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The USS California, a Virginia-Class U.S. Navy submarine similar to the future U.S.S. Arizona, is shown during sea trials in 2011.

Keel laid for USS Arizona fast-attack sub

Dec 7, 2022 No Navy ship has been named Arizona since 1941.

An attendee is attempting to block a basketball from scoring mid-air at Tucson's first Disability Pride Celebration in Udall Park on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports brought in wheelchairs as well as other equipment for Tucsonans to try adaptive sports for the first time.

Tucson holds first Disability Pride Celebration

Dec 7, 2022 The event included musical and storytelling performances from disabled Tucsonans.

TUSD approves spending proposal, 98 positions could be lost for next school year

Dec 7, 2022 The approved proposal includes budget cuts for summer school in 2024.

President Joe Biden tours the building site for a new computer chip plant for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Phoenix.

Biden visits Arizona computer chip site, highlights jobs

Dec 6, 2022 Biden toured a Phoenix plant being completed by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. that was announced in 2020 during Donald Trump's presidency.

A rendering of the proposed American Battery Factory plant south of Tucson.

County approves "gigafactory" for lithium batteries

Dec 6, 2022 Utah startup plans to hire 1,000 workers.

Blue light therapy can help PTSD patients

Dec 6, 2022 Study shows it can produce drug-free, inexpensive treatment

FBI says fugitive has been extradited from Mexico to Tucson

Dec 5, 2022 Gortari-Redondo and seven other co-conspirators were arrested in August 2011.

Katie Hobbs, the Democratic governor-elect and current secretary of state, second from left, signs the official certification for the Arizona general election canvass in a ceremony as Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, second from right, Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, left, and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich flank Hobbs at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.

State leaders certify election results

Dec 5, 2022 Recounts to begin, and challenges are expected.

This yard in Mesa was converted to desert landscaping under the city’s Grass-to-Xeriscape incentive program. September 2022.

As the drought grinds on, Maricopa County homeowners take advantage of xeriscape incentives

Dec 5, 2022 Megadrought and low runoff conditions accelerated by climate change have resulted in record low water levels in Lakes Powell and Mead

Sierra Vista Mayor-elect fulfills lifelong dream

Dec 5, 2022 Clea McCaa is the city’s first Black mayor.

The Tucson Police Department, like many others around the country, is actively trying to find qualified applicants who want to join the force.

Case against former Tucson officer remanded to grand jury

Dec 4, 2022 The judge agreed with Remington's attorney that state prosecutors presented misleading statements to an initial panel but did not do so intentionally.

Cattle on Date Creek Ranch are grass-fed and sustainably raised on irrigated pastures.

How one Wickenburg cattle ranch puts sustainability at its core

Dec 4, 2022 Regenerative agriculture means leaving the land better than it was found.

Former U.S. Congressman Jim Kolbe speaks to Arizona Public Media for the Feb. 9 episode of Arizona 360.

Former Congressman Jim Kolbe dies at age 80

Dec 3, 2022 Kolbe represented southern Arizona in the U.S. House for two decades

National Guard Sgt. Tommy Morga educates parents about how drugs like fentanyl are sold through social media apps such as Snapchat. Although drug dealers operate through many social media platforms, experts are most worried about Snapchat due to the app’s anonymity, disappearing messages, and lack of third-party monitoring.

As cartels turn to social media to push fentanyl, experts teach parents how to keep kids safe

Dec 3, 2022 Overdose deaths rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses.

An election worker verifies a ballot on a screen inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. On Friday, Dec. 2, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Arizona’s Maricopa County announced that more than 540,000 voters visited voting centers on Election Day and that only 248,000 Election Day ballots were counted. Therefore, the county “lost” some 292,000 votes.

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

Dec 3, 2022 The AP checks two claims about Arizona elections.

Population increase for endangered red squirrels in Arizona

Dec 3, 2022 State Game and Fish Department officials said that the annual survey estimates that there currently are 156 of the rare squirrels, up from 109 last year.

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