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Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton shoots over Los Angeles Lakers center Thomas Bryant (31) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in Phoenix.

Mat Ishbia agrees to buy Suns, Mercury for $4 billion

Dec 20, 2022 The sale is expected to take several weeks to complete.

Tuesday’s press conference to announce the over $4.7 million USDA grant to UArizona to support and promote
'climate-smart' food production was held at the ENR2’s rooftop garden. The rooftop garden is an example of how native plants can be paired with solar panels to protect plants in an increasingly hot and dry climate while water evaporating from the plants cools and makes the panels more efficient.

USDA awards $4.7 million to new partnership with UA for 'climate-smart' food production

Dec 20, 2022 The funding will help farmers reduce water consumption and carbon emissions.

Passengers wait to pick up their luggage at Tucson International Airport in November 2022.

Tucson International Airport expects 210,000 passengers during holiday period

Dec 20, 2022 This year's total travelers is a 25 percent increase over last year's total.

US Senate advances water bills for tribes in Arizona

Dec 20, 2022 The bills now head to the U.S. House.

Kari Lake during the watch party for Arizona Republicans at the Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch on Nov. 8, 2022.

Kari Lake will get to make case for election misconduct

Dec 20, 2022 Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson dismissed eight of the 10 claims Lake raised in her lawsuit.

Cochise College and the Sierra Vista Police Department unveiled the mural painted by students on the department’s auditorium lobby last Thursday.

Sierra Vista Police Dept. unveils mural by Cochise College students

Dec 20, 2022 Mural was a collaboration by students and instructors in advanced art class taught by JenMarie Zeleznak

A health care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine on a man at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Tucson. March 2021.

Pima County to host vaccine clinics in Green Valley, starting Wednesday

Dec 20, 2022 Clinics will offer influenza and COVID shots, along with free at-home COVID tests.

A Tucson Clean and Beautiful volunteer is putting mulch around a new tree in a neighborhood in South Tucson on Saturday, Dec. 17th. The mulch helps protect the tree from the harsh desert climate.

60,000 trees planted since start of Tucson Million Trees program

Dec 19, 2022 Tucson Mayor Regina Romero announced the program in 2020 and hopes to reach the goal by 2030.

Photograph from the lunar surface shows Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt.

UA scientists still learning from Apollo 17 rocks 50 years ago

Dec 19, 2022 University of Arizona lunar scientists are still discovering details from the last manned moon mission's rocks.

John Farley, director of fire test operations at the Naval Research Laboratory, tests the effectiveness of aqueous film-forming foam by spraying it on a gasoline fire. The test took place at the laboratory in Chesapeake Beach, Md. Oct. 25, 2019.

ADEQ to test all small water systems for PFAS

Dec 19, 2022 An EPA grant will allow the state to test water from 1,200 providers.

An F-35A takes off from Davis-Monthan Air Force base in Tucson during the annual Heritage Flight Training course, Feb. 27, 2020.

Arizona slipped from top 10 in Pentagon spending, but defense economy still strong

Dec 18, 2022 The defense industry remains a pillar of the state’s economy.

Car crash kills son, granddaughter of Pinal County sheriff

Dec 18, 2022 Pinal County authorities said Cooper Lamb was the son of Sheriff Mark Lamb and the child was his granddaughter.

Two "Vote Here" signs sit outside the Armory Park Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in downtown Tucson.

AP Fact Check: A look at what didn't happen this week

Dec 17, 2022 A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.

From Nogales, Arizona, a view of the city and its border wall with Nogales, Sonora.

Border communities, Border Patrol brace for migrant surge as Title 42 ends

Dec 17, 2022 The Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol covers 262 miles of the border and encompasses Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, including Tucson and the border city of Nogales.

Pima County's Emergency Rental Assistance Program closes applications

Dec 16, 2022 Officials expect funding to run out as soon as February.

Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix.

Phoenix airport 1st to offer self-driving ride service Waymo

Dec 16, 2022 A test group has been using Waymo vehicles from a train station, which connects to the airport terminals, to downtown Phoenix since early November.

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