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Laura Dent had solar panels installed on her home earlier this year through a co-op and says that the process was simple and straightforward.

Nonprofit helps homeowners find good price for solar panels

Dec 2, 2021 The organization is launching its second co-op in Tucson.

A sprawling swath of the West is in drought, with more than 20 years of dryness in the Colorado River basin. Researchers say nearly every indicator of drought is heading in the wrong direction.

Drought monitors paint a bleak picture for the Colorado River

Nov 25, 2021 Four metrics are used to track drought, and they paint a bleak picture

Joel talking with Sen Umeda, a lawyer volunteering with Arizona NORML, during an expungement clinic for low-level marijuana offenses July 31, 2021.

After Prop. 207, some find expungement process in Pima County slower 'than anyone would like'

Nov 23, 2021 Lawyers say some cases have gotten bogged down in court.

Congress approves millions of dollars in new funding for Arizona ports of entry

Nov 19, 2021 Luis Ramirez, an international border adviser, talks to Arizona 360 about what those improvements mean for cross border trade and border communities.

New border rules and travel to Tucson

Nov 19, 2021 Arizona 360 checks in with Felipe Garcia at Vamos a Tucson, the Visit Tucson bureau that monitors travel to the region.

Americans travel for dental care south of the border

Nov 19, 2021 Tony Paniagua reports from Nogales.

Managing water in the desert

Nov 19, 2021 One organization, Watershed Management Group, is teaching Tucsonans how to manage water in the desert.

Border traffic rebounding

Nov 19, 2021 Arizona 360 examines how federal officers are handling the increase in traffic and monitoring vaccinate documents.

Flowers and Bullets is a grassroots movement that uses art and food to talk about larger issues, like gentrification or pollution, affecting Barrio Centro. This mural welcomes people visiting their Midtown Farm housed at the former Julia Keen Elementary School.

The economics and community of food

Nov 19, 2021 The Buzz examines how food moves through the economy and how it brings people together.

A closer look at housing in Pima County

Nov 12, 2021 Lorraine Rivera speaks with Arizona Public Media business and economics reporter Megan Myscofski.

U.S. border reopens for vaccinated travelers from Mexico

Nov 12, 2021 Tony Paniagua visits Nogales to learn more about what this change in policy means for people and businesses on the border.

The Center of Opportunity at Gospel Rescue Mission.

Inside the Center of Opportunity in Tucson

Nov 12, 2021 About 350 men, women and children seek housing at Gospel Rescue Mission on any given day.

School supplies and more at Tucson Unified School District’s resource center

Nov 12, 2021 Students enrolled in the Tucson Unified School District utilize the district’s resource center for school supplies and other support.

U.S. Army Soldiers out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, arrive at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Nov. 2, 2018, as part of Operation Faithful Patriot.

Veterans facing deportation, veterans starting businesses, and digitizing the military’s most common aircraft

Nov 12, 2021 This week on The Buzz, stories from the armed forces.

An F-16 is loaded on a truck at AMARG in Tucson for a trip to Wichita State University and the National Institute for Aviation Research. The plane will be used to make a digital twin for the U.S. Air Force. August 2021

The Boneyard helps create a digital twin of a fighter jet

Nov 12, 2021 The Air Force and Wichita State students are working together on the project.

Tucson voters raise minimum wage and select city councilors

Nov 5, 2021 Tucson Sentinel editor and publisher Dylan Smith on the results of the municipal election.

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