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University of Arizona College of Education senior Sophie Chapman reads a list of demands to Dean Robert Q. Berry, III on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The demands include reinstating two professors who were placed on suspension are audio recordings of their classroom lecture was shared on social media

Sit-in at UA's College of Education calls to reinstate professors

Nov 20, 2023 Around 60 staff, faculty, students and community members participated.

Ballots from the general election are boxed up at the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

Arizona county again rejects a bid to hand-count all 2024 ballots

Nov 20, 2023 The 3-2 vote on Monday by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors against the proposal.

40 years of Gould’s turkey restoration success in the Sky Islands

Nov 20, 2023 From local extinction to Thanksgiving triumph, the journey of North America’s largest wild turkey species in Arizona’s southeastern mountains

F-16 from the 162nd Fighter Wing, based in Tucson.

How Arizona’s economic engines are rumbling towards Ukraine

Nov 20, 2023 Inside the lofty plans of an economic coalition trying to make Arizona integral to Ukraine’s recovery.

OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule after touchdown in Utah September 24.

UA students share in OSIRIS-REx success

Nov 20, 2023 They are taking a role developing experiments on the sample brought back from Bennu.

Lockers at the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office contain belongings recovered alongside migrants who died in the desert. Death investigators use the items to help determine the person’s identity, and return their remains to family.

New report finds Pima County Sheriff’s Department has history of not responding to calls from lost migrants

Nov 20, 2023 Advocacy group No More Deaths found that the sheriff’s department handled distress calls based on perceived immigration status. Sheriff Nanos disputes the findings, says whether calls are transferred to Border Patrol is based purely on proximity.

Treated wastewater, like this sample in Carson, California, could soon become a bigger part of the West's water portfolio. Cities in the drought-stricken Colorado River basin are putting big money behind project

ADEQ unveils Advanced Water Purification Program

Nov 20, 2023 The program looks to reuse wastewater into a purified water source

This June 7, 2023, photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a female Mexican gray wolf before she is released back into the wilds of Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the wolf had been found wandering in New Mexico outside a zone created for the recovery of her subspecies.

US wildlife managers have no immediate plans to capture wandering Mexican gray wolf

Nov 17, 2023 Her paws have seen hundreds of miles now over the last five months.

Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

UA suspends two professors following Israel-Hamas lecture

Nov 17, 2023 The College of Education professors have been suspended until an investigation concludes.

A group hangs out in the shade in Santa Rita Park in Tucson.

The Buzz: Does Housing First Work?

Nov 17, 2023 Housing First was a topic of debate in recent Tucson city elections, so we ask experts about the evidence.

John Kmiec, director of Tucson Water at the Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Kmiec says that the water that flows through the wetlands is highly treated water from the Pima County Agua Nueva facility that gos into the aquifer for future generations.

Tucson Water receives federal funding to combat PFAS, construct new water treatment facility

Nov 17, 2023 $30 million awarded through EPA from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Protests from the United Campus Workers of Arizona and the Arizona Students' Association move from Old Main to the North Ballroom just before the Arizona Board of Regents begin the public portion of their November meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Protests fill ABOR meeting following UA's financial crisis

Nov 16, 2023 University of Arizona President Robert Robbins delivered his State of the University and the board of regents approved a new tuition model.

Senator Mark Kelly speaks at Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Kelly warns Congress on the dangers of AI scams

Nov 16, 2023 An Arizona mother’s story was highlighted during the hearing.

The west side of Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

What to expect for November's AZ Board of Regents meeting

Nov 16, 2023 The public session will begin Thursday, Nov. 16.

Arizona economic coalition holds meeting with Ukranian officials in Tucson

Nov 15, 2023 The AZDIC has acted as a liaison between Arizona business and Ukraine for many months.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved more than 6.6 million people to be citizens in the last decade.

New report finds immigrant contributions in the state in the billions

Nov 15, 2023 A new report by the American Immigration Council found that immigrants contribute more than $26 billion annually to the state’s economy, including more than $5 billion from undocumented immigrants.

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