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Photograph of Navajo Indian Code Talkers Henry Bake and George Kirk, 1943.

Governor establishes Navajo Code Talker holiday

Now every August 14, the state of Arizona will recognize the Navajo U.S Marines in World War II who created an unbreakable code.

News roundup: Groundwater protection bills stall in legislature, county and UA retains mask mandates

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 30.

Sunlink bus sign announcing that masks are required to ride.

Pima County keeps mask mandate

County officials say the Governor has overreached his power.

Grape vines at a vineyard in Willcox, Arizona, 2018.

No movement on groundwater protection bills

This year's efforts to bring more regulation to Arizona's groundwater use have failed in the state legislature.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA not lifting mask requirements

The decision is despite Governor Ducey’s order allowing the end of mask mandates.

A view of the mall at the University of Arizona taken from the Student Union.

No increases for AZ resident undergrads in tuition proposals

University presidents reflect a commitment to ensuring affordable education despite the financial hardships caused by the pandemic

Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona, July 6, 2020.

Anniversary of first COVID-19 cases among Tohono O'odham members

According Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care in early March 2021, 1,740 tribal members had contracted the disease.

News roundup: TUSD reports from first week back, Sonoran officials die in plane crash on way to Tucson

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 29.

Wild horses near Heber-Overgaard, Arizona in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.

Forest Service opens public comment for horse removal plan

The Agency has given an eastern Arizona community near Heber until late April to weigh in

First week back goes ‘tremendously smooth’ TUSD superintendent says

About half of the district's students returned to campuses for the first time in a year

Students attend class at Los Amigos Elementary in the Sunnyside Unified School District. March 2021.

Education notebook: Pima County students return to campuses after spring break

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County gets FEMA COVID-19 vaccine site

The state changes course on allowing FEMA to come in.

Protesters march through downtown Tucson on July 4th in support of Black Lives Matter movement and against police brutality.

Tucson city budget town hall: community safety

City officials say they want to hear how the public would allocate the budget for services like policing and housing.

Gov. Doug Ducey at July 30 update on Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ducey reopens bars, lifts mask mandates

Tucson keeps mask rule under city charter

A puddle in a relatively dry creek bed in the Patagonia Mountains at a time when the region was experiencing extreme and exceptional drought. March 2021.

Extreme and exceptional drought stretching across southern Arizona

Tony Paniagua spoke to one rancher impacted by the dry conditions.

Arizona Gov. Ducey speaks to reporters at a news conference held along the border in Douglas on March 19, 2021.

Ducey bashes Biden’s border and immigration policies

The governor criticized the president's appointment of Vice President Harris to help oversee the administration's response.

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