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Border wall construction near Walker Canyon, east of Nogales.

Customs and Border Protection says wall workers winding down construction

Feb 25, 2021 After environmental groups released footage showing construction trucks at work, agency says contractors are only securing site.
The Navajo Generating Station, April 2018.

Navajo plant closure to cost Arizona county $40M in taxes

Feb 18, 2021 The plant's owners decided to close it as natural gas became a cheaper source of energy.
A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Weather may delay weekend vaccinations

Feb 17, 2021 Banner, Pinal County, promise enough doses for today and Thursday
Indigenous-led protesters walk along a construction line in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Sept. 2020.

Border wall scars: 'It feels like if someone got a knife and dragged it across my heart.'

Feb 4, 2021 Tribal leaders and Borderlands communities reflect on their fruitless struggle to stop the wall.
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona provides food to about 200,000 people each year.

Rights advocates applaud Biden's planned review of public charge rule

Feb 3, 2021 The 2019 change made it harder for immigrants to obtain visas and green cards if they used, or might use, government assistance
New border fence going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Feb. 26, 2020.

Monitors head to the border after order to halt the wall

Jan 22, 2021 On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order halting all border wall construction
Construction nears the end on the wall section across the San Pedro River in October 2020.

After Congress approves new border wall funding, environmentalists consider next steps

Jan 8, 2021 The administration said it had completed 450 miles of border wall by the end of 2020.
A woman stands with her luggage in the baggage claim area of the Tucson International Airport on August 10, 2020.

Passengers head to Tucson airport despite travel warnings

Nov 25, 2020 The airport estimates 6,000 to 7,400 passengers passed through the terminal Wednesday.
Construction trucks drive along the border wall in Sasabe on July 13, 2020.

Senate proposes budget with almost $2B in border wall funding

Nov 13, 2020 The Senate and House have until next month to agree on a short- or long-term budget.
An O'odham demonstrator stands in front of a pickup truck trying to break through a highway blockade the morning of Oct. 5, 2020.

O'odham-led demonstration blocks highway north of Arizona-Sonora border crossing

Oct 5, 2020 Demonstrations against border wall construction on ancestral Indigenous land continue despite Quitobaquito closure.
Downtown Tucson is seen in the distance from the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Country Club Road.

Civil engineers recommend raising taxes for Arizona road repairs

Sep 29, 2020 The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state's roads a D+.
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: AZ unemployment on the rise, Ducey says state will celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day

Sep 23, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, September 23
The Sunlink streetcar has been in operation 5 years.

Council weighs abolishing fares on buses, streetcars

Sep 22, 2020 Fares were suspended in March.
Pat Shoneck and Eileen Green ride in a golf cart at the Swan Lake Estates mobile home park, a 55+ park where Shoneck lives.

Heat, COVID-19 and isolation put mobile home parks at risk

Sep 2, 2020 Ten percent of metro Tucsonans live in manufactured housing. But residents there face risks made worse by COVID-19 and record heat.

Revisiting the danger to pedestrians in Tucson

Aug 28, 2020 The city, like others, has seen a steady rise in people struck and killed while walking, though the trends may be shifting amid the pandemic.
An Indigenous demonstrator shakes a rattle during the early morning protest in Coolidge on Aug. 26, 2020.

Indigenous activists protest wall contractor in Coolidge

Aug 26, 2020 Demonstrators gathered at Stinger Bridge & Iron to decry border wall construction across ancestral Indigenous border land.

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