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Interstate 17 near Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. The San Francisco Peaks are in the background.

Flagstaff delays construction of USGS facilities

Nov 28, 2021 The issue is rising costs.
Lights mounted on the tops of Tucson Police cruisers in a parking lot outside of the department's headquarters.

Wrong way driver killed in Tucson

Nov 27, 2021 Passenger injured
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sits for an interview with Arizona 360 in his office at the Arizona Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021.

Arizona's anti-mask school voucher plan faces tough start

Nov 26, 2021 Participation in the Governor's program is low.
File image of an Arizona voter registration form.

Voters Split on 2022 Election

Nov 25, 2021 Voters are supporting both major parties.
A sprawling swath of the West is in drought, with more than 20 years of dryness in the Colorado River basin. Researchers say nearly every indicator of drought is heading in the wrong direction.

Drought monitors paint a bleak picture for the Colorado River

Nov 25, 2021 Four metrics are used to track drought, and they paint a bleak picture

Pima County sues the City of Tucson over water

Nov 24, 2021 The suit is the result of a policy regarding water prices.
Roast Turkey

Save that cooking grease

Nov 24, 2021 Don't dump it down the drain.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Juul will pay $14.5 million to settle lawsuit with Arizona

Nov 23, 2021 AG said marketing practices "eerily similar" to old tactics of the tobacco industry.
Copper Queen Community Hospital

Bisbee hospital in crisis care

Nov 23, 2021 COVID has forced the hospital into crisis standards of care.
Joel talking with Sen Umeda, a lawyer volunteering with Arizona NORML, during an expungement clinic for low-level marijuana offenses July 31, 2021.

After Prop. 207, some find expungement process in Pima County slower 'than anyone would like'

Nov 23, 2021 Lawyers say some cases have gotten bogged down in court.

Alden Global trying to buy publisher of 2 Arizona newspapers

Nov 22, 2021 A hedge fund group is trying to buy the publisher of Arizona newspapers in Tucson and Flagstaff.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Yuma supervisors choose Brian Fernandez for Southern Arizona legislative seat

Nov 22, 2021 The Democrat will take the seat previously occupied by his mother, Charlene Fernandez, representing parts of Yuma and Tucson.
A housing subdivision under construction in Tucson off Silverbell Road. December 2020.

City to take comment on affordable housing plan

Nov 22, 2021 The plan includes federal funding and plans for the coming city budget.
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.

Arizona reports 3,249 new cases of COVID-19, two new deaths

Nov 22, 2021 The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Arizona reached 2,470 on Sunday.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Campaign to repeal new flat tax has enough petition signatures for statewide vote

Nov 19, 2021 The repeal would be Proposition 307 on the ballot, but it faces legal challenge.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

Cochise supervisors pick Benson city councilor for legislative seat

Nov 19, 2021 Lupe Diaz will represent District 14, which stretches from Vail across Cochise County to Graham and Greenlee counties.

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