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Tucson police officially fire officer who killed man in wheelchair

Pima County Attorney's review of Nov. 29 shooting continues

Depending on weather conditions, Picacho Peak State Park may offer good opportunities for seeing wildflowers, March 5, 2019.

Fate of wildflower season depends on winter rain, says expert

A dry fall slowed the growth of Tucson area wildflowers but there is still hope for an above average bloom this winter.

The Arizona Trail runs from the border with Mexico to the Utah state line.

Arizona Trail's southernmost point is open again after long border wall closure

After more than a year of closures, it’s opened to hikers again on Dec. 31, 2021.

A Pima County correctional officer glances inside a cell at the county jail.

51 unvaccinated Pima County workers heading for the exits

County prepares to fire employees who defied mandate.

At-home COVID test kit distribution at Abrams Public Health Center on Tuesday

The Pima County Health Department and El Rio Community Health Center will have 3,000 kits available between 1 and 7 p.m.

In Central Arizona, the future of homes and farms relies on water stored underground. Some experts say that supply can't sustainably meet demand in the long term, especially as the population grows and the total water supply shrinks.

With less water on the surface, how long can Arizona rely on what's underground?

Some experts say aquifers are overtaxed and shouldn’t be seen as a long-term solution for a region where the water supply is expected to shrink in the decades to come.

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports over 7,000 more COVID-19 cases, 154 deaths

COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide increased for the third straight day.

The sun shines harshly behind a saguaro cactus.

Last year was fifth-warmest recorded in Tucson

Each month was among the warmest in Tucson history except for July, when there was heavy rainfall during the monsoon season.

Tucson shovel-nosed snake needs Endangered Species Act protection, group argues

Center for Biological Diversity headed to court as snake's habitat faces threats.

Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

A record number of migrants died along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021

The grim milestone comes as border officers continue to use the pandemic-era protocol Title 42, which sends most migrants and asylum seekers quickly back to Mexico.

Postal bins with tags for ballots in the 2020 general election.

Deadline expires for Arizona to update election procedures manual

AG, SOS could not agree on changes in time for 2022 election.

Arizona sports betting revenue off to soft start

Arizona’s general fund collected just over $1.3 million in taxes during the first two months of legalized sports betting.

Arizona sees over 14,000 new virus cases, most in a year

The state Department of Health Services said the new case count was boosted by lower than normal counts on Sunday but that there has been a steep upward trend.