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Tucson City Hall seen from El Presidio Plaza.

Tucson hires consulting firm to work on Climate Action Plan

Mar 7, 2022 The city will pay the firm $400,000
A gasoline pump on Tucson's east side.

Average price of a gallon of gas hits $4.13 in Arizona

Mar 7, 2022 AAA says prices have topped levels not seen since 2008.
First Lady Jill Biden

First Lady Jill Biden will be in Arizona this week

Mar 7, 2022 The White House says First Lady Jill Biden will be in Arizona this week to highlight job training and cancer treatment programs.
The late-afternoon sun on Lake Powell, April 2018.

Lake Powell set to drop below important water level in the 'near future'

Mar 6, 2022 The level is nearly too low to generate hydropower.
Tens of thousands of Tucsonans took part in Cyclovia, October 2019.

Cyclovia returns to Tucson

Mar 5, 2022 The event went on hiatus for two and a half years due to the pandemic.

Arizona Commerce Authority announces winners to startup competition

Mar 4, 2022 Most of the finalists were from the Phoenix metro area, and none were based in Tucson.
File image of a U.S. flag at the Capitol.

Townsend, not endorsed by Trump, quits House race in Southern Arizona

Mar 4, 2022 The Republican legislator was running for the new 6th Congressional District, which would include part of Tucson.
COVID19

COVID transmission rates drop in southern Arizona

Mar 3, 2022 The CDC has lowered the transmission level in most of the state.
University of Arizona students interact with an autonomous food delivery "robot" operated by Grubhub and supplied by the Russian conglomerate Yandex.

University of Arizona parks Russian robots due to conflict

Mar 3, 2022 Grubhub, UA will "secure a new robot courier delivery solution."
A grove of orange trees.

Food bank to hold citrus drop off this weekend

Mar 3, 2022 Drop off sites can be found in parking lots around Southern Arizona.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sits for an interview with Arizona 360 in his office at the Arizona Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021.

No Senate run for Gov. Ducey, blow to GOP recruiting

Mar 3, 2022 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has notified Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell that he won't enter the state’s high-profile Senate contest.
Vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Tucson. January 2021.

ACLU says immigrants in ICE detention being denied boosters

Mar 3, 2022 A lawsuit filed by the ACLU alleges medically vulnerable people who are detained do not have access to COVID-19 boosters.
The Colorado River Basin continues to be sapped dry by increasing temperatures and diminished precipitation.

UN climate report says drought, earlier runoff will make water scarce this summer

Mar 2, 2022 A new report from the United Nations’ panel on climate change lays out a grim picture of the future.

A team will investigate use-of-force incidents in Pima County

Mar 2, 2022 Sheriff Chris Nanos said shootings and other serious use of force incidents will be criminally investigated by the team.
A housing subdivision under construction in Tucson off Silverbell Road. December 2020.

Pima County to receive new allocation of emergency rental funds

Mar 1, 2022 The money comes from the state's allocation, which has gone largely untouched.
More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

Tucson looking for developers for new affordable housing

Mar 1, 2022 The sites of the projects are located in Menlo Park and Dunbar Spring.

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