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Photos: Decommissioned Titan II Missile complexes around Tucson

Photos: Decommissioned Titan II Missile complexes around Tucson

  • Rick Wiley

The infamous Titan II nuclear-tipped missiles ringing Tucson and pointed at the USSR for nearly 20 years beginning in the early 1960s. The hardened, underground complexes were capable of withstanding a near-direct strike from a Soviet nuclear missile. The 390th Strategic Missile Wing, headqu…

Groups threaten lawsuit over pygmy owl

Groups threaten lawsuit over pygmy owl

  • By Helen Tracey-Noren Cronkite News

PHOENIX — Known for its small size and auburn color, the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl has environmentalists battling with federal officials over whether it should be protected.

Calling citizen scientists: Bat project needs you

Calling citizen scientists: Bat project needs you

  • Douglas Kreutz

Citizen-scientist volunteers are needed for a bat monitoring project.

Orange Grove road work nears end

Orange Grove road work nears end

  • Arizona Daily Star

Project widened section of road to five lanes.

Marana police get new heat-detection cameras

Marana police get new heat-detection cameras

  • Carmen Duarte

Five cameras now being used by officers.

The Loop trail gets key Oro Valley link

The Loop trail gets key Oro Valley link

  • Douglas Kreutz

Walkers, runners and bicyclists now can travel a continuous five-mile segment of The Loop recreational trail in Oro Valley — all the way from La Cañada Drive to Tangerine Road.

Kingfisher, Bluefin hosting feast of Mardi Gras

Kingfisher, Bluefin hosting feast of Mardi Gras

  • Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star

Special New Orleans Cajun cuisine and cocktails highlight menu.

Tucson Tamale Company

Tucson Tamale Co. opening third location at old Jax

    Shop to open in October and offer dine-in, carry out.

    Oro Valley

    Oro Valley election candidates to tangle in debate

      Candidates vying for Oro Valley Town Council and Mayor offices will gather for a forum hosted by Northwest Conservatives.

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      Oro Valley Chamber seeks nominations for awards

        The Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for members of the business community to salute with its Pinnacle Awards.

        Musical Magic for Kids

        Evans Family Musical Merriment to entertain OV crowd

          Evans Family Musical Merriment will perform its humor-infused act at Musical Magic for Kids in Oro Valley.

          Ventana

          Ventana Medical Systems employees strut artistic skills

            With assistance from the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, Ventana Medical Systems is staging its annual Employee Art Exhibition at 5 p.m. July 105p7/10 at Ventana Gallery, 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive1910 E. Innovation Park Drive.

            American Legion

            American Legion aids homeless vets' kids with drive

              Casas Adobes American Legion Auxiliary is collecting gently used clothing for children of veterans who are homeless or in transitional housing.

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              Amphi district asks for funding in override election

                Amphitheater Public Schools will seek a 10 percent increase in its maintenance and operation budget via an override election.

                Local News

                August 12 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

                August 12 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

                Don't miss Wednesday's most popular stories from Arizona Daily Star.

                Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

                Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

                Members of the press toured the newest Casino Del Sol location for a preview of the game floor on Tuesday morning.

                Phoenix lands new seasonal flight to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead

                Phoenix lands new seasonal flight to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead

                PHOENIX — The latest flight route between Arizona and Mexico is a new city for the airline with the largest flight capacity at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

                Watch new footage of "Cinco" the jaguar in Southern Arizona

                Watch new footage of "Cinco" the jaguar in Southern Arizona

                The rare jaguar caught on camera in same spot as other wildlife.

                State & Regional

                Lawyers for molested girls ask AZ Supreme Court to reconsider church immunity

                Lawyers for molested girls ask AZ Supreme Court to reconsider church immunity

                PHOENIX — The attorneys for two girls molested for years by their father are making a last-ditch effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court it was wrong in holding the Mormon church immune from liability over what its bishops and others knew.

                Parents accused of being intoxicated and walking kids in Arizona heat

                Parents accused of being intoxicated and walking kids in Arizona heat

                GLENDALE — Two parents were arrested after police said that, while they were intoxicated, they forced their kids to walk in triple-digit heat.

                Another Arizona officer accused of misusing Flock system

                Another Arizona officer accused of misusing Flock system

                GOODYEAR — A police officer was placed on administrative leave after investigators found that he may have improperly used an automated license plate reader, according to an Aug. 11 statement released by the Goodyear Police Department.

                Judge: Fontes wrong to call ESAs 'vouchers' in ballot explanation

                Judge: Fontes wrong to call ESAs 'vouchers' in ballot explanation

                A judge ruled Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acted illegally by using the term "vouchers" to describe the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, stating it was misleading since the program legally differs from traditional voucher systems.

                Nation & World

                Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to posts

                Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to posts

                Trump Media & Technology Group charges up to $100,000 a month for early access to 10 high-profile social media accounts, including Trump's own.

                Trump: Swap put his plane in  'greater risk'

                Trump: Swap put his plane in 'greater risk'

                WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One.

                Trump doesn't dismiss declaring national emergency to restrict voting

                Trump doesn't dismiss declaring national emergency to restrict voting

                President Donald Trump isn’t dismissing the possibility that he could declare a national security emergency in an attempt to establish new voting restrictions that have stalled in the Senate, telling an interviewer that “stranger things have happened.”

                Sources: White House sought new Reflecting Pool charges

                Sources: White House sought new Reflecting Pool charges

                They said the White House asked the Justice Department to explore new charges after a prosecutor angered President Trump by moving to dismiss cases.

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                Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

                Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

                Want the best Perseid meteor shower views? Here's the where and when

                Want the best Perseid meteor shower views? Here's the where and when

                Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

                Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

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                Crime

                23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.

                Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.

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                Contributor content. The crypto market does not move in a straight line. It rises, cools off, and builds again.

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                Contributor content. Learn the benefits of planned tire programs for Tucson freight vehicles during the summer months.

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                Into Action Recovery Shows What a Men-Only Addiction Program Looks Like

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                Contributor content. Learn more about Into Action Recovery AZ, a men-only addiction program that is different from the standard rehab experiences. 

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                Crime

                Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

                Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

                A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend had a history of violence and sexual assault, court documents show, and had recently been expelled from the University of Arizona.

                Pair sentenced in Tucson murder case

                Pair sentenced in Tucson murder case

                Two people who accepted plea agreements in the 2024 killing of a Tucson Good Samaritan were sentenced Friday in Pima County Superior Court.

                Man accused of killing Tucson girlfriend arrested in Germany, police say

                Man accused of killing Tucson girlfriend arrested in Germany, police say

                A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Tucson, whose body was discovered Thursday, flew to Germany the same day and was arrested when he arrived, police say.

                Man accused in Tucson mass shooting jailed without bond

                Man accused in Tucson mass shooting jailed without bond

                David Leroy French, 21, appeared in court Friday facing 29 charges tied to the Tucson mass shooting that injured nine people. He'll be held without bond ahead of his Aug. 11 bond hearing.

                Politics

                Arizona's fake electors case dropped — for now

                Arizona's fake electors case dropped — for now

                A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge on Tuesday granted the motion by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to drop the charges of fraud, forgery and conspiracy that were originally filed in 2024 against 11 Republicans who claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

                Figure in Arizona's fake electors case holds big White House role

                Figure in Arizona's fake electors case holds big White House role

                A figure in Arizona's "fake electors" case continues to have an influential role in President Donald Trump's White House.

                Public access to immigration court increasingly prohibited

                Public access to immigration court increasingly prohibited

                Just months after President Donald Trump began his second term, courtroom doors were locked to outside observers at Fort Snelling Immigration Court in Minnesota.

                Colorado River tribes say feds left them out of final shortage talks

                Colorado River tribes say feds left them out of final shortage talks

                Arizona's largest and most senior water rights holder says it was left out of final discussions about the federal government's proposed plan to deal with ongoing water shortages in the Colorado River.

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