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An area burned by the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina mountains.

National forests with wildfire damage to get Infrastructure Act funds

Jul 26, 2022 The money will go towards reforestation

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.

New studies firmly fix source of COVID-19 outbreak

Jul 26, 2022 University of Arizona co-authored research puts the spotlight on wild animal traders in a Chinese market.

Water tower at the Tohono O'odham Community College

Tohono O'odham Community College to receive federal grant for Internet access

Jul 26, 2022 The U.S. Department of Commerce awards nearly two million dollars

Bats emerge from beneath Tucson bridges at sunset.

Bats take flight during Tucson's monsoon

Jul 25, 2022 The nocturnal creatures eat mosquitoes and defy old myths about attacking people.

A line of lockers at a high school.

COVID-19 highlights need for school counselors

Jul 25, 2022 Schools across Cochise County have identified an increase in demand for mental health counseling services since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rabin's house sits just down the road from a border checkpoint, in a corner of Arizona where water is drying up so quickly that many of her neighbors have spent tens of thousands of dollars to deepen their wells, or dig new ones altogether.

“Not here for some agrarian fantasy”

Jul 25, 2022 Arizona plays a big role in providing Americans with fresh greens year-round, and its farmers are feeling the pressure to keep that going while cutting down on water. It’s also not an easy place to start farming from scratch.

Money in politics.

Judge tosses Arizona suit over limits on virus relief funds

Jul 23, 2022 The issue revolves around using COVID money for education.

Sabino Canyon visitors 2017.

Pima County tourism saw strong rebound in 2021

Jul 23, 2022 Report commissioned by local tourism bureau says visitor spending up 77 percent

A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

U.S. District Court releases TUSD from judicial oversight

Jul 22, 2022 Southern Arizona's largest school district has been under judicial control since 1978

Trump, Pence to campaign for rivals in Ariz. governor's race

Jul 22, 2022 The campaign for Governor is in full swing.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Kelly.

Arizona’s senate race already one of the most expensive in the nation

Jul 22, 2022 Campaigns and outside groups have already spent about $74 million on the race, according to one organization's tally.

Lake Mead and the rest of the Colorado River system are shrinking rapidly. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has called for new conservation measures, asking states to conserve a tremendously large amount of water, and giving them a 60-day timeline to formulate a plan for those reductions.

What will Arizona do as its share of Colorado River water diminishes?

Jul 22, 2022 We hear about efforts to reassess state allocations and what may come of a billion-dollar fund established this summer.

Outside of the Robert D. Morrow Education Center for Tucson Unified School District.

TUSD school year to start with staff shortages and security upgrades

Jul 21, 2022 Southern Arizona's largest school district is "working creatively" to solve the challenges

A container holds several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

Two-thirds of Arizona has high COVID transmission rates

Jul 21, 2022 Only counties in southern Arizona do not have high rates.

Sun Tran bus in downtown Tucson.

Express bus ridership still below pre-pandemic levels

Jul 21, 2022 That’s despite high fuel prices and companies returning to in-person work.

Glen Canyon Dam holds back Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir on the Colorado River. The lake is currently at 28% of its capacity.

Responding to federal pressure, Upper Colorado River states seek to bring back conservation program

Jul 21, 2022 Colorado River states are facing a deadline to cut their water use.

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