30 historic photos of the Santa Cruz River through Tucson

Tucson Water officials experiment with the releases of reclaimed effluent into the river.

Releases of reclaimed water into the river through Tucson's south side and downtown were shut down for up to three weeks for some mechanical upgrades.

The river is carrying year-round water for the first time in 70 years on the San Xavier Indian Reservation south of Tucson.

But scientists don't agree on whether an enormous mesquite bosque that died out along the Santa Cruz River 60 years ago will return on the same scale.

The river once again runs dry through most of downtown Tucson. The cutback may last a few months. 

The renewed stream is drawing cattails, dragonflies and egrets, after Tucson kept the river dry since spring for sediment removal and other projects.

It's unclear if water releases for the Santa Cruz River Heritage Project will again attain the levels they reached when the project started in June 2019.

A dispute over whether to serve a Catalina Foothills home with Tucson water is a test of a newly toughened city attitude about trading water for possible future annexation, far from current city limits.

The river actually benefits from dry weather, which causes algae to bloom in parts of it. That blocks infiltration of the city's reclaimed water into the aquifer, letting it flow farther downriver even though Tucson Water isn't releasing any more water than before.

Her homemade cooking, like red chile con carne, attracted locals and tourists alike.

About $900,000 in federal funds will be used to bring water to the tribe’s lands for irrigation.

A Tucson police officer who shot and killed a suspected armed robber Monday was identified Tuesday as the same officer who has killed three ot…

King Yates is facing first-degree murder charges in the two separate killings.

In emotional meeting, Auggie Romero was told this is his last year as head of the school on Tucson's south side.

The two-car crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday on South Mission Road and West Irvington Place.

DNA evidence allegedly linked him to the case, police said.

"We're meeting with the decision makers'' instead, the governor said, meaning school superintendents, as teachers protest low pay.

The National Guard troops could help a bit stopping illegal entries, but the reason for the deployment is purely political.

I.K. Bruto and Neto talk about a pair of radio interviews about the proposed velodrome on Tucson's birthplace, at the foot of "A" Mountain.

Some off-duty officers helped save a man who was having a massive heart attack on Interstate 10 on Oct. 17, according to officials.  

Tucson Water will start releasing reclaimed water into the river Monday afternoon at 29th Street.

Growing up in downtown Tucson and the south side, Bertha Sanchez was an irregular visitor to the Santa Cruz River in the days that it carried …

Monday afternoon, a short stretch of the Santa Cruz River will live again, when Tucson Water releases reclaimed water into the channel at 29th…

Silver Lake played host to a flour mill, a hotel, ducks, boats, swimmers and fish until floods did it in.