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Hot Tucson weather expected to lead to season's first monsoon activity

Jun 9, 2022 Forecasters say southern Arizona will get most of the state's rainfall this season.

Tucson's streetcar passes by Main Gate Square, at the University of Arizona Campus.

Tucson public transit to remain free

Jun 9, 2022 Teamsters claimed without fares, vehicles become refuge for the homeless.

With nearly 42,000 incarcerated people, Arizona has one of the largest prison populations in the country.

Arizona executes inmate for 1984 killing of 8-year-old girl

Jun 8, 2022 The execution is the second this year was the second after a nearly eight-year hiatus.

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

Arizona Department of Housing announces recipients of federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

Jun 8, 2022 Two of the sixteen projects are located in Tucson.

City of Tucson's council chambers in downtown.

Tucson City Council passes resolution supporting abortion rights

Jun 7, 2022 The resolution is in advance of an expected U-S Supreme Court ruling.

Senate hears bill on Grand Canyon mining

Jun 7, 2022 A Senate subcommittee hears about the importance of the proposal.

Anastasia Rabin owns land in the Douglas Basin and says she knew water scarcity could be a problem when she moved here, but didn't realize it would become such a big problem so soon.

Residents in Cochise County organize vote to establish water regulation

Jun 7, 2022 Many in the Douglas and Willcox Basins say their wells are going dry as big business moves in around them

Judge rejects Arizona GOP's motion to stop voting by mail

Jun 6, 2022 The party filed suit last month arguing that the system of mail voting adopted by Arizona in the 1990s violates the state constitution.

Artwork depicting Apophis' close approach to Earth in 2029.

Asteroid Apophis serves as target practice for space rock hunters

Jun 6, 2022 The near-miss object will speed past Earth in 2029.

Judge rejects Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay execution

Jun 6, 2022 Frank Atwood is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday.

A bicyclist rides along Morley Avenue in downtown Nogales, Arizona, on a recent weekday afternoon.

For border communities, fallout of crossing restrictions lingers but opportunity remains

Jun 4, 2022 Cities like Nogales, Arizona, are still feeling the ongoing consequences of Mexican shoppers being shut out for nearly two years.

Tucson housing market starts to cool off

Jun 3, 2022 Home prices are still on the rise, but not as dramatically.

Program director Rudy McCormack (center) and staff at UA College Academy for Parents.

New state grants help point families to higher education goals

Jun 2, 2022 University of Arizona College Academy for Parents encourages parents to start quest for college early.

Flames from the Obi Fire run parallel to a highway. Lightning sparked the fire near Walhalla Plateau in Arizona on July 21, 2018.

Here's how to help prevent wildfires this summer

Jun 2, 2022 Just over half of wildfires in the Southwest are human-caused.

A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

A record 100 million people have been displaced from their homes worldwide

Jun 2, 2022 The UN refugee agency said the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine has been overwhelming, but the same energy and attention must be given to crises around the world.

President Donald Trump greets the crowd at his rally at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in October 2018.

Trump endorses investor Masters in Arizona Senate primary

Jun 2, 2022 Trump’s endorsement is likely to shake up a race with no clear frontrunner, which has been largely defined by jockeying for Trump’s support.

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