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County officials and media tour a biogas refining plant at the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility, Oct. 21, 2021. The newly-dedicated plant will supply renewable natural gas, or RNG, to Southwest Gas, reducing the utility's demand for fossil-fuel based gas.

Biogas plant makes fuel, money for Pima County

Oct 21, 2021 Facility purifies waste methane for commercial use.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

Health official: Arizona poised to give COVID shots to kids

Oct 21, 2021 The head of the Dept. of Health Services says children are effective spreaders of COVID-19 and that vaccinating children would move Arizona closer to herd immunity.
Lake Mead outside Las Vegas, Nevada, serves as the Colorado River's largest reservoir and a key water source for Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico.

Forecasters expect drier, warmer winter in Southwest

Oct 21, 2021 Drought conditions are expected to continue or worsen across Arizona over the coming months.
Tucson City Hall seen from El Presidio Plaza.

Tucson city council approves ordinance for more casitas

Oct 20, 2021 The new code will go into effect next month.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at one of his press conferences at Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City.

Mexico’s president wants WHO to authorize Sputnik and CanSino vaccines

Oct 20, 2021 Until the life-saving medicines get that authorization, Mexicans who received them will likely not be able to cross into the United States when restrictions are lifted on Nov. 8.
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 1,991 additional COVID cases, 47 more deaths

Oct 20, 2021 The state also reported that virus-related hospitalizations rose to 1,751 as of Tuesday, up from a recent low of 1,663 on Oct. 14.

City of Tucson announces leader of Housing First effort

Oct 20, 2021 The Housing First model tries to get people experiencing homelessness into housing before it attends to their other needs.

Tucson city council tells employees to get vaccinated by December or face firing

Oct 20, 2021 Pima County will required COVID-19 vaccinations for employees who interact with medically vulnerable people.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Pima County supervisors appoint Stahl Hamilton to fill Senate vacancy

Oct 19, 2021 Stahl Hamilton will fill the Legislative District 10 seat vacated by fellow Tucson Democrat Kirsten Engel.
Storm over Pusch Ridge, Monsoon 2021

Low-interest loans available to businesses that suffered Gila River flood damage

Oct 19, 2021 The loans are available though the U.S. Small Business Administration.
File image of a U.S. flag at the Capitol.

Watch: Senate hearing for Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus to lead customs agency

Oct 19, 2021 President Joe Biden nominated Magnus to be commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Tiny sensors are embedded in a fitting mesh structure worn like a sleeve.

University of Arizona engineers developing latest wearable diagnostic device

Oct 18, 2021 The array of sensors can be 3D printed and worn like a sleeve.
The so-called bathtub ring in Lake Mead.

Vice president visits Lake Mead

Oct 18, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris surveyed drought conditions and made a case for the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plans.
Arizona Game and Fish focuses on efforts to study and save the endangered humpback chub, a small fish that lives in the Little Colorado River in the Grand Canyon region.

U.S. formally removes Colorado River fish's endangered status

Oct 18, 2021 The humpback chub is one of about a dozen that are native to the Colorado River system and four that are currently endangered.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Penalties unclear for University of Arizona employees who miss vaccination deadline

Oct 18, 2021 University president says he expects very few employees will be denied exemption.
Dan Millis is a homeowner in the Blenman-Elm neighborhood of Tucson. He stands in front of a guest house in his backyard on October 5th, 2021 that he hopes to replace with a casita.

Tucson develops plan to allow for more casitas

Oct 18, 2021 The city will take public comment on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021.

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