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Saguaro National Park employees climbing up a hill within the park to find and spray bunches of buffelgrass with herbicide August 2021.

How one grass at Saguaro National Park shows push and pull of climate change

Aug 12, 2021 If left unchecked, buffelgrass poses a tremendous fire danger to native plants and the homes nearby.
A cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border are on pace to set a new record

Aug 11, 2021 More than 140 sets of remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year.
A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

Foothills want out of current congressional and legislative districts

Aug 9, 2021 Residents gave the Independent Redistricting Commission an earful.
Lake Pleasant, north of Phoenix, is a major reservoir for Colorado River water. Each summer the lake is pumped down to send water to Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties. July 2021

Water cutbacks coming to Arizona

Aug 9, 2021 A decades-long drought means less water from the Colorado River.
An empty chair outside of a former motel on North Oracle Road that the city of Tucson purchased and transformed into bridge housing for people experiencing homelessness. August 2021.

City of Tucson buying properties to expand transitional housing

Aug 6, 2021 Tony Paniagua spoke to one mother who is utilizing the new program.
Row homes in Tucson's Barrio Viejo.

What eviction ban extension means for Pima County renters, landlords

Aug 6, 2021 The moratorium continues through October in areas with high COVID-19 transmission rates.
A server carries a tray with food at the Cup Cafe at Hotel Congress in Tucson.

Proponents: raising Tucson’s min wage to $15 about offering living wage

Aug 6, 2021 The group Tucson Fight for $15 is leading the charge.
A credit card reader belonging to a business inside American Eat Company in Tucson.

Opponents: prop raising Tucson’s min wage would burden small businesses

Aug 6, 2021 The Tucson Metro Chamber has come out against the Tucson Minimum Wage Act.
A sculpture outside of the University of Arizona's Main Library is donned with a face mask.

Concerns about delta variant loom over new school year

Aug 6, 2021 Experts and community leaders continue to encourage eligible people get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Guns on display in a Tucson store.

Tucson homicide rate soars

Aug 5, 2021 The increase is part of a national trend.
Two mask-wearing boys work on their laptops at the Jewish Community Center in Tucson. September 2021.

How to encourage children to follow COVID safety measures

Jul 30, 2021 Advice from pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Wassim Ballan.
COVID-19 signage at Davidson Elementary. March 2021.

TUSD supe says new law barring mask mandates in schools a challenge

Jul 30, 2021 Dr. Gabriel Trujillo discusses what mitigation protocols the district will have in place when students return August 5.
Waters from monsoon storms filled the Rillito River. July 2021.

Monsoon’s arrival delivers record rainfall in Tucson

Jul 30, 2021 More than seven inches of rain fell in July.
An A-10 makes a pass over the runway at Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. July 2021.

Davis-Monthan big part of A-10 future

Jul 20, 2021 The Tucson base is working to keep the aging warplane flying.
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Uncertainty abounds as some asylum seekers bypass pandemic-era restrictions at border

Jul 20, 2021 Migrants part of DHS Title 42 exemption program find communities ready to help in the U.S., but more questions remain
Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus watches body camera video from a TPD officer who shot a suspect accused of shooting multiple people on Sunday, July 19, 2021.

TPD still looking for answers in Sunday shooting

Jul 19, 2021 The suspect was prohibited from owning a gun.

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