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AA Tucson-based humanitarian group loses permits to provide water to migrants in the desert; scientists take a look at a rainy winter for Tucson; Gen Z students talk to AZPM about why they're staying away from the polls; and more...

An Arizona monument is one step closer to getting an upgrade; a look back at a wetter-than-normal monsoon for Southern Arizona; Tucson prepares for hundreds of tabletop games; and more...

The federal government finalizes a contract for a detention facility in Marana; residents in Sahuarita question a potential data center; an Arizona lawmaker attempts to pump the brakes on a federal gas tax; and more...

A Tucson-based company gets a major contract to develop missiles; as border wall construction continues, a piece of public land in Arizona gets less public; a local group attempts to find homes for an unlikely reptile; and more...

A hurricane off the coast of Mexico is set to bring strong rainfall to Southern Arizona; a generations-old Tucson newspaper gets a new owner; a community college in Graham County expands its programming; and more...

Pima County put a pause on data centers, TUSD talked to parents about possible school closures and a sacred site got a major historical reappraisal… after being destroyed by border-wall bulldozers. Also: tiny owls!

The UA says enrollment is down, and that's a good thing; Nogales residents see the border wall coming through their town; Meet the man who bought a bank; and more...

New claims about an ancient site destroyed for the border wall; Another planned data center has opponents up in arms; We visit The Roost, a Tucson space for birds of prey to thrive; and more...

Pima County tries to slow down data centers; Thousands disappear from ICE online records; The head of NASA tells college students they are the future; and more...

County leaders take a vote on pausing data centers; Amazon says it has a way to save water; A Tucson man returns from a voyage to the bottom of the sea; and more...

Tucson's largest district begins a painful discussion: what schools to close or consolidate; Blaming the Trump administration for higher electric rates; Mark Kelly mulls a run for the White House; and more...

Two local high school students are charged with bringing guns to school; Protestors sound off against data centers; A new rule could give people second thoughts about applying for a green card; and more...

A longtime Arizona Senator has died; Tucson police are writing more tickets -- so why are pedestrian deaths rising; Trees tell the story of a volcano that blew its top 500 years ago; and more...

A veterans group offers to treat Tucson's contaminated water, in exchange for a golf course; A settlement over contaminated baby formula; Shedding light on the talks over the Colorado River; and more...

Flash floods lead to rescues across Tucson; Authorities round up a flock of protestors; Parents sing the praises of micro-schools, but worry what's next; and more...

Details of Border Patrol expansion in southern Arizona; Thousands of refugees are losing medical coverage; Sierra Vista could become a spaceport; and more...

Memories of 9-11, on the ground in New York City; a look at the debate over a contested seat in Congress; A new game called Binho is catching on in Tucson; and more...

An update on conditions inside ICE detention; More people die on Tucson streets; How 9-11 affected life along the border; and more...

Former charter school leaders are indicted; The Border Patrol wants a huge new facility in Tucson; Remembering 9-11 through the pieces left behind; and more...

Going to Mexico? The US government says think twice; Covid cases are up, but it's not another pandemic; Teaching about 9-11; and more...

On this Labor Day, travel south of the border gets a little bit easier; A pickle over pickleball gets resolved; We turn back the clock to a terrible day in 2001; and more...

The Pima County Recorder on elections in the age of Trump; Guess what's back -- COVID; The Tucson rap scene is gaining traction; and more...

The Trump administration sues the Arizona Board of Regents; a new private school for Tucson's blind students becomes state-approved; what to expect for the future of Tucson's economy; and more.

Remembering the victims of the Venture-N shooting; New UA signage honors native languages; Researchers look to a future of fusion power; and more...

We spot bulldozers on the border; A Tucson shooting is officially a hate crime; UA scientists set their sites on an upcoming moon mission; and more...

A new project reduces forever chemicals in Tucson's water; A Texas man remains missing after Grand Canyon floods; Climate activists want to know more about power plant conversions; and more...

A Tucson shooting is being called a hate crime; Floodwater kill at least two in the Grand Canyon, with more still missing; people with intellectual disabilities tell their stories; and more...

Voting rights figure in a congressional debate; ICE arrests set a record in Arizona; You won't believe where they found whale bones; and more...

Armed federal agents move on to the Tohono O'odham nation; Pressure mounts against another border project; TUSD is looking at which schools to close; and more...

The Tohono O'odham keep the door shut to construction crews; Teaching high schoolers to monitor air quality; A few words about Dolly Parton; and more...

Arizona reaction to the ruling on mail in voting; Two Phoenix police face justice for a phony traffic stop; We talk to one of the founders of Wall Watch; and more...

The feds order cuts in Colorado River use....the governor says it could have been MUCH worse; A Trump administration official says Mexico needs to answer for pollution; a film workshop comes to southern Arizona; and more...

An early poll shows the challenge facing Andy Biggs in the governor's race; Arizona has been spared this fire season; a local museum celebrates “Tucson 251”; and more...

The Sheriff's Department probes the shooting death of a police recruit; conservationists fight the Trump Administrations plan to do away with the roadless rule; A new medical school opens on tribal land; and more...

Wall Watch keeps an eye on border construction; An effort to reform school vouchers dies in the state Supreme Court; a Tucson man heads out to sea for a month-long research project; and more...

Early education program changes; Pima County opens its first advocacy center; Immigrant children facing more challenges in immigration court; and more...

Shovel, meet dirt: the regional transportation authority starts its next chapter; Cities want a deal: use less water, get more money; We visit a burro auction; and more...

A planned solar farm outside Tucson is raising questions; Pinal County votes out its Flock cameras; A new girls club aims to take the fear out of growing up; and more...

Pima County pauses new data centers; In the governor's race, Republicans are unhappy that Democrats won't debate; If you're up late tonight, there's a show in the night sky; and more...

Katie Hobbs picks her number-two; The Tohono O'Odham nation tells wall-builders to stay out; A sad milestone for the nation's biggest reservoir; and more...

A UA student is arrested in Europe for a killing in Tucson; The number of uninsured children in Arizona continues to climb; A new school for blind kids opens its doors; and more...

For some consumers health insurance costs could spike; An Arizona city prepares for an ICE facility; As the border wall goes up, beloved cottonwood trees come down; and more...

Tucson regulates future data centers; Big changes coming for Interstate Ten; A monsoon report card, and more...

FEMA disaster workers have been diverted to immigration; students on vouchers can now play sports at a public school district; Salad and Go will soon be Salad and Gone; and more...

We profile a DACA recipient who describes life in limbo; Envisioning a new future for Old Tucson; A new school for the blind builds community support; and more...

A “Call to Action” from Trump's education Department to American universities; Measles cases hit a new high; A Tucson NASCAR driver heads for his final finish line; and more...

Ransom notes released in the Nancy Guthrie case; Tucson Electric talks about how our grid's holding up; Tucson bids goodbye to Gumby the saguaro; and more...

The U of A punishes a fraternity for hazing; Immigrant advocates deal with an arrest outside a courthouse; Tucson Unified fights to keep kids from skipping school; and more...

An ICE arrest at a Tucson courthouse; An anti-union measure has been pulled off the November ballot; Pima County has a treasurer again; and more...

A Tucson man wants to sue, after a swatting prank left him shot and paralyzed; Keeping your pets safe from the screwworm; It's back to school time already; and more...

Conservationists object as bulldozers clear historic trees for more border wall; Savannah Guthrie pleas for her mother's release; A landmark in the town of Safford changes hands; and more...