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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero delivers her annual State of the City address on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz. Mayor Romero was re-elected Nov. 7.

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

The mayor highlighted her administration’s accomplishments of 2023.
University of Arizona College of Education senior Sophie Chapman reads a list of demands to Dean Robert Q. Berry, III on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The demands include reinstating two professors who were placed on suspension are audio recordings of their classroom lecture was shared on social media

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
John Kmiec, director of Tucson Water at the Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Kmiec says that the water that flows through the wetlands is highly treated water from the Pima County Agua Nueva facility that gos into the aquifer for future generations.

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

$30 million awarded through EPA from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Treated wastewater, like this sample in Carson, California, could soon become a bigger part of the West's water portfolio. Cities in the drought-stricken Colorado River basin are putting big money behind project

ADEQ unveils Advanced Water Purification Program

The program looks to reuse wastewater into a purified water source

Stargazing marvel: Saguaro National Park earns Urban Night Sky certification

International Dark-Sky Association taps park to join its cosmic club
A solar array used by Tucson Electric Power to add renewable energy to the grid, August 2019

TEP's energy plan under review

Assessing Tucson Electric Power's path to carbon neutrality and natural gas debate
Median rental costs in Southern Arizona have almost doubled since 2005. The Buzz examines the rental market and how it's affecting Arizonans.

The Buzz examines Southern Arizona's home rental market

Rent costs have outpaced wage growth, leading to issues for many renters and growth in help for those households.
Demonstrators lie on the asphalt during a previous protest of Raytheon's weapons sales to Israel on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.

Anti-weapons "die-in" protest blocks Raytheon entrance during morning commute

The civilian group called for the company to stop supplying weapons to Israel.
Tucson City Hall

Tucson to rip out more turf

The money comes from the state's Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona.
Passengers wait to board a bus at the Ronstadt Transit Center in downtown Tucson. Rides have been free since March 2020.

Public comment open for new Tucson rapid bus line

Tucson Rapid Transit will develop five miles of either Stone or Oracle into a new high-capacity transit route.
City of Tucson's council chambers in downtown.

The Buzz speaks with Tucson City Council candidates

Candidates see streets, crimes and homelessness as the city's top issues.
Officials break ground at the site of the American Battery Factory in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

$1.2 billion American Battery Factory breaks ground in Tucson Southside

The lithium iron phosphate battery manufacturer is expected to bring in billions of dollars to Southern Arizona.
Candidates for Mayor of Tucson. From left to right: Ed Ackerley (I), incumbent Regina Romero (D), and Janet "JL" Wittenbraker (R).

The Buzz: El Tour de Mayor of Tucson

AZPM takes a drive around Tucson with three candidates running in the mayor's race.
Effluent gushes out of the outfall, into the Santa Cruz River. The outfall of water is constantly flowing, but there is a diurnal fluctuation due to cyclical human water use.

Reviving the Santa Cruz River: A decade of clean waters and ecological resurgence

From stagnation to splendor: How wastewater innovation breathed life back into a desert oasis
The Santa Rita Mountains look over the city of Tucson from the South in this view from the Catalina Highway.

Plan Tucson Releases Community's Input for Tucson’s Future

Tucson residents were asked how Tucson should plan for the next 20 years of growth.

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