Pima County asks state to turn off faucet for Copper World mine
Pima County is asking Arizona officials not to renew a permit to pump and use groundwater for the Copper World mining project ahead of its…
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Border Patrol plans new station near Tucson
A CBP letter obtained by LOOKOUT reveals plans for an 87-acre Border Patrol station in Southern Arizona that the agency says will help increase apprehensions.
Read full article βTucson charter school director, wife & employee indicted on theft & fraud charges
Academy del Sol founder and former director Jason Riegert, along with his wife and a former school office administrator, is accused of misappropriating the school's…
Read full article βNavajo leaders raise alarms about planned AI data center near Horseshoe Bend
Officials in Page, Arizona, a small city near the Glen Canyon Dam, passed a land sale agreement last fall that establishes a framework for future…
Read full article βInterfaith Community Services wrapping up hygiene product drive for Tucsonans in need
ICS is wrapping up a hygiene product drive; Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is inviting Tucsonans to come out to its annual Hunger Walk…
Read full article βCiscomani & Mendoza to debate in Southern Az’s swing congressional district this week
A roundup of Tucson-area political events: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger JoAnna Mendoza will debate; ; TUSD hosts public meetings on school closures;…
Read full article βTucson LD 18 candidates clash over vouchers, data centers
Republican and Democratic candidates in a Tucson legislative district split sharply on school vouchers and data centers in debates on Thursday.
Read full article βBorder Patrol trainee one of 2 men charged with Sahuarita sexual assault, kidnapping
Two Southern Arizona men, one identified by his lawyer as a trainee Border Patrol agent, are facing felony charges after they allegedly planned and carried…
Read full article βTrump administration moves to drop gray & Mexican wolves from Endangered Species List
Reeling from criticism over his plans to import beef, President Trump attempted to win back favor from ranchers and beef producers by ordering the Interior…
Read full article βPolice release bodycam video of July shooting that wounded 9 in Downtown Tucson
Authorities released body camera footage of a July mass shooting in Downtown Tucson on Friday, while a judge days earlier extended the typical deadlines in…
Read full article βLatest flu shots available in Pima County, but new COVID vaccine not here yet
With cold and flu season around the corner, local health officials are urging Pima County residents to get their flu and COVID-19 immunizations.
Read full article βPress Room: Pima Recorder talks mail-in ballots; Reporters discuss Venture-N murders & border wall
This week on Press Room: Host Tony Perkins talks with Pima County Recorder Gabriella CΓ‘zares-Kelly about the Trump administration's effort to disrupt delivery of ballots…
Read full article βThousands of Az voters received letters asking if theyβd moved. Hereβs why.
Some of the letters, which are linked to a new Arizona law, went to about 150,000 voters who hadnβt moved because of flaws in state…
Read full article βVideo: Candidates for Tucson legislative seat debate Thursday
Candidates for a Tucson-area legislative seat are scheduled to debate at 6 p.m. Thursday. The GOP challengers hope to flip seats in Dem-leaning Legislative District…
Read full article βClean Elections rejects GOP candidateβs bid to exit program amid disciplinary proceedings
Itβs too late for Republican Arizona Corporation Commission candidate Ralph Heap to back out of the stateβs public campaign funding program, the Citizens Clean Elections…
Read full article βMore than 1,000 mourn at vigil for 2 men killed in hate crime at Tucson gay bar
More than 1,000 Tucsonans came to a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening, remembering the two victims of a murder-suicide outside the Venture-N gay bar, which was…
Read full article βBorder wall contractors bulldoze land near Arizona oasis Quitobaquito Springs
Border-wall construction workers cleared land on Wednesday within a mile of Quitobaquito Springs β a Southern Arizona desert oasis sacred to the Hia-Ced Oβodham people,…
Read full article βSeizures, chest pain & long holds at a Phoenix ICE facility flying under the radar
Between December 2025 and March 2026, ICE agents called 911 to request medical help for immigrant detainees at the midtown Phoenix facility on 11 separate…
Read full article βAz Senate Democratic leader, other Dems look to hold safe Tucson seats
Two Republican candidates are challenging a trio of entrenched Democratic lawmakers as the GOP looks to make inroads in deep-blue Tucson.
Read full article βAz election officials worried by Trump plan to block mail delivery of ballots
Democrats in Arizona are warning that the Trump administrationβs executive order that would allow the U.S. Postal Service to block delivery of vote-by-mail ballots could…
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