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The Mountain View Officers' Club on Fort Huachuca, AZ. The Fort has submitted a funding proposal to rehabilitate the building as a Range Operations Synchronization Center. May 31, 2023.

Fort Huachuca's historic Mountain View Officers' Club has a new purpose

Jun 7, 2023 The Fort has submitted a purposal for the building to be a Range Operations Synchronization Center.
A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Ex-teacher sentenced to prison for making death threat against Arizona legislator

Jun 6, 2023 Donald Glenn Brown pleaded guilty in April to a charge of attempting to make a terroristic threat and was sentenced Tuesday in Navajo County Superior Court.
Established in 1924, the Chiricahua National Monument is up for redesignation to national park status. The monument could become Arizona's fourth national park.

The Buzz: Efforts to make Chiricahua National Monument a national park

Jun 2, 2023 Will the Wonderland of Rocks could become Arizona’s Fourth National Park?
The seal of Cochise County.

Former Cochise County Elections Dir. gets $130K settlement payout

Jun 1, 2023 The county will pay $75,000 of the $130,000 settlement
A view from Coconino Overlook at the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Arizona governor urging Biden to designate tribally proposed monument at Grand Canyon

May 31, 2023 Hobbs told Biden that she is committed to preserving cultural and natural treasures throughout Arizona and said the Grand Canyon is a “culturally sacred place stewarded by Indigenous Peoples for centuries.”
John Farley, director of fire test operations at the Naval Research Laboratory, tests the effectiveness of aqueous film-forming foam by spraying it on a gasoline fire. The test took place at the laboratory in Chesapeake Beach, Md. Oct. 25, 2019.

Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues manufacturers for PFAS contamination

May 30, 2023 The companies have known about the 'forever chemicals' for decades
A person walks past tarps, cloths, and tents set up as temporary living spaces on West Madison Street in “The Zone,” the area surrounding the Human Services Campus in Phoenix on March 1, 2023.

Phoenix faces dueling lawsuits over homeless crisis as advocates scramble for more shelter

May 27, 2023 The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2019 that homeless people cannot be criminalized for sleeping outside if no alternatives exist.
A photo of the Museum Fire, burning near Flagstaff, taken Sunday, July 21, 2019 posted on theNational Wildfire Coordinating Group's inciweb site.

Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue

May 26, 2023 The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen came after environmentalists sued the government for dropping the red slurry material into waterways hundreds of times over the past decade.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border wall in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Cochise Supervisors Discuss impact of Title 42 removal

May 26, 2023 The numbers were not so large as predicted.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise Supervisors approve funds for elections, school safety and sheriff officers' overtime

May 25, 2023 The elections department will be getting $40,000 to cover employee salaries till the end of the fiscal year
U.S. currency in various denominations.

Hobbs terminates $50 million grant allocation for ESA recipients

May 25, 2023 Governor Katie Hobbs's predecessor Doug Ducey approved the allocation of pandemic-era funding.

Republican Karrin Taylor Robson says she won't run for Sinema's Senate seat in Arizona

May 25, 2023 Robson ran for governor last year but lost the GOP primary to Kari Lake.
The Mexican gray wolf pups have an affinity to crawl towards each other and their mother for warmth and comfort. The piling reflex is affectionately called a "puppy pile."

Coexisting in rural spaces

May 25, 2023 How the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program is succeeding.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

State Senator claims lawmakers have banned vote counting machines

May 25, 2023 Borelli claim rejected by officials of both parties.
Transgender pride flags filled a Catalina Foothills School District Governing Board meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

AZ school superintendent looks to keep restrictions on trans athletes

May 24, 2023 In a complaint filed last month, two Arizona families claim that current state statute violates federal nondiscrimination laws and the U.S. Constitution.
The City of Tucson will voluntarily reduce its water allocations from the Colorado River by up to 110,000 acre-feet through 2025. The multi-year agreement was signed by Mayor Regina Romero, alongside the Bureau of Reclamation through the Central Arizona Project (CAP) on Wednesday, May 24.

Tucson signs agreement to use less Colorado River water

May 24, 2023 The voluntary deal offers the City of Tucson $400 per acre-foot as compensation for every unit conserved.

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