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WWII-era P-51 fighter sits on the flight line at Davis Monthan Air Force Base

Air show heritage pilots train at Davis Monthan

Mar 11, 2022 Pilots of WWII and Korean War-era fighter planes learn to fly wing-to-wing with 21st supersonic jets

An empty classroom at Gridley Middle School in Tucson. November 2020.

Mental health in the classroom

Mar 11, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic may be a turning point and students may be back in the classroom but many are still mentally grappling with the effects of the last two years.

The city is reducing curbside recycling pickup in an effort to save money and adapt to global shifts in the industry.

Recycling on Tucson's curbs and beyond

Mar 4, 2022 This week, The Buzz revisits the city's decision to end curbside glass recycling.

A glass of beer on a table.

Making beer in Southern Arizona

Feb 25, 2022 This week, The Buzz focuses on the area's beer business, its growth and how it has felt the pinch of supply chain problems.

A wheelchair made to function on rough terrain.

Accessibility in Southern Arizona

Feb 18, 2022 While most Tucsonans have thoughts on roads and sidewalk conditions, this week The Buzz examines how those conditions can be a true roadblock.

Driver Maite Caceres, of Uruguay, receives instructions.

Racing women take to southern Arizona track for high-speed honors

Feb 12, 2022 The fastest will win a place in the European-based W Series this summer.

Agua Caliente Park is a Pima County destination located east of Tucson city limits. Visitors often describe it as a "desert oasis" for the community.

Respite and reflection outdoors during the pandemic

Feb 11, 2022 Agua Caliente Park, described as 'desert oasis,' is rich in scenery and history.

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 11, 2022 This week, The Buzz examines what researchers and others in Arizona have learned in the years since the first cases emerged.

Spring 2020 University of Arizona graduates pose for photos at Old Main.

Job hunting and hiring in Southern Arizona

Feb 4, 2022 This week, The Buzz examines the difficulty that employers are facing in hiring workers and talks to job seekers about their hunts for work.

The streetcar passes people eating dinner on 4th Avenue on April 5, 2015.

The future of trains, infrastructure and the RTA in Southern Arizona

Jan 28, 2022 This week, The Buzz is all about transportation.

Mya Yazzie, a Diné 17-year-old senior at Sunnyside High School, looks at an Indigenous focused college guidebook with Felisia Tagaban Gaskin, a Diné UA and Sunnyside Unified School District employee supporting Indigenous high schoolers in higher education.

A partnership blooms after UA dissertation highlights recruitment biases in higher ed

Jan 27, 2022 One aspect of the partnership is to support Sunnyside and Desert View high school students interested in college.

Melissa Ayun joined the Tucson Police Department in 2005 and became a recruiter in 2019.

Facing vacancies, police departments seek to hire officers

Jan 21, 2022 Recruiters are looking for qualified applicants.

Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

Two Southern Arizona leaders on the year ahead

Jan 21, 2022 This week, The Buzz speaks with Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway.

Precision-cut rows of broccoli grow on a laser-leveled field in Yuma, Arizona. Technological developments in agriculture are helping the industry use water more efficiently, but research shows that some methods are not helping save water on a basin-wide scale.

As the Colorado River shrinks, can new technology save water on farms? The answer is complicated

Jan 12, 2022 Agriculture uses about 80% of the water in the Colorado River basin.

The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Legislative leaders on the 2022 session

Jan 7, 2022 The Buzz examines how water, education, the budget and more could define the session.

Maryanne Chisholm's "After the War" is a watercolor and gouache with ink.

From painting in prison to professional artist

Jan 6, 2022 Tucson resident makes a life-changing transformation with her talents.

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