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People line up to try and land an old tire on the BICAS cactus.

I’m taking this way too seriously as an adult: The growth of mountain biking in Arizona

Mar 14, 2024 In two very different stories about one of America's fastest-growing sports, we head to a 24-hour mountain bike relay race. Then we talk to some of the people behind a documentary about spreading mountain biking on the Navajo Nation.
Water enters an irrigation canal on the Gila River Indian Reservation on May 7, 2021. The Gila River Indian Community is among the most important tribal players in ongoing negotiations about using water from the Colorado River.

Gila River Indian Community says it doesn't support latest Colorado River sharing proposals

Mar 14, 2024 The tribe is among the most prominent of the 30 federally-recognized tribes that use the Colorado River.

Arizona's most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year

Mar 14, 2024 The report said two-thirds of the county's heat-related deaths in 2023 were people 50 years or older.
Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks at the The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Water Resources Reach Center 2024 Annual Conference: Implementing Water Solutions through Partnerships on March 13, 2024.

Gov. Hobbs says she would veto Republican water bill

Mar 13, 2024 Hobbs said the bill would bill would favor corporations, hurt small farmers.

Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office

Mar 13, 2024 James Clark, 40, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty in August in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church was extensively damaged by a fire that authorities say was intentionally started Monday.

Man facing hate crime charges for burning of two Douglas churches denies second competency evaluation

Mar 13, 2024 The judge will have the same psychologist attempt to evaluate Eric Ridenour again
The window of a house in Tucson's Barrio Viejo.

New data: Arizona renters continue to struggle despite strong economy

Mar 12, 2024 Pima County saw its second highest number of evictions last year since the pandemic moratorium ended in 2021, but there are good signs in rent prices.
Full house at Arizona Stadium, 2017.

Study shows UA sports send Tucson economy soaring

Mar 12, 2024 The report cites Wildcats football, basketball and other events bringing big spenders to town.
Arizona guard Caleb Love (2) points to a teammate during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against UCLA in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 7, 2024.

Arizona's Caleb Love wins AP Pac-12 player and newcomer of the year in first season with Wildcats

Mar 12, 2024 Love spent his first three seasons at North Carolina.
Tucson City Council member Steve Kozachik outside City Hall.

Kozachik to leave Tucson City Council

Mar 11, 2024 He will take a job with Pima County in April.
Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Balancing Act: The proposed Public Lands Rule aims to transform Bureau of Land Management’s stewardship

Mar 11, 2024 The new rule seeks to redefine priorities and practices at the nation’s largest land manager
A pink sunset lights the sky behind Saguaro National Park east.

The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it's a time of confusion

Mar 10, 2024 The Navajo Nation, which also stretches into Utah and New Mexico, will reset clocks for one hour later despite being situated between two territories that remain on standard time: the rest of Arizona and the neighboring Hopi reservation.
Flags from Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes displayed at the University of Arizona bookstore in November 2020.

The Buzz: The Legacy and impact of Land Grant Institutions

Mar 8, 2024 A look at how an 1862 act impacted Native lands and eventually led to UA's fossil fuel use despite climate pledges.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Saudi company quits pumping in Butler Valley Basin, but still has other land holdings

Mar 7, 2024 Canceled and not renewed leases make up roughly one-third of Fondomonte's owned and leased land.
Justice Services Director Kate Vesely speaks at the official opening of the Pima County Transitions Center on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. From left to right: County Administrator Jan Lesher, Supervisor Rex Scott, Vesely, and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.

County releases data on the first six months of jail Transition Center

Mar 7, 2024 The Transition Center is part of the county’s effort to reduce recidivism
OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta at the unveiling of the Bennu sample in Tucson.

Bennu sample goes on display in Tucson

Mar 7, 2024 It is older than any rock found on the Earth or the Moon so far.

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