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Effluent gushes out of the outfall, into the Santa Cruz River. The outfall of water is constantly flowing, but there is a diurnal fluctuation due to cyclical human water use.

Reviving the Santa Cruz River: A decade of clean waters and ecological resurgence

Oct 10, 2023 From stagnation to splendor: How wastewater innovation breathed life back into a desert oasis

One year later: remembering UA professor Thomas Meixner

Oct 5, 2023 Friends, family, students and colleagues share their most cherished memories they had.
Illustration of Osiris REx sample return capsule re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Osiris REx asteroid sample set for fast, fiery return to Earth

Sep 22, 2023 The mission's final stage will mark the end of a seven-year journey to Bennu and back.
Jaime Rose, Southeast Arizona Behavioral Health Services Recovery Aid (left), and Monica Ybarra, co-chair of the Cochise Addiction Recovery Partnership, talking to Attorney General Kris Mayes during a round table discussion about the opioid settlement funds in Bisbee. July 26, 2023. *Photo by Summer Hom, AZPM News.*

Cochise partnership to propose spending opioid settlement funds

Sep 22, 2023 Cochise County will get $11.8 million
The San Pedro River post-Monsoon rain. September 14, 2023.

Housing and Water: How government, environmentalists and developers shape Arizona homes

Sep 20, 2023 The state's mild winters are often a plus for people who move here. So how does that growing population interact with a shrinking water supply?
An alfalfa field in Marana, AZ bordered by I-10. September 2023

Why is alfalfa one of Arizona's biggest crops?

Sep 6, 2023 Three of the 5 Cs that traditionally made up Arizona's economy have to do with agriculture. So how is that industry doing as water gets scarce?
Border Patrol process migrants near Lukeville on May 10, 2023.

Human smugglers primarily control migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, and are likely making billions

Sep 5, 2023 While many migrants are forced to wait in Mexico for a chance to seek asylum in the U.S., they become even more vulnerable to the criminal organization making staggering profits controlling who crosses the border and where.
Staff Sergeant Gabriel Martinez throws an imitation grenade into a bunker as part of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Best Squad Competition's grenade assault course. August 28, 2023.

Fort Huachuca unit wins best squad competition

Aug 31, 2023 They advance to the Army-level competition in September.
Water Quality Specialist for the Town of Marana Water Department, Kaulana Breitenbach at the Marana Picture Rocks Water Treatment Campus on Thursday, August 10. The water treatment facility has about 18,000 service connections for a population of 50,000.

How water gets to (most of) us

Aug 30, 2023 Most of us get our water from a utility company, be it a large municipal one or a small private entity. This week, we look at the work that one small company does to keep the water flowing, and what happened when another utility had a big problem.
Jane Gaffer, Doug Danforth and Carmen Faucon are core members of Project Bisbee: Wildlife and have put in countless hours to get Bisbee certified as a community wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. However, the trio credits city residents and many others for their cooperation and participation.

Bisbee becomes the newest "Community Wildlife Habitat" in Arizona

Aug 24, 2023 Grassroots effort aims to help pollinators and other wildlife in the city.
Congressman Raul Grijalva (D) and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R) talk with the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. August 23, 2023

Grijalva and Ciscomani sitdown together

Aug 23, 2023 The talk was an opportunity to hear about differences and common ground.
Mary Cooper and her dog, Havoc, enjoying the Hassayampa River.

When dams break

Aug 23, 2023 As our infrastructure ages, what can happen when structures that are often massive give way?
Douglas' current downtown along G Avenue, which includes the historic Gadsden Hotel. July 10, 2023.

Douglas Downtown Revitalization Project adjustments, gain criticism from locals

Aug 12, 2023 Petitions have circulated against the city's plan to update infastructure of the downtown area.
Demetria Warren, President of the Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers (right), read the 1948 executive order signed by President Harry Truman to integrate the armed forces during the celebration of Buffalo Soldiers Day at Camp Naco. August 5, 2023. *Photo by Summer Hom, AZPM News.*

Buffalo Soldier Day celebration at Camp Naco

Aug 7, 2023 The day celebrates the history of the Buffalo Soldiers
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Freeing up Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money, just ask the farmers

Jul 18, 2023 The Imperial Valley is the largest Colorado River water user.
Various denominations of U.S. currency.

Cities looking to increase employee wages in budgets for new fiscal year

Jul 14, 2023 The goal is to make salaries more competitive and help retain employees

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