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A man sits on the curb at Santa Rita Park in Tucson.

Tucson Police Department under fire for “infestation” comment during park sweep

Oct 2, 2024 The comment happened as Santa Rita Park was cleared for cleaning.
A bilingual English/Spanish vote sign outside a precinct in Arizona.

Number of voters with unconfirmed citizenship documents more than doubles in battleground Arizona

Oct 1, 2024 The Arizona Department of Transportation, which oversees the MVD, said in an email that it created a coding update in its system but didn't specify when it was implemented.
A scale and gavel

Over 50 charged in federal firearms crackdown in Tucson, targeting illegal gun conversions

Oct 1, 2024 The US Attorney’s office in Tucson charged 54 people with federal firearms-related crimes in a collaboration with Tucson Police.
This image provided by NASA shows an enhanced color view of Pluto’s big moon Charon captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, July 14, 2015.

NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

Oct 1, 2024 The latest detection is key to studying how Charon and other icy objects in the Kuiper Belt came to be.
Brennan A.R. Bowen (left), Associate, Holtzman Vogel and Paul Johnson, Prop. 140 Co-Chair and Former Phoenix Mayor, debate propositions 140 and 133.

Arizona Clean Elections Debate: Props. 140 and 133, Partisan Primaries

Oct 1, 2024 Brennan A.R. Bowen and Paul Johnson debate propositions 140 and 133.
An A-10 firing over the Barry Goldwater Range in Gila Bend, Arizona, during Hawgsmoke 2016.

Grijalva joins conservationists, tribal members and residents in opposing Air Force plan to expand low-altitude jet training

Sep 30, 2024 Local groups and residents are opposing Air Force plan to allow fighter jets to break the sound barrier closer to the ground in rural and tribal parts of Southern Arizona and southwest New Mexico.

Harris talks border security in campaign stop in Douglas

Sep 27, 2024 VP pledges tougher penalties for undocumented border crossers.
Michael Bogan, UA aquatic ecology professor holds up a Mexican amberwing dragonfly at the Santa Cruz River Heritage Project Reach in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, Sept. 20.

Dragonfly Festival honors Tucson’s Santa Cruz River restoration

Sep 27, 2024 From wastewater to wildlife, how Tucson’s Heritage Project Reach became a thriving river ecosystem.
A sign outside a polling center in Tucson, Ariz.

The Buzz: Ensuring Accuracy in Ballots and Information

Sep 27, 2024 As election day draws near, we turn our attention to efforts to get information out to voters.
University of Arizona Police Chief Chris Olsen at a news conference about a shooting death on campus. September 26, 2024.

UAPD confirms arrest in fatal UA shooting after three-day search

Sep 26, 2024 Law enforcement officials say the investigation is ongoing and discuss campus safety measures at Thursday’s press conference.

Nogales: Reviving Arroyos and Cultivating Water Resiliency

Sep 26, 2024 Unchecked urbanization has created water issues in Nogales, Sonora, which the city and researchers on both sides of the border are finding innovative ways to remedy.
State Sen. John Kavanagh (R) (left) and State Rep. Analise Ortiz (D) (right) debate Prop. 314., an immigration enforcement referendum.

Fact checking the Prop. 314 "Secure the Border Act" debate

Sep 26, 2024 We check the claims made in the Clean Elections Commission debate over Proposition 314.
<a href="https://map22.epa.gov/cimc/superfundZoom&params=0900684&15" target="_blank" style="font-weight:700;margin-right:6px">VIEW THIS MAP FULLSCREEN IN A NEW WINDOW</a>The ten square-mile Tucson International Airport Area Superfund Site is depicted using orange diagonal lines. The site includes Tucson International Airport, Sections of the Tohono O'odham Nation (San Xavier District), Tucson and South Tucson residential areas, and Air Force Plant #44 Raytheon Missile Systems Company (AFP44). The site has contaminated groundwater and soil from former aircraft and electronics manufacturing and aircraft maintenance, fire drill trainings, and the leaking of chemicals from unlined landfills.

Tucson Airport Authority agrees to investigate groundwater pollution under EPA settlement

Sep 25, 2024 The agreement will focus on investigating and addressing PFAS pollution stemming from the Tucson International Airport.

UA shooting suspect arrested on first-degree murder charge

Sep 25, 2024 Ryan Romero-Encinas was arrested after a three-day search.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to a crowd of 15,000 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Aug. 9. 2024.

Harris will campaign on Arizona's border with Mexico in attempted show of strength on immigration

Sep 25, 2024 Her campaign announced Wednesday that Harris will be in Douglas, Arizona, across the border from Agua Prieta, Mexico.

PBS News Special: CBS News Vice Presidential Debate Simulcast

Sep 25, 2024 Stream live on PBS 6 or NPR 89.1, October 1 starting at 6 p.m.

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