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University President Robert Robbins and Chief Safety Officer Steve Patterson sit at a press conference on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

UA Addresses Campus Safety in Back-to-School Briefing

Aug 25, 2023 University officials said safety relies on awareness.

Border Patrol agents process a group of nearly 250 migrants in Ajo, Arizona, on Wednesday, May 10.

Single adult migrants in Tucson border sector put in detention as deterrent measure

Aug 25, 2023 The Tucson Sector gains additional personnel from Homeland Security as it grapples with a continuing surge of migrants at the border, mostly families and children.

Tempe Town Lake from a pedestrian bridge near the replacement dam.

The Buzz: Previewing Season 2 of Tapped

Aug 25, 2023 AZPM's podcast about water returns with a season focusing on how we get water from where it is to where we want it.

One of the 80 F-16s that fly out of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter WIng.

US will start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at air base in Arizona

Aug 24, 2023 The training will take place at Morris Air National Guard base at the Tucson International Airport.

General Motors to close information technology center near Phoenix and eliminate 940 jobs

Aug 24, 2023 Similar centers in Warren, Michigan, near Detroit, suburban Atlanta, and in Austin, Texas, will remain open.

Oro Valley transit services division launches a new online passenger portal

Aug 24, 2023 The portal is not an app but can be accessed via desktop, tablet, or mobile devices.

Rocks collected from the Moon by astronauts on the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. The rocks are on display in the Lunar Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Latest race to the moon sparks interest for Arizona lunar scientists

Aug 23, 2023 They say the next exploration missions will focus on detecting and collecting natural resources.

Shovels at the groundbreaking of Tucson's new Milagro On Oracle, an apartment complex aimed at low-income senior living.

New Housing Project Aimed at Senior Living

Aug 23, 2023 Milagro on Oracle is the city’s first low income housing project in 10 years

Conservation groups sound alarm over critical shortage of Mexican gray wolves in Mexico

Aug 23, 2023 They call for revision of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan.

Congressman Raul Grijalva (D) and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R) talk with the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. August 23, 2023

Grijalva and Ciscomani sitdown together

Aug 23, 2023 The talk was an opportunity to hear about differences and common ground.

AZ Supreme Court agrees to hear abortion challenge

Aug 23, 2023 The state's 15-week abortion ban will be decided by the justices.

3 inches of rain leads to flooding, evacuations for a small community near the Grand Canyon

Aug 23, 2023 A flood advisory remained in effect Wednesday for Tusayan and the surrounding area.

An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

Cochise County Supervisors don't approve measures to prevent ballot fraud

Aug 23, 2023 Recorder resigns as interim County Elections Director

Mary Cooper and her dog, Havoc, enjoying the Hassayampa River.

When dams break

Aug 23, 2023 As our infrastructure ages, what can happen when structures that are often massive give way?

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

UA launches standalone iSchool, first in the state

Aug 22, 2023 The program started in 2015 as a part of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Now it is on its own.

Santa Cruz County rancher George Alan Kelly, who is accused of first-degree murder in the death of a Mexican man.

Rancher's murder trial to proceed

Aug 22, 2023 George Alan Kelly’s second-degree murder trial is set to proceed after a reluctant eye-witness agrees to testify in border shooting.

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