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Visitors examine displays at the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum's new location in downtown Tucson. July 2021.

Full Tourism Rebound Could Take Years in Arizona

Jul 23, 2021 The governor recently announced a new tourism initiative that will be funded with over $100 million in federal aid.
Nurses protest staffing shortages outside St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson on July 14, 2021.

Health care challenges, border travel restrictions, tourism recovery

Jul 23, 2021 Plus, efforts to boost COVID vaccination rates in rural areas of southern Arizona
Pedestrians at the midway point on their way up Tumamoc Hill.

Human remains found on Tumamoc Hill

Jul 23, 2021 UAPD says the identity of the person and their cause of death is still unknown.
Tall grass grows in a field in the White Mountains of Arizona.

White Mountain Apache Tribe to reinstate 10 p.m. curfew

Jul 22, 2021 After 12 new cases in 24 hours, the tribe will move to Phase 3 restrictions. It also canceled its upcoming fair and rodeo.
A dispensary employee weighing and portioning marijuana.

Marijuana sales stabilizing in Arizona

Jul 22, 2021 The state is getting millions a month in tax revenue from the sales.
This five day precipitation forecast map released by the National Weather Service on July 21, 2021 shows that much of the state's midsection is expected to get at least one inch of rainfall, with some areas receiving up to three inches, by Saturday night. Nearly all of the state is under a flash flood watch through 11:00 p.m. Saturday.

Flash flood watch through Saturday

Jul 22, 2021 NWS predicts 2006-style rainstorms into the weekend.
The Mescal movie set in Benson

New owners plan to rebuild iconic Mescal Movie Set in Benson

Jul 21, 2021 It once made Benson one of the most recognizable western cinematic towns on the big screen
Twenty-dollar bills.

Arizona offering return-to-work bonus

Jul 20, 2021 People who are back in the workforce are eligible for up to $2,000.
An A-10 makes a pass over the runway at Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. July 2021.

Davis-Monthan big part of A-10 future

Jul 20, 2021 The Tucson base is working to keep the aging warplane flying.
Jeff Bezos with his proposed lunar lander.

Bezos' private space program could yield dividends for researchers

Jul 20, 2021 Scientists anticipate less-expensive access to Earth orbit and the moon.
A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Banner to require COVID-19 vaccines for staff

Jul 20, 2021 The health care system is giving employees about three months to get vaccinated.
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Uncertainty abounds as some asylum seekers bypass pandemic-era restrictions at border

Jul 20, 2021 Migrants part of DHS Title 42 exemption program find communities ready to help in the U.S., but more questions remain
A group of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Sasabe on March 24, 2021.

CBP data shows another rise in apprehensions, repeat crossings

Jul 19, 2021 The agency says border officers encountered almost 190,000 migrants across the southwest border.
Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus watches body camera video from a TPD officer who shot a suspect accused of shooting multiple people on Sunday, July 19, 2021.

TPD still looking for answers in Sunday shooting

Jul 19, 2021 The suspect was prohibited from owning a gun.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona again reporting over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases

Jul 19, 2021 Cases have been over 1,000 for four of the last five days
Sign in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's lands urging tribal members to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe to launch vaccination incentive program

Jul 19, 2021 The tribe is offering $100 to members living in Arizona who are fully-vaccinated.

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