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A sign directs voters to a polling site set up at Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Nov. 3, 2020.

Bolick enters race for Secretary of State

Jun 22, 2021 The state legislator from Phoenix joins a growing crowd in the Republican primary.

A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

ICE to open hotel space for asylum seekers in Yuma

Jun 21, 2021 The space is part of a more than $86 million contract with the nonprofit Family Endeavors

New border fence going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Feb. 26, 2020.

Government watchdog finds Army Corps expedited border wall contracts

Jun 21, 2021 The report found the Corps awarded over $4 billion in noncompetitive contracts, green-lit some work before terms were agreed.

Since late June 2019, Tucson Water has been recharging treated wastewater into the dry channel of the Santa Cruz River, creating a riparian oasis.

State pays to restart PFA treatment

Jun 21, 2021 Water will be recharged in the Santa Cruz riverbed.

A vote here sign outside of a polling place in Tucson. November 2020.

Republicans view Arizona as a purple state

Jun 21, 2021 Republican elections leaders are trying to downplay Trump’s effect.

Southwest US states bake, wildfire threatens Arizona towns

Jun 20, 2021 Warnings remains in effect for excessive heat in Arizona and Nevada at least through the weekend.

Vanderbilt slips past Arizona in 12th to advance in CWS

Jun 20, 2021 First extra innings game in College World Series since 2014

Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

University of Arizona researchers to study cross-border childhood asthma

Jun 19, 2021 The UA study will follow 500 pregnant women of Mexican descent in both cities and their newborns for the next five years

A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Delta variant of COVID-19 in Pima County

Jun 18, 2021 Dozens of cases of the highly transmissible virus have been identified in Arizona.

A Black Lives Matter mural painted by Robbie Lee Harris June 2020 at Tucson's Rialto Theatre.

A conversation about Juneteenth and critical race theory

Jun 18, 2021 Some are feeling frustrated and hope conversations turn to what society owes people harmed by systemic racism.

Scorched saguaros and desert landscape from the Telegraph Fire that started June 4, 2021 and spread across areas of Pinal and Gila counties. June 2021.

Telegraph Fire; water shortages; mandating vaccines

Jun 18, 2021 Plus, the Regional Transportation Authority's role in shaping the Tucson metro.

Rick Williams moves about his antique shop in Top-of-the-World on June 15,2021. He and his wife briefly evacuated the community when the Telegraph Fire began to encroach on the area.

Telegraph Fire evacuee grateful to firefighters for saving business

Jun 18, 2021 Residents of Top-of-the-World had to temporarily evacuate.

DOJ reverses Trump-era restrictions on asylum

Jun 17, 2021 Rights groups say the 2018 restrictions made it nearly impossible for survivors of domestic and gang violence to claim asylum.

Public radio investigates tribal jails, finds tragedy

Jun 17, 2021 The investigation identifies a 'pattern of neglect and mismanagement that lead to their death.'

The Bighorn Fire burns on Sunday, June 7, 2020 near Oro Valley, Arizona.

Legislature passes wildfire relief bill

Jun 17, 2021 Hundreds of millions of dollars will go to help fight wildfires and communities impacted by the fires.

Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. during congressional testimony in February 2020.

Tohono O'odham Nation advocates in Congress for properly funded federal services

Jun 17, 2021 Tribal leaders call out government's failure to fulfill promises to fund hospitals, school and detention centers in tribal lands.

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