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Tucson's Alex Bowman scores runner-up finish at 2024 Daytona 500

The NASCAR Hendricks Motorsports driver started racing as a youngster in Marana.

UA announces new athletic director

Desireé Reed-Francois is a UA alumna who is currently AD at the University of Missouri.

Legal questions arise over City of Tucson’s call for a special tax election in August

State law and Tucson’s city charter are at odds over the issue of calling elections for the approval of new taxes.

Tucson zoo mourns death of 6-week-old zebra

Tikiti Maji was born Christmas day and named in a public competition.

Man serving life in prison for 2014 death of Tucson teen faces retrial in killing of 6-year-old girl

Jury selection began Tuesday in the second murder trial for Christopher Clements in the Isabel Celis case.

The Buzz: Combatting Generational Poverty in Pima County

A new effort aims to help those who are born into poverty move up the socio-economic ladder.

Budget de la Gente funds community connection in Ward 1

The ward is the first in Arizona to implement participatory budgeting.

Tucson TreeCycle recycling program in effect for New Year holidays

Residents can bring their Christmas trees to city sites through January 15.

ABOR seeks to advance Title IX lawsuit against UA

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan granted a 30 day extension to the board to file a legal petition–the first step to seek an opinion for the high court.

Senior Olympic Festival Is This Month

Participants 50 years old and older will take part in hundreds of activities in Tucson

The Buzz: Looking back and ahead at our economy

Economists say growth is likely to slow, but not stop, in the region and nation.

Tucson to launch at-home composting program next year

Composting keeps harmful greenhouse gases out of landfills.

Mayor Romero “accepts the challenge” of another term in 2024 State of the City Address

The mayor highlighted her administration’s accomplishments of 2023.

Sit-in at UA's College of Education calls to reinstate professors

Around 60 staff, faculty, students and community members participated.

40 years of Gould’s turkey restoration success in the Sky Islands

From local extinction to Thanksgiving triumph, the journey of North America’s largest wild turkey species in Arizona’s southeastern mountains

Tucson Water receives federal funding to combat PFAS, construct new water treatment facility

$30 million awarded through EPA from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

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