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Priscilla the Parrotfish brings the ocean plastic problem to the desert

Jan 30, 2024 An Oregon-based nonprofit makes sculptures entirely out of ocean plastic which are now on display in Tucson.

New UA football coach Brent Brennan's journey back to Tucson

Jan 26, 2024 He cites lessons learned from Wildcats coaching legend Dick Tomey.
Book reading record sheets for those who participate in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Copper Queen Library in Bisbee. December 5, 2023.

Reading 1,000 books before kindergarten is the goal in Cochise County

Jan 3, 2024 The program encourages reading in the pre-K age group
Participants in the annual SV Glow Ride cruising down Tacoma St. in Sierra Vista. December 16, 2023.

Sierra Vista Glow Ride brings holiday lights and cheer to Sierra Vista's neighborhoods

Dec 19, 2023 The event and charity has raised more than $26,000 dollars last year
Four posters displaying pro-Palestinian messages on display at &Gallery in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. The watermelon has been a symbol of Palestinian resistance since the 1960s.

Tucson's &Gallery displays posters for Palestine at Fourth Avenue Street Fair

Dec 11, 2023 The poster collection curated by international organization Artists Against Apartheid encouraged peaceful solidarity.
View from the north end zone at Arizona Stadium.

Arizona Wildcats football will return to the postseason at the Alamo Bowl

Dec 4, 2023 The San Antonio event will be staged December 28.
An attendee is attempting to block a basketball from scoring mid-air at Tucson's first Disability Pride Celebration in Udall Park on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports brought in wheelchairs as well as other equipment for Tucsonans to try adaptive sports for the first time.

Second annual Disability Pride Day event coming to Tucson Sunday

Dec 1, 2023 City Councilman Paul Cunningham was integral in launching the event last year.
The Arizona State Museum on the western mall of the University of Arizona campus.

The Buzz: Why a 32-year-old federal law has failed to bring Native American remains home

Nov 24, 2023 A federal law was supposed to ensure returns of most remains by 1995. So why are thousands of Arizona tribal remains still not back with their people?
University of Arizona College of Education senior Sophie Chapman reads a list of demands to Dean Robert Q. Berry, III on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The demands include reinstating two professors who were placed on suspension are audio recordings of their classroom lecture was shared on social media

Sit-in at UA's College of Education calls to reinstate professors

Nov 20, 2023 Around 60 staff, faculty, students and community members participated.
Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

UA suspends two professors following Israel-Hamas lecture

Nov 17, 2023 The College of Education professors have been suspended until an investigation concludes.
From the front, Hedy Downing, Laura Tallman, Alison Lee, Alicia Lin Kee, and Margaret Coulombe, practice paddling at Tempe Town Lake on Oct. 21, 2023. The group, including Na Leo ’O Ke Kai and Team Arizona members, prepares for an upcoming race in Parker.

‘Perpetuating the Hawaiian culture’: Outrigger canoe teams bring sport, community to Arizona

Nov 12, 2023 Hawaiian outrigger canoeing is a sport where six people paddle a narrow, 40-foot canoe and compete in distance and sprint races.
Researchers note being alone is not the same as feeling lonely.

New UA study examines aspects of loneliness and being alone

Nov 7, 2023 They aren't as connected as you might think.
Arizona wide receiver Montana Lemonious-Craig scores a touchdown against UCLA defensive back Jaylin Davies and defensive lineman Laiatu Latu during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Tucson, Ariz.

University of Arizona football team wins its way to postseason play

Nov 7, 2023 The squad is expected to be invited to a bowl game for the first time since 2017.
Tens of thousands of Tucsonans took part in Cyclovia, October 2019.

Tucsonans prepare to rediscover neighborhoods at Fall 2023 Cyclovia

Oct 26, 2023 Organizers say communities are transformed when cars leave the streets.
Candidates for Mayor of Tucson. From left to right: Ed Ackerley (I), incumbent Regina Romero (D), and Janet "JL" Wittenbraker (R).

The Buzz: El Tour de Mayor of Tucson

Oct 20, 2023 AZPM takes a drive around Tucson with three candidates running in the mayor's race.
Canine poses for a closeup at 2021's Dogs N Denim show.

Canines to sport recycled fashion at UA's Dogs N Denim

Oct 19, 2023 Annual event demonstrates student created design and construction of reusable fabrics.

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