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Sonora's Highway 15 stretches from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales to the border with the Mexican state of Sinaloa at Don Estación.

Promised inauguration of Sonoran highway called off

Aug 21, 2019 Three dates have been set and missed for completion of the highway that runs from Sinaloa to the Arizona border.
Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2019.

Ducey backs court orders to require mental health evaluations

Aug 21, 2019 The governor said law enforcement needs tools to keep firearms away from people with mental health problems.
Republican Martha McSally, left, and Democrat Mark Kelly.

Mark Kelly leads Martha McSally in new poll

Aug 20, 2019 It is the first time either candidate's lead has been outside the margin of error in the race for U.S. Senate.
Looking west toward the San Rafael Valley and the Patagonia Mountains.

Drilling project proposed for Patagonia Mountains

Aug 20, 2019 The Coronado National Forest wants public input on a mining exploration project.
The Hubble Space Telescope took this image of Abell 370, a galaxy cluster 4 billion light-years from Earth. Several hundred galaxies are tied together by gravity. The arcs of blue light are distorted images of galaxies far behind the cluster.

UA scientists build virtual universe to study galaxy formation

Aug 20, 2019 Computer models offer a way to capture some of the complexity of how stars form in galaxies and why they stop forming.
Then-U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake speaking in Phoenix, 2016.

Chicago man gets probation for threatening then-Sen. Flake

Aug 20, 2019 The man left a voicemail for the former Arizona Senator during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The proposed site of the Rosemont Copper mining project is in the Santa Rita Mountains in Southern Arizona.

Understanding the legal decision blocking the Rosemont Mine

Aug 20, 2019 The opinion on mining and public lands could impact other projects across the West.
An envelope containing a ballot for an Aug. 27, 2019 primary election in the city of Tucson.

It's time to get your Tucson primary ballot in the mail

Aug 19, 2019 Primary election day is Aug. 27. The city says that means your ballot should be in the mail by Aug. 21.
Basketball at the Pima County Jail.

Using basketball to raise the academic game of Pima County's 'forgotten' students

Aug 19, 2019 Students in Pima County's juvenile detention system have to earn the right to play through grades and behavior.
Researchers are facing the challenge of collecting data on texting behavior.

UA research on sexting points to double standard

Aug 19, 2019 A survey found that women are four times more likely to send sexually explicit photos.
Elayne Gregg holds up a portrait of her 7-year-old daughter Rhia Danae Almeida (left) at a ceremonial bill signing for HB 2570 which creates a committee that will study the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Arizona. Rhia was the victim of a sexual assault and murder that took place in Ajo in 2009.

Arizona committee to begin studying violent crime against Indigenous women and girls

Aug 16, 2019 A main goal is to improve data collection on missing and murdered cases involving Indigenous women and girls.
An operator looks at monitors at Cochise County's Southeastern Arizona Communications Center, or SEACOM, on August 9, 2019.

Cochise County SEACOM, active shooter training, TPD chief on sanctuary cities

Aug 16, 2019 Plus, Arizona forms a committee to study violent crime against Indigenous women and girls.
Roche senior manager Heidi Barnett, left, and Empire High School chemistry teacher Hillary Stacey at Roche/Ventana's Oro Valley lab.

Tucson educators bringing experience in STEM industry to classrooms

Aug 16, 2019 The UA-generated fellowship placed teachers in Arizona technology and medical companies for the summer.
Signs to the Sunset Point rest area on Interstate 17, north of Phoenix, 2014.

Landslide database to shape Arizona I-17 expansion project

Aug 16, 2019 Officials say the database will help officials evaluate the risk in expanding the highway, which navigates through a mountainous region up to Flagstaff.
Families seeking asylum await processing outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Court limits order that had stopped Trump asylum limits

Aug 16, 2019 Most crossing the southern border are Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty, who would largely be ineligible for asylum.

'Fearless' student podcasters explore big issues

Aug 16, 2019 A profile of some of the students and the teacher behind Tucson's City High Radio.

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