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More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

Tucson-area housing market cooling off

Sep 2, 2022 Prices are still high but competition has calmed down from earlier this year.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

Navajo Nation sees success in COVID-19 vaccination for children

Sep 1, 2022 More than half of the children are vaccinated.

The Arizona Senate's contractors count ballots from Maricopa County inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during May 2021.

Arizona Supreme Court: Senate can keep audit records secret

Aug 31, 2022 The unanimous ruling means the public may never know much of what lawmakers were telling the contractors hired to recount 2.1 million ballots from Maricopa County.

File image of the downtown Tucson skyline.

City-funded industrial sewing class to hold last class of the year

Aug 31, 2022 The program has already graduated sixteen students and plans to grow well beyond that next year

Second grader brings guns to school in Cochise

Aug 31, 2022 The investigation is continuing.

Brnovich sues Tucson over vaccine mandate

Aug 31, 2022 AG claims civil rights violation.

Mark Finchem, a Republican candidate for Arizona Secretary of State, waves to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz.

Judge tosses defamation suit brought by Finchem and Gosar

Aug 30, 2022 Neither candidate has said whether or not they will appeal.

Gov. Doug Ducey delivers the annual State of the State address online due to COVID-19. Jan. 11, 2021

Ducey to focus on semiconductors in Taiwan visit

Aug 30, 2022 The governor will also visit South Korea.

Aerial spraying to combat buffelgrass coming to Saguaro NP Wednesday

Aug 30, 2022 Aerial spray will target areas of high spread, while other treatments continue to be used in less affected areas.

Arizona gamblers bet hundreds of millions a month

Aug 30, 2022 Gambling has brought millions into state coffers.

Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Containers are no hindrance for migrants on Arizona border

Aug 30, 2022 So far there has been no drop off in the number of people crossing the border.

Rush Dougherty looks on as Leaf owner David Gebert checks out his electric car. Both men are members of TEVA, the Tucson Electric Vehicle Association.

Tucson to require EV chargers at many new homes, businesses

Aug 29, 2022 Cost is an issue as inflation continues.

Arizona state fish might soon shed endangered designation

Aug 29, 2022 The Apache Trout was first listed as endangered in 1973.

This photo provided by Caltrans shows a washed-out section of Interstate 10 near Desert Center, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Eastbound traffic on Interstate 10 in the Southern California desert was blocked Thursday after flash floods washed out the roadway. The latest round of flooding caused by monsoonal thunderstorms hit Wednesday evening and also impacted other desert highways.

Washout repair completed on I-10

Aug 29, 2022 A section of highway near the Arizona-California border was washed away in a flash flood.

Ground-based telescopes need love, too

Aug 29, 2022 Research continues quietly atop S. Arizona mountains while the Webb space telescope makes headlines.

COVID transmission rates continue dropping in Arizona

Aug 29, 2022 More than half of Arizona counties are now in the CDC's low category.

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