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A view of downtown Tucson.

News roundup: Early voting begins, Kelly-McSally debate, TUSD hybrid-learning plan

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 7.
No More Deaths says this agent was armed in the camp.

Border Patrol storms humanitarian aid camp in Southern Arizona; no criminal charges filed

The raid is part of escalating tension between the federal agency and nonprofit No More Deaths.
Minority journalists brought stories and images of social justice demonstrations worldwide in 2020.

UA School of Journalism starting diversity scholarship

A fundraiser forum discussed how minority journalists covered 2020 social justice movements.
Early-ballot stickers for voters in Pima County.

What's on my ballot in Pima County? Top races and initiatives

Learn more about the races being decided Nov. 3 with AZPM and NPR coverage of the 2020 election.
A Tucson Unified School District Bus.

TUSD approves updated hybrid-learning plan, no official start date

The new plan calls for half days of teacher-led instruction, with time set aside for independent work.
Republican Martha McSally, left, and Democrat Mark Kelly.

Senate candidates face off in debate

Mark Kelly and Martha McSally debated the issues for 90 minutes.
File image of the Pima County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County 'wall of shame' stays up

Supervisors reject effort to stop listing violators.
A woman fills out a ballot at a polling place inside Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Aug. 4, 2020.

News Roundup: Voting in Pima County, Kelly and McSally vie for Senate seat

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 6
Pima County election workers process early ballots. 2012.

A guide to voting in Pima County

Mail-in ballots, early voting and casting your ballot on Election Day.
Singed trees on the road up Mount Lemmon in early October, months after the Bighorn Fire.

Bighorn Fire marks familiar cycle of renewal amid new chapter of bigger burns

Fire is a natural process, but it will take decades for some areas to recover or regrow habitat that burned this year.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Court extends AZ voter registration, UA to start in-person classes, Indigenous protesters block border crossing

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 5
File image of an Arizona voter registration form.

Arizona voter registration deadline extended

A late-night ruling moves the deadline to Oct. 23 but appeals were filed.
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

Demonstrations against border wall construction on ancestral Indigenous land continue despite Quitobaquito closure.
Sen. Martha McSally takes the oath of office for the U.S. Senate, January 4, 2019. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath while McSally's niece, Ella, held the bible. McSally borrowed the bible for the University of Arizona Special Collections. The copy of the New Testament was recovered from the body of an unknown sailor killed during the bombing of the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor.

McSally looks for win in Senate race

The former House member hopes to avenge her 2018 U.S. Senate loss.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Kelly hits the campaign trail in Tucson. February 23, 2019

Candidate wants to go from space to the Capitol

Mark Kelly is hoping to unseat Sen. Martha McSally.

As sales stay flat, independent restaurants looking to Congress for relief

Low summer sales typically rebound with winter travelers, but little tourism is expected this year.

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