The remains of 19 migrants were recovered in Southern Arizona in July, the highest monthly figure in two years, according to Humane Borders and county data.
NASA set to launch latest telescope with Tucson ties- Henry Brean
For Star subscribers: Several University of Arizona researchers are connected to NASA’s latest space telescope. It launches from Kennedy Space Center early Sunday morning.
- Tony Davis
For Star subscribers: Video has shown one or possibly two female jaguars roaming the wilderness in Sonora, just five miles south of the U.S. border, researchers say.
- Cathalena E. Burch
For Star subscribers: Tucson is nowhere to be found in the inaugural Michelin Guide Southwest. In fact, In fact, only one of the 19 Arizona restaurants that made the cut is from outside of Scottsdale and Phoenix.
- Sierra Blaser
Up to 10 Tucson Unified School District schools may face closures or changes as part of a phased plan targeting declining enrollment and resource optimization.
- Prerana Sannappanavar
A Pima County Superior Court judge dismissed former University of Arizona employee Clarissa Siebern’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents, ruling her claims lacked sufficient evidence under the whistleblower policy.
- Howard Fischer
A federal appeals court ruling involving Nevada could give Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes a new opening to pursue criminal charges against Kalshi.
- Michael Lev
We predict the outcome of every game on Arizona football’s 2026 schedule. Can the Wildcats win nine games in consecutive seasons for the second time in program history?
- Cathalena E. Burch
Tucson arts groups were awarded more than $621,000 through Arizona’s latest round of state arts funding.
- Arizona Daily Star
Tucson wekend: Hot days with chances for stormy nights, according to the weather service.
- Howard Fischer
The Trump administration is suing Arizona over a voter-approved law that lets some undocumented students qualify for in-state college tuition.
- Prerana Sannappanavar
The University of Arizona seeks $7.5 million to freeze in-state undergraduate tuition for a fourth consecutive year in its fiscal 2028 funding request, alongside $25 million for classroom renovations and $17.5 million to expand healthcare workforce training.
- Hannah Cree
Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza have agreed to a debate next month.
- Justin Spears
Cooper Blomstrom’s edge-rushing experience and ability to be an off-ball linebacker gives Arizona’s defensive front a versatile linebacker.
- Mac Friday
Salpointe Catholic and Marana will renew their rivalry Thursday night in Tucson when Week 1 of Southern Arizona high school football officially kicks off.
- Justin Spears
Arizona safety Quinn Olson “could be the next Treydan Stukes story at Arizona in terms of a walk-on turning into a really good player.”
- Tiffany Acosta The Arizona Republic
Shake. Clink. Pour. The ice rattles, the rum flows and, before you know it, you're sipping a tropical cocktail beneath bamboo ceilings, glowing lanterns and carved tiki statues.
- Emily Bregel
Tensions are escalating between the Tohono O'odham Nation and U.S. immigration authorities amid the Trump administration's push to build 30-foot-tall border-wall barriers along the Nation's southern boundary with Mexico, despite the tribe's objections.
- Sierra Blaser
The Tucson Unified School District governing board approved a community plan to discuss possible school closures, consolidations and grade changes, despite some members raising concerns about representation and pace.
- Cathalena E. Burch
A restaurant power couple from Phoenix with a trio of James Beard Award nominations and a half-dozen restaurants is making inroads in Tucson this week, opening what could be the city’s first Chihuahuan-style Mexican food restaurant and tortilleria.
- Sasha Hupka Votebeat
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Arizona could be removed from the state's automatic mail ballot list under a state law set to take effect in 2027.
- Tim Steller
The fatal shooting of a Tucson police recruit and the wounding of his fiancée took place during an attempted drug rip that targeted the wrong home, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Wednesday.
- Howard Fischer
Republican candidate Daniel Butierez supports mail-in voting with changes such as verifying voter eligibility but rejects claims of widespread fraud promoted by Trump while facing Democratic incumbent Adelita Grijalva who argues these efforts undermine voting rights.
- Griffin Salkowski
The two suspects arrested in the shooting that killed Tucson police recruit Carlos Ramirez and wounded his fiancée had no known connection to either victim, court records say.
- Prerana Sannappanavar
A federal assistant secretary of energy toured the University of Arizona’s underground mining laboratory in Sahuarita this week as part of a new initiative to bring more graduates into the U.S. mining workforce.
- Sierra Blaser
An online dispute emerged between Tucson Unified School District board member Sadie Shaw and CFO Ricky Hernandez following Shaw's public criticism of budget transparency and Hernandez’s social media response. The conflict sparked calls for professionalism and collaboration among district leadership.
- Clara Migoya Arizona Republic
More than 700 calves trotted through the open gates of the Mexico-U.S. border wall Monday, some 15 months after the U.S. Department of Agriculture banned livestock imports due to fears of spreading New World Screwworm cases.
- Henry Brean
The San Carlos Apache Tribe and two conservation groups are suing federal regulators over a proposed copper mine in a desert riparian area favored by endangered birds near Mammoth.
- Tim Steller
For Star subscribers: Sometimes troublemakers on a bus get kicked out and that’s the end of it. Tucson is building up a transit-safety program to address the other times — assaults and other conflicts.
- Howard Fischer
MESA — The nation's top education official came to Arizona to prod Gov. Katie Hobbs to allow Arizona parents and students to have access to an additional source of free education funds.