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Eighteen plots are laid out on the hillside on Brian Mealor’s property in Sheridan County, Wyo. Mealor is studying how differing amounts of herbicide sprayed at different times of year can be used to manage invasive species.

In grasslands plagued by invasives and drought, wildfires fuel calls for new solutions

Oct 22, 2020 Invasive plants and climate change are changing the relationship between vast rangelands, drought and wildfire.
Artist’s conception of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx touches an asteroid

Oct 21, 2020 The UA-led project is a first for NASA.
Between the High Park and Cameron Peak Fires, a broad reach of the Poudre River’s watershed has burned within the last decade.

For the West’s drinking water, wildfire concerns linger long after smoke clears

Oct 21, 2020 For municipal drinking water systems, fires are felt for years after they’re snuffed out.
Firefighters watch a controlled burn within the Grizzly Creek Fire in Colorado. The fire has burned more than 30,000 acres near Glenwood Canyon. Now, the charred hillsides pose a flood risk for nearby areas.

Homeowners who avoid wildfire damage can find themselves in new flood zone

Oct 20, 2020 Even long after the flames of a wildfire are gone, those who live nearby face a serious increase in the threat of flooding.
A firefighter watches the flames in Yellowstone National Park during the 1988 fires.

In Yellowstone, America's 'first water park,' decades-old blaze marked start of megafire era

Oct 19, 2020 The wildfires ushered in a chapter of massive, frequent blazes as well as a new understanding of the ecological process.
A line of DPS officers forms in front of an Indigenous Peoples' Day Protest north of the Lukeville Port of Entry on Oct. 12, 2020.

'Falling on deaf ears': Tohono O'odham Nation reacts to use of force at Indigenous protest

Oct 15, 2020 Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. says tribal needs along the border are being ignored.
With residences in the foreground, the Bighorn Fire burns in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 10, 2020.

Homes complicate Arizona wildfire response

Oct 10, 2020 Development in Arizona's wildlands is making fires more expensive, and in some cases, more difficult to prevent.
A sign instructs Pima County voters casting their ballots on primary election day, Aug. 4, 2020.

With early voting underway, officials urge Arizonans to get their ballots cast

Oct 9, 2020 Election officials offer guidance on how to vote, and how it works, in the state.
Singed trees on the road up Mount Lemmon in early October, months after the Bighorn Fire.

Bighorn Fire marks familiar cycle of renewal amid new chapter of bigger burns

Oct 8, 2020 Fire is a natural process, but it will take decades for some areas to recover or regrow habitat that burned this year.
Republican Martha McSally, left, and Democrat Mark Kelly.

Senate candidates face off in debate

Oct 6, 2020 Mark Kelly and Martha McSally debated the issues for 90 minutes.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Kelly hits the campaign trail in Tucson. February 23, 2019

Candidate wants to go from space to the Capitol

Oct 6, 2020 Mark Kelly is hoping to unseat Sen. Martha McSally.
Sen. Martha McSally takes the oath of office for the U.S. Senate, January 4, 2019. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath while McSally's niece, Ella, held the bible. McSally borrowed the bible for the University of Arizona Special Collections. The copy of the New Testament was recovered from the body of an unknown sailor killed during the bombing of the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor.

McSally looks for win in Senate race

Oct 6, 2020 The former House member hopes to avenge her 2018 U.S. Senate loss.
Educators march in downtown Tucson in 2018 calling for better teacher pay and education funding in Arizona. This year's Proposition 208 aims to make up for lagging education funding in the state by taxing the wealthy.

After two years, measure taxing the wealthy to fund education is on the ballot

Oct 5, 2020 The business community opposes the Invest in Ed Act, which would fund education through a tax on high earners.
Organic marijuana being grown at an Arizona farm for processing into medical marijuana.

Arizona voters to consider another recreational marijuana bill

Oct 2, 2020 The new bill has criminal justice elements not present in a similar bill that was narrowly defeated in 2016.
Adults in the Tucson Jewish Community Center's day program for people with disabilities swimming at the J Sept. 3, 2020.

People with disabilities face both unique and common challenges during pandemic

Oct 1, 2020 Educators and service providers discuss how the pandemic has impacted community members with disabilities in Arizona.
Letters mailed from around the country to Tucson. September 2020

Tracking the speed of mail as the election nears

Sep 28, 2020 The pandemic-driven rise in voting by mail has raised questions about the ability of the U.S. Postal Service to handle ballots.

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