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Pima County names 3 finalists for top administrator job

Pima County names 3 finalists for top administrator job

  • Hannah Cree

Pima County has named its top three contenders to become its new top administrator. 

Tucson preacher sues over Winterhaven Festival limits

Tucson preacher sues over Winterhaven Festival limits

  • Griffin Salkowski

Prohibitions on political, religious and commercial materials or messaging at Tucson's Winterhaven Festival violate the First Amendment, says a federal lawsuit filed by a local street preacher.

Pima JTED seeks $250M from voters for expansion

Pima JTED seeks $250M from voters for expansion

  • Sierra Blaser

Pima JTED has been serving southern Arizona students since 2007 with tuition-free career and technical education, or CTE.

Economy, immigration shape key Arizona congressional race

Economy, immigration shape key Arizona congressional race

  • Hannah Cree

Republican Juan Ciscomani defends his record as Democrat JoAnna Mendoza challenges in key Southern Arizona district.

Political notebook: Mayoral politics loom over vote on city manager’s raise

Political notebook: Mayoral politics loom over vote on city manager’s raise

  • Tim Steller

The raise given Tucson’s city manager was as much as many Tucsonans get in one year. Two council members voted no, and political intrigue lay behind their votes.

Tucson's city manager gets a big pay raise

Tucson's city manager gets a big pay raise

  • Hannah Cree

The Tucson City Council approved a pay raise for Timothy Thomure that makes him the highest-paid appointed local government bureaucrat in the region.

Tucson YouTuber gets prison in stalking case

Tucson YouTuber gets prison in stalking case

  • Taylor Seely
    Arizona Republic

Lane Myers, a 43-year-old Youtuber from Tucson, said at his sentencing this week that prison won't stop his from speaking out about his long-running stalking and harassment case that supporters see as an infringement on free speech.

RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Congressional District 1

RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Congressional District 1

    Congressional District 1 recorded debate featuring candidates Thomas "Jay" Feely IV and Amish Shah

    Grijalva, activists say Marana ICE facility is not final

    Grijalva, activists say Marana ICE facility is not final

      A  lack of federal oversight is forcing local governments and community members to implement their own guardrails on immigration detention centers in their communities, Rep. Adelita Grijalva says.

      RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Governor

      RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Governor

        Governor recorded debate featuring candidates Andy Biggs, Teri Hourihan, and Risa Lombardo

        RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Lieutenant Governor

        RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Lieutenant Governor

          Lieutenant Governor recorded debate featuring candidates Sine Kerr and Angela Harrolle Mohan

          RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Congressional District 4

          RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Congressional District 4

            Congressional District 4 recorded debate featuring candidates Tisha Benoit, Zuhdi Jasser and Greg Stanton

            Audit faults Arizona for lack of safety inspections in low-income housing

            Audit faults Arizona for lack of safety inspections in low-income housing

              The Arizona Department of Housing failed to conduct all required health and safety inspections on low-income housing units financed through tax credits, leading to tenants living in unsafe conditions with delayed remediation of issues like pest infestations and fire hazards.

              Chiricahua poised to become Arizona’s fourth national park

              Chiricahua poised to become Arizona’s fourth national park

                Arizona is one signature away from getting a new national park.

                ICE signs contract for controversial Marana detention center

                ICE signs contract for controversial Marana detention center

                Utah-based Management and Training Corporation signed the contract with ICE on Sept. 29 and expects to open the Marana facility within 60 days, officials say.

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Ballot Proposition 144

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Ballot Proposition 144

                Prop 144 recorded debate featuring Greg Blackie of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club in favor and Randy Keating of No on 144 in opposition.

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Secretary of State

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Secretary of State

                Secretary of State recorded debate featuring candidates Adrian Fontes and Alexander Kolodin.

                Return to the Stronghold: Oklahoma Apache tribe buys back some ancestral land in Arizona

                Return to the Stronghold: Oklahoma Apache tribe buys back some ancestral land in Arizona

                In exchange for peace in 1872, the Chiricahua Apaches were promised more than 2.7 million acres in southeastern Arizona, only to have it ripped away from them by President Ulysses S. Grant just four years later.

                County starts construction on $43M internet project

                County starts construction on $43M internet project

                Pima County officials broke ground on a 134-mile fiber optic network funded as part of a Biden-era effort to provide internet access to rural and underserved areas.

                Filing: SCOTUS should reject Arizona's bid to delay prison takeover

                Filing: SCOTUS should reject Arizona's bid to delay prison takeover

                Attorneys for Arizona prison inmates say in a new court filing to the U.S. Supreme Court that it should reject the state's latest effort to delay a court-ordered takeover of its health care system.

                Local opinion: Fear mongering might be our worst safety threat

                Local opinion: Fear mongering might be our worst safety threat

                Pima County Attorney Laura Conover says local officials are prepared to protect voters and ensure a safe, fair general election amid concerns about misinformation.

                City pressed over Prop. 421 link in Tucson newsletter

                City pressed over Prop. 421 link in Tucson newsletter

                Critics are calling out the city over a newsletter that sent readers to a Tucson Electric Power explainer of Prop 421, the potential renewal of the utility company's franchise agreement.

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                Motorcyclist, 73, dies after Tucson-area crash

                Motorcyclist, 73, dies after Tucson-area crash

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                Natural resources student Valentina Ocampo reflects on her conservation internship in Sonora, working on Ranchos Regenerativos and learning wildlife monitoring.

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                Political Notebook: Lagging sales tax not just a Tucson problem

                Political Notebook: Lagging sales tax not just a Tucson problem

                Tucson, it turns out, is not an outlier in having decreased sales-tax revenue. Other Arizona cities have felt a similar pinch, even the overperforming town of Marana. That and more.

                End of the road for Spanish Trail, South Tucson’s eyesore motel

                End of the road for Spanish Trail, South Tucson’s eyesore motel

                The remnants of the long-abandoned Spanish Trail Motel on the edge of South Tucson are being demolished and carted away.

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Ballot Proposition 320

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Ballot Proposition 320

                Pima County pauses new data center developments

                Pima County pauses new data center developments

                A new county resolution says data centers produce “imminent negative public health impacts,” and a four-month pause is needed to iron out sections of the county’s zoning codes to encourage more sustainable development.

                New 160-acre data center proposed in Sahuarita

                New 160-acre data center proposed in Sahuarita

                The data center plan envisions eight buildings on 160 acres south of Tucson in the town of Sahuarita.

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Attorney General

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Attorney General

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Treasurer

                RECORDING: 2026 Arizona General Election Debates: Treasurer

                Air Force: Tucson PFAS cleanup 'entirely independent' of golf proposal

                Air Force: Tucson PFAS cleanup 'entirely independent' of golf proposal

                For Star subscribers: The U.S. Air Force is separating its efforts to address PFAS contamination of Tucson groundwater at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from a nonprofit group's bid to get a golf course built on the base in return for financing the cleanup.

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