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Rarely seen photos of the USS Arizona, sunk Dec. 7, 1941, in Pearl Harbor
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Rarely seen photos of the USS Arizona, sunk Dec. 7, 1941, in Pearl Harbor

  • Rick Wiley
  • Dec 7, 2022
  • Dec 7, 2022 Updated Mar 6, 2026

The USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship commissioned in the United State Navy in 1916. She went through an extensive modernization in 1929, with new deck armor, boilers, turbines, guns and fire-control. During the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, a bomb may have detonated a powder magazine at the midships gun turret and the battleship exploded violently and sank, with the loss of 1,177 officers and crewmen. The U.S. made a formal declaration of war against Japan the following day. Germany and Italy then declared war on the United States, which the U.S. reciprocated on Dec. 11.

The USS Arizona still rests at the bottom of the harbor and is now part of the USS Arizona Memorial. The ship and all of her crew are memorialized at the University of Arizona Mall.

USS Arizona

USS ARIZONA taken from Manhattan Bridge on the East River in New York City on its way back from sea trials. Note Christmas trees on both lookouts atop cage masts. December 25,1916.

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USS Arizona

View of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and Commandant Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, USN, at the keel-laying of USS ARIZONA (BB-39) in 1914.

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USS Arizona

View of Waterfront Looking North from Top of Building Number 6, U.S.S. Arizona at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1911

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USS Arizona

USS Arizona, Arrival of Sponsor, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, in 1915

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USS Arizona

The propeller shaft and aft cradle of the USS Arizona the day before its launch in 1915.

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USS Arizona

Launch of USS Arizona at the New York shipyards in June, 1915.

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USS Arizona

This is a hand out photo of the Arizona delegation at the christening of the ship on June 19, 1915 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. The photo includes Eva Behn, Mrs. W.W. Ross, Sec of Navy Josephus Daniels, Gov. George W.P. Hunt and Esther Ross who christened the ship. Note the rope still attached to the champagne bottle used in the christening. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

This is the remains of the champagne bottle and the rope that was attached to it that was used to christen the ship on June 19, 1915 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

This is a detail of the champagne bottle used to christen the ship on June 19, 1915 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

This is the remains of the water bottle used to christen the ship on June from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

This is a commemorative medal worn by the ship's sponsor, Esther Ross, during the christening of the ship on June 19, 1915 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016. Note, the metal is from a casting from a cannon on the USS Maine which was sunk under mysterious circumstances in Havana, Cuba in 1898.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

This is the reverse side of a commemorative medal worn by the ship's sponsor, Esther Ross, during the christening of the ship on June 19, 1915 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016. Note, the metal is from a casting from a cannon on the USS Maine which was sunk under mysterious circumstances in Havana, Cuba in 1898.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

The leader Arizona passing 96th St. Pier in great naval review at N.Y. City. Ca. 1918. Paul Thompson. (War Dept.) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 165-WW-334A-4A WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 477

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USS Arizona

USS Arizona steaming with other Atlantic fleet battleships during gunnery practice, 1917.

National Park Service
USS Arizona

A Sack race Recreation on board a battleship, circa 1916-1917. This ship is either USS Pennsylvania (Battleship # 38) or USS Arizona (Battleship # 39). The original image, copyrighted by N. Moser, New York, is printed on post card (AZO) stock.

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USS Arizona

The USS Arizona at sea on Dec 16, 1918 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

View of number 3 turret, with a Nieuport 28 airplane on the flying-off platform, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa spring 1921. Note: airing hammocks and mainmast details.

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USS Arizona

Firing 14" guns broadside during battle practice, 1920s.

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USS Arizona

U.S.S. Arizona in lock, Panama Canal, 1921

Library of Congress
USS Arizona

Pushing a peanut by blowing on it, during a shipboard competition on board USS Arizona (BB-39), circa 1923-1925.

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USS Arizona

Ship's complement posing on her forecastle, forward turrets and superstructure, circa 1924. The officer seated in the second row, 4th from right, is Ensign Arleigh A. Burke. Collection of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, 1977. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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USS Arizona

A 1922 Christmas program from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. "At 'Em, " as in term Up and A'tem, was the ship's slogan.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

U.S.S. Arizona in 1924

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USS Arizona

USS Arizona (BB39). Starboard bow, underway with aircraft overhead in 1927.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

The ship's engineering crew posed by one of the gun turrets circa 1928 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Note, a couple of African-Americans on the crew. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

USS Arizona's crew cleaning forward section near gun turrets #1 and #2, late 1920s.

National Park Service
USS Arizona

An amphibious airplane rests on the catapult of the ship circa 1927 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Aircraft are perched on the fantail of the ship while at anchor which may have have been taken in 1927-28 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson.. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Around 1929, an airplane is catapulted from the deck of the ship from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Crew members of the ship sweep the deck circa 1927-1928 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Arizona (BB39) port bow, before being modernized at Norfolk Naval Shipyard between May 1929 and January 1930. Photo taken between 1917 and 1929

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

Starboard rear quarter view of the U.S. Navy battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia (USA), in March 1931 following her modernization. To the right are the destroyers USS Blakeley (DD-150) and USS Biddle (DD-151).

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

After being modernized the ship takes President Herbert Hoover, left, on a vacation cruise to the Caribbean as he walks with Secretary of War Patrick Hurley in March 1931 from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Dines at sea on board USS ARIZONA (BB-39). Captain Charles S. Freeman, Commanding Officer of BB-39, is fourth from the left. President and his party were embarked in ARIZONA for a 10 day tour of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, beginning 19 March 1931.

Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

Description: Underway with President Herbert Hoover on board, March 1931. The Presidential Flag is flying from her mainmast peak.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

In drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Oahu, T.H., 3 March 1932.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

USS Arizona, Upon Completion of Modernization, Norfolk Navy Yard Ports, Virginia, Serial No. 140-31

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

Pitching in heavy seas during the 1930s. after modernization. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

In early March 1933, the ship was sent to Long Beach, Calif., after an earthquake struck the area and the ship provided a shore party that helped patrol the area, communcations, set up first aid stations and food and shelter for the victims of the tremor from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

USS Arizona central galley interior, 1930s.

National Park Service
USS Arizona

The naval tradition of the "crossing the line" ceremony is a long-standing ritual involving initiation rites of passage for new recruits crossing the equator for the first time as this 1936 photo of a sailor dressed as Davey Jones from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

These are a couple of pages from William Charles Austin's scrapbook from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. The book contains 96 pages of documents, black and white photographs of sailors, relatives and friends, US Naval battleships, the Arizona's athletic teams and interior views of the ship and aircraft from 1930-31. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

The ship's baseball team took batting practice wherever they could including at sea in this circa 1931-1938 Navy propoganda photo from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

The ship's whale boat team in 1941 was the Pacific Fleet runner up from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson. Only two member of this team survived the attack at Pearl Harbor. Courtesy of UA Special Collections

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Members of the USS Arizona band, known as Navy Band Unit 22, perform on Nov. 22, 1941, in the semifinal round of the Battle of Music at Bloch Arena at Pearl Harbor. They finished second and advanced to a final competition that would never be held. Everyone in the band died onboard the Arizona during the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. U.S. Navy photo by Tai Sing Loo

Courtesy of UA Special Collections
USS Arizona

Aerial photograph from 2500 feet altitude, looking southward, showing the U.S. Fleet moored in the harbor on 3 May 1940. This was soon after the conclusion of Fleet Problem XXI and four days before word was received that the Fleet was to be retained in Hawaiian waters. There are eight battleships and the carrier Yorktown (CV-5) tied up by Ford Island, in the center of the harbor. Two more battleships and many cruisers, destroyers and other Navy ships also present, most of them moored in groups in East Loch, in the foreground. A few of the destroyers are wearing experimental dark camouflage paint. In the distance, center, is Hickam Army Air Field. The Pearl Harbor entrance channel is in the right distance.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

Vertical aerial photograph from 17,200 feet altitude, looking directly down on East Loch and on the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island. Taken on 3 May 1940, after the conclusion of Fleet Problem XXI, and just prior to the 7 May receipt of word that the Fleet was to be retained in Hawaiian waters. There are eight battleships and the carrier Yorktown (CV-5) tied up along the island's southeastern side (toward the top), with two more battleships alongside 1010 dock at top right center. Two light cruisers and two destroyers are among the ships moored along Ford Island's northwestern side. Seventeen other cruisers and over thirty destroyers are also visible, mainly in East Loch. At the seaplane base, at the southern (top right) tip of Ford Island, are at least 38 PBY patrol planes.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

Vertical aerial view of Battleship Row, beside Ford Island, during the early part of the horizontal bombing attack on the ships moored there. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft. Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Nevada; USS Arizona with USS Vestal moored outboard; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia moored outboard; USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma moored outboard; and USS Neosho, only partially visible at the extreme right. A bomb has just hit Arizona near the stern, but she has not yet received the bomb that detonated her forward magazines. West Virginia and Oklahoma are gushing oil from their many torpedo hits and are listing to port. Oklahoma's port deck edge is already under water. Nevada has also been torpedoed. Japanese inscription in lower left states that the photograph has been officially released by the Navy Ministry. Donation of Theodore Hutton, 21 September 1942. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

USS Arizona (BB-39) ablaze, just after her forward magazines exploded. At right, shrouded in smoke from the fire, are the main and foremasts of USS West Virginia, which is listing sharply to port after she was torpedoed. Upright mast further to the right is the mainmast of USS Tennessee (BB-43), moored inboard of West Virginia. The bow and foremast of USS Vestal (AR-4), moored outboard of Arizona, are visible at the left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

Vertical aerial view of Battleship Row, beside Ford Island, soon after USS Arizona was hit by bombs and her forward magazines exploded. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft. Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Nevada; USS Arizona (burning intensely) with USS Vestal moored outboard; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia moored outboard; and USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma capsized alongside. Smoke from bomb hits on Vestal and West Virginia is also visible. Japanese inscription in lower left states that the photograph has been reproduced under Navy Ministry authorization. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

Aftermath of the Japanese sneak attack on these three stricken U.S. battleships; from left to right: West Virginia (BB-48) (severely damaged),Tennessee (BB-43) (damaged), and the Arizona (BB-39) (sunk). (click on image to zoom in)

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. USS Arizona sunk at en:Pearl Harbor. The ship is resting on the harbor bottom. The supporting structure of the forward tripod mast has collapsed after the forward magazine exploded.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

The forward magazines of the U.S. Navy battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) explode shortly after 08:00 hrs during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), 7 December 1941.

Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

Front page of the Arizona Daily Star on the morning after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.

Arizona Daily Star file
USS Arizona

Burned out and sunk in Pearl Harbor on 10 December 1941, three days after she was destroyed during the 7 December Japanese raid. Ships in the background are USS Saint Louis (CL-49), in center, and the hulked minelayer Baltimore (CM-1) at left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Arizona

Battleships moored off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack on Dec. 7 1941.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

Burned-out wreck of USS Arizona, at Pearl Harbor, December 1941

U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

USS Arizona 4358-42; Man coming out of turret #3 in 1943. Department of the Navy. Fourteenth Naval District. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Fleet Salvage Unit. ca. 1941-1947

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USS Arizona

The USS Arizona's sister ship, the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) leading USS Colorado (BB-45) and the cruisers USS Louisville (CA-28), USS Portland (CA-33), and USS Columbia (CL-56) into Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, in January 1945.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

USS Arizona, Submerged off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Library of Congress
USS Arizona

Aerial of Pearl Harbor and Ford Island with salvage operations of USS Arizona underway on Oct. 27, 1942.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

Aerial of Pearl Harbor and Ford Island with salvage operations of USS Arizona underway on Oct. 27, 1942. View is just aft of the gun turret #4.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
USS Arizona

USS Arizona, Submerged off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Library of Congress
USS Arizona

Passes the wreck of USS Arizona (BB-39) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Memorial Day, 31 May 1958. Bennington's crew is in formation on the flight deck, spelling out a tribute to the Arizona's crewmen who were lost in the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Note the outline of Arizona's hull and the flow of oil from her fuel tanks. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

A starboard quarter view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) passing the USS ARIZONA Memorial in 1986.

U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

Tugs move USS MISSOURI (BB 63) to her berth at Ford Island (background). This berth is roughly where the battleships MARYLAND (BB 46) and OKLAHOMA (BB 37) were moored on 7 December 1941. The 184 foot-long USS ARIZONA Memorial in the foreground spans the mid-portion of the sunken battleship USS ARIZONA (BB 39).

U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

An aerial view of the USS Arizona Memorial with a US Navy (USN) Tour Boat, USS Arizona Memorial Detachment, moored at the pier as visitor disembark to visit and pay their respects to the Sailors and Marines who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

Elgin clock that is reported to have been recovered from the Admiral’s bridge aboard the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) following its loss on December 7, 1941.

National Park Service
USS Arizona

USS Arizona cruise album (P130) with open pages titled “Memory Leaves” signed by friends/shipmates, listing their hometowns.

National Park Service
USS Arizona

The Smooth Log from the Life and Legacy of the USS Arizona exhibit at the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson., on Nov. 23, 2016. The log is a source reference for historical data of all weapon system aboard the ship. It is used for inspections, material readiness and operation documentation.

A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
USS Arizona

Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Ben McCallum (left) and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class James Aldridge, with Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 Construction Dive Detachment (CDD) Alpha, swim toward the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to conduct an indoctrination dive for future work May 20, 2016.

Petty Officer 1st Class Charles / U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

Steel Worker 1st Class Jesse Hamblin (left) and Builder 2nd Class Justin Lieder, with Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 Construction Dive Detachment (CDD) Alpha, examine a ladder well of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during an indoctrination dive for future work May 20, 2016.

Petty Officer 1st Class Charles / U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) passes by the Arizona Memorial as Sailors spell out "FREEDOM" and man the rails of the ship as the ship pulls into Pearl Harbor for a liberty visit in 2001. The stop is the first port call for Nimitz following a transit around South America while on the way to the her homeport of San Diego, Calif.

Shawn Patrick Eklund / U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

The USS Port Royal (CG 73) commanded by Capt. Pat Allen, prepares to pass in review and render honors to the USS Arizona Memorial with the sunken battleship's gun turret number three protruding from the water during the Dec. 7th commemoration ceremony hosted by Commander, Navy Region Hawaii.

U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Jennifer Usenick, assigned to the Golden Eagles of Patrol Squadron (VP) 9, reads the list of fallen military members following colors aboard the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2014. The memorial marks the resting place of more than 1,000 Sailors and Marines who were killed aboard the battleship USS Arizona (BB 39) during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Amber L. Porter / U.S. Navy
USS Arizona

Sailors salute as USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) passes the Arizona Memorial on Dec. 2, 2016, and arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day events. Dec. 7, 2016, marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu.

PO3 Cole C. Pielop / U.S. Navy

NATICK, Mass. — A World War II museum in Massachusetts is displaying artifacts commemorating the Pearl Harbor attack ahead of the Dec. 7 anniversary.

The International Museum of World War II says it recently acquired a life ring from the USS Arizona.

The battleship was among those destroyed in the surprise attack by Japan on the U.S naval base in Hawaii that prompted the U.S. to enter the war in 1941.

The ship's sunken remains are now a national memorial.

The museum, located in the Boston suburb of Natick, also displays many other artifacts related to the attack.

Among them is Japan's formal declaration of war against the U.S., pieces of Japanese planes shot down at Pearl Harbor and women's panties that read: "Remember Pearl Harbor, Don't Get Caught with Your Pants Down."

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UA ordered to surrender emails to skeptics of human-caused climate change

Board of Regents had argued disclosure of the documents would be "contrary to the best interests of the state.''

Steller's Friday Notebook: Rep. Raúl Grijalva discusses hostile-workplace claim, missed votes

Steller's Friday Notebook: Rep. Raúl Grijalva discusses hostile-workplace claim, missed votes

Plus, a Republican jumps into the CD2 race, a Dem steps out, and snakes can still eat meat.

Arizona Wildcats' Trevor Wood continues to work at defensive end heading into Foster Farms Bowl

Arizona Wildcats' Trevor Wood continues to work at defensive end heading into Foster Farms Bowl

Highlights from the UA's media availability after practice Thursday afternoon as the team continues to prep for Purdue.

Tucson Fire chief announces retirement after 29 years with department

Tucson Fire chief announces retirement after 29 years with department

Was chief of the department since 2011.

Fight heats up over whether Arizona universities charge unconstitutionally high tuition

Fight heats up over whether Arizona universities charge unconstitutionally high tuition

Attorney general contends the tuition charged at the state's three universities fails to comply with a constitutional mandate to be "as nearly free as possible.''

Tucson Republican jumps into race for Martha McSally's seat

Tucson Republican jumps into race for Martha McSally's seat

Lea Marquez-Peterson's long-rumored campaign for Congress is a go.

Tucson weather: Freezing morning temperatures will lead to a chilly day

Tucson weather: Freezing morning temperatures will lead to a chilly day

Temperatures will peak 4 to 10 degrees below average.

Woman displaced by apartment fire on Tucson's east side

Woman displaced by apartment fire on Tucson's east side

The woman's apartment sustained water damage after a fire in the neighboring unit.

Naked Mexican man found atop coal shipment at Arizona border

Naked Mexican man found atop coal shipment at Arizona border

Man said he was assaulted by two people who took his belongings and clothes.

Woman shot, 2 detained on Tucson's east side

Woman shot, 2 detained on Tucson's east side

Police say that the victim and suspects knew each other.

Arizona town suspends police chief who misplaced handgun

Arizona town suspends police chief who misplaced handgun

The Prescott Valley police chief who lost his handgun last month will be suspended for two days without pay.

Ex-aide: Arizona Rep. Trent Franks offered $5M to carry his child

The Arizona Republican had announced only Thursday that he would leave the House over accusations that he asked two former aides to bear his child as surrogate mothers.

Rapper who died in Tucson, Lil Peep, overdosed on fentanyl, Xanax

Rapper who died in Tucson, Lil Peep, overdosed on fentanyl, Xanax

The death of the 21-year-old rapper on his tour bus prior to a Nov. 15 concert at The Rock, has been certified as accidental, according the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner.

Phoenix police try to track activities of man accused of killing 2 Tucson girls

Phoenix police try to track activities of man accused of killing 2 Tucson girls

Christopher Matthew Clements is a convicted sex offender who pleaded not guilty in the deaths of Tucson girls Isabel Celis, 6, and Maribel Gonzalez, 13.

Fire-damaged South Tucson restaurant Micha's to reopen Wednesday

Fire-damaged South Tucson restaurant Micha's to reopen Wednesday

The popular South Fourth Avenue eatery Micha's Restaurant announced it would reopen this week after it was shuttered by a kitchen fire in Apri…

Tucson mom given 15-year prison term in daughter's scalding

Tucson mom given 15-year prison term in daughter's scalding

Samantha Osteraas’ adopted daughter was 5 years old in December 2016 when she suffered third-degree burns over more than 70 percent of her body.

Rain and 60-degree temps expected in Tucson today

Rain and 60-degree temps expected in Tucson today

Tucson received a bit of rain last night, with more thunderstorms — and possible fog — expected to continue today.

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