US border agent kills man on rugged trail in Arizona
The sheriff's office says the shooting was reported about 10 p.m. Saturday about 30 miles northeast of Douglas.
University of Arizona border research center receives $1.5 million grant from Mellon foundation
The Confluencenter, which focuses much of it resources on the arts and social sciences, plans to continue backing student-run research along the U.S.-Mexico border
AMLO: Roughly $250M in port, road projects on tap to aid Guaymas
Mexico’s president recently detailed major infrastructure investments that will help the Sonoran port city of Guaymas.
Giffords home from hospital
She was admitted earlier in the week for appendicitis.
Pygmy owl could get protections again; comment period ends Feb. 22
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list a tiny desert owl as a threatened species.
David Bradley, former state Senate minority leader, dies at age 69
Navy veteran and licensed professional counselor represented Tucson.
For much of the Colorado River basin, a dry start to the new year has lingered
The winter season is far from over, but another dry year would spell trouble for the drought-stricken river basin, which depends heavily on winter snow.
Arizona will stop daily COVID updates
State health officials will soon go from releasing new COVID-19 statistics every day to every week.
Arizona could ease gun rules for libraries, school grounds
One bill would allow concealed permit holders to carry guns into most public buildings and has repeatedly failed in recent years.
University of Arizona-backed research is finding the source for feelings of hunger
The part of the inner brain that produces sensations of hunger and fullness is familiar to neuroscientists.
Arizona hospitals still crowded despite fewer COVID patients
COVID-19 patients still account for about 70% of emergency room usage.
GOP-led Arizona Senate OKs huge school voucher expansion
The bill makes as many as 85% of the state’s 1.1 million public school students eligible for vouchers.
Tucson wants to hear arguments for and against extending road improvement sales tax
Proposition 411 uses revenue from a temporary, half-cent sales tax to improve roadways and other infrastructure in Tucson and expires this year.
State House committee approves bill to create new Arizona counties
Proposed law would split Maricopa County.
Giffords hospitalized in Tucson with appendicitis
The illness was announced Wednesday by the office of Giffords’ husband, U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly.
