona House again refuses to repeal 1864 abortion law but Senate agrees

Apr 17, 2024 House Speaker Ben Toma kept the bill from being brought up.
Effluent gushes out of the outfall, into the Santa Cruz River. The outfall of water is constantly flowing, but there is a diurnal fluctuation due to cyclical human water use.

Reviving the Santa Cruz: efforts to restore Arizona’s endangered river

Apr 17, 2024 Local groups push for Urban National Wildlife Refuge designation.
Palestinian supporters march on the University of Arizona campus on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Tucson, Ariz.

Israel-Palestine tensions remain high in Tucson

Apr 17, 2024 Anti-semitic incidents increased in Arizona last year, and just this week a counter protestor ripped up signs at a Tucson demonstration in support of Gaza.
A key in a door lock.

‘Arizona is Home’ mortgage assistance program kickstarts statewide homeownership drive

Apr 17, 2024 Empowering first-time buyers and expanding housing access across Arizona.
Wreckage from a 1956 midair collision sits on the floor of the Grand Canyon.

Two planes collided over the Grand Canyon and forever changed aviation

Apr 17, 2024 In the back of Flagstaff Citizen’s Cemetery hides a memorial for what was once the deadliest commercial airline disaster in U.S. history.
An electric transmission line.

US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

Apr 16, 2024 The project — approved in 2015 following a lengthy review — has been touted as the biggest U.S. electricity infrastructure undertaking since the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s.
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaking with attendees at the 2023 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

Arizona Secretary of State on how election officials are preparing for AI and misinformation

Apr 16, 2024 Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes reflects on the security of election officials, threats posed by artificial intelligence and more.
The Yuma Quartermaster Depot.

Yuma Quartermaster Depot home to iconic Arizona history

Apr 16, 2024 The building housed the U.S. Army and Customs Service.
Looking west across the University of Arizona mall. The Student Union Memorial Center and Old Main can both been seen.

ABOR begins search process for new UA president

Apr 15, 2024 The Board named an advisory committee on Monday night.

Pima County evictions fell over 40% in March

Apr 15, 2024 But experts say the positive trends are still leaving some renters behind.
Two young children do arts and crafts at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

New data shows families continue crossing the border in large numbers in the Tucson Sector

Apr 15, 2024 Tucson Sector continues to have the highest number of migrants crossing, and by far the highest number of families and children, even as the total number of migrant apprehensions at the southern border dropped slightly from the previous month.
A traffic accident on Tucson's east side, at the intersection of Broadway and Wilmot.

Arizona study examines traffic inequity

Apr 15, 2024 The investigation looks at how demographics make a difference in accident outcomes.
The original sculpture of Tom Mix's horse "Tony Junior." designed by Fernando Arriola and created in 1947 by prisoners at the Arizona State Prison in Florence, sits atop a stone monument outside the Pinal County Historical Museum in Florence. It originally topped the Tom Mix Monument just off Highway 79 but was stolen and missing for years. It was recovered after a replacement sculpture had been installed on the monument, so it was attached atop a new stone pyramid outside the museum and dedicated in 1994.

Roadside monument honors the 1st cowboy star

Apr 15, 2024 Tom Mix died in a 1940 crash south of Florence.

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