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Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol.

San Carlos Apache asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Oak Flat case

Oct 3, 2024 The tribe is appealing the ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court.
The Arizona Department of Education Building in Phoenix, Ariz.

Department of Education launches online teacher certification tool

Oct 3, 2024 Applications can now be completed entirely online.
Saguaro cactus amid mid-afternoon sun.

Tucson is reaching record-setting temperatures this season

Oct 2, 2024 September 2024 is the hottest on record, and October is also breaking records
University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella makes the Wildcat sign alongside his wife Lakshmi Garimella during his first on-campus workday in Tucson, Ariz. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

University of Arizona: New President Garimella marks “a new era”

Oct 2, 2024 Suresh Garimella’s first day on the job was Oct. 1.
A vote here sign outside of a polling place in Tucson. November 2020.

Grijalva faces Republican challenger Butierez in hopes of 12th and final term in Congress

Oct 2, 2024 District 7 Rep. Raul Grijalva has announced this will be his last election, as the Republican candidate says it's time for something new.
$20 bills, USD.

Pima County recommends checks and balances to prevent embezzlement following Santa Cruz scandal

Oct 2, 2024 County finance director urges enhanced audit procedures and transparency after the case in Santa Cruz County involving nearly $40 million in unauthorized wire transfers by the former treasurer.
Artist's illustration of 2024 PT5.

Earth welcomes temporary new moon

Oct 2, 2024 Scientists say the traveling companion will only stick around for a few weeks.
The Pinyon Plain Mine shaft in Coconino County, on Wednesday, Aug. 30. In 2016, the mine shaft punctured a perched aquifer that contained natural levels of uranium, requiring the mining company Energy Fuels to pump water to the surface to an impoundment for treatment.

Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region: Tribal Sovereignty vs. Nuclear Energy in the Climate Crisis

Oct 2, 2024 Uranium mining and nuclear energy may be affecting Arizona's tribal nations, posing threats to the region's water resources and the environmental and cultural heritage connected to them.
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.

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