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An early voting sticker included in a 2020 election ballot envelope for Pima County.

Security change at Tucson early voting sites

Tucson Police officers will no longer be stationed at early voting sites.

Sign in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's lands urging tribal members to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Judge denies early voting site within Pascua Yaqui tribal lands

The tribe sued Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez last week in effort to reinstate the site her office closed in 2018.

Arizona, US unemployment headed in opposite directions

Pandemic unemployment claims push state numbers higher.

Early-ballot stickers for voters in Pima County.

Exploring the myth of monolithic voting blocs

Campaigns often target voting "blocs" based on gender, religion and race, despite these groups being politically diverse.

News roundup: Final presidential debate, OSIRIS-REx mission shows signs of success

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 22.

Pima County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard Elías speaks during a press conference with county and city of Tucson leaders about COVID-19 precautions on March 9, 2020.

Mission Library renamed in honor of Richard Elías

The longtime Pima County supervisor died in March.

California Sen. Kamala Harris (L) and Vice President Mike Pence in a televised debate, October 7, 2020.

Do political debates still have value?

A UA expert on civil discourse insists voters have the final say.

The entrance to the U.S. Census Bureau's office in Tucson.

With census field operations wrapped, concerns over count persist

Officials say 99.9% of households nationwide were accounted for, but data experts say it's not that simple.

Children who are waiting for asylum in the United States with their families in Nogales, Sonora, marched to the border wall Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, to ask the United States to open the border to them.

Young asylum seekers in Nogales share their stories, plead for relief

Still image from Oct. 20 video of the OSIRIS-REx sample collection event, with rocks flying around the arm of TAGSAM after it makes contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

Preliminary data suggests OSIRIS-REx sample event a success

The first pictures back from the asteroid Bennu have been welcomed as good news by mission scientists.

News roundup: Expert says Arizona seeing COVID-19 surge, wildfire effects on water outlast blaze

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 21.

Fishing boats float on the Sea of Cortez outside the little town of San Felipe, Baja California, in October 2018.

Mexico fishermen scoff at governor's suggestion to switch to taxi driving

The suggestion comes as fishermen in the Sea of Cortez struggle with increasing restrictions meant to protect a highly endangered porpoise.

Artist’s conception of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx touches an asteroid

The UA-led project is a first for NASA.

News roundup: OSIRIS-REx touches asteroid, COVID-19 cases on the rise, Tohono O'odham Nation donates to virus research

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 20.

A meadow along Canyon Creek, Tonto National Forest.

As Western fires burn, focus narrows on forest management. But it’s easier said than done

Correcting the mistakes of the past is tougher than it sounds, as managers work to get ahead of coming wildfires and learn from previous ones.

Eighteen plots are laid out on the hillside on Brian Mealor’s property in Sheridan County, Wyo. Mealor is studying how differing amounts of herbicide sprayed at different times of year can be used to manage invasive species.

In grasslands plagued by invasives and drought, wildfires fuel calls for new solutions

Invasive plants and climate change are changing the relationship between vast rangelands, drought and wildfire.

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