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Ozone goes over EPA standard in Pima County for first time this year

The county has breached the federal levels 22 times since 2013. Maricopa County has exceeded the standard 20 times this year.

A national report shows a lack of inventory is a key factor in higher housing prices in 2018.

Trump signs Sinema bill to protect vets from predatory mortgages

The new law targets the period before certain VA loans can be resold.

A juvenile brown pelican is corralled by Marana Police officers before being taken to the Tucson Wildlife Center on July 26, 2019. Pelicans are sometimes blown off course into the desert by hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico.

Lost pelican lands in Tucson

The seabird is being treated by wildlife specialists.

The Tucson Unified School District office, 1010 E. 10th St., Tucson, Arizona.

TUSD takes steps to update its sex ed curriculum

The proposed update will have a more evidence- and research-based focus.

Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background.

Geoff Notkin on the past - and future - of space exploration.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Mexican rock stars sing out about immigration; and a party to celebrate the "The Queen of the Night" at Tohono Chul.

A view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, next to the Kolb Studio, September 2018.

Arizona seeing record numbers for tourism, state office says

Tucson's UNESCO gastronomy designation was a game changer, according to the deputy director.

Madonna Thunderhawk and her daughter, Marcy Gilbert, at Standing Rock 2017. The pair were featured in "Warrior Women," a film about the women of the American Indian Movement in the '60s and '70s.

Arizona Spotlight for July 18th, 2019

Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival presents indigenous stories for all to see; Retired astronaut Mark Kelly reflects on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing; and a Spotlight Session from Heather Hardy & Alvin Blaine.

Pima County looks local to fund high-quality universal preschool

Success will take time, education officials say, likely beginning with a pilot program.

Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick speaks to the press at the Doubletree Reid Park in Tucson on election night, 2018.

Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick joins call for Trump impeachment

Grijalva, Gallego and Stanton already support impeachment inquiry.

Pararescue jumpers from the 563rd Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base prepare to parachute to a fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean, July 2019

Davis-Monthan airmen rescue injured fishermen

Pararescue jumpers flew nearly 2,000 miles to help.

A file image of two students walking on a campus in Pima County.

National report says Arizona has made steady progress in education

More needs to be done, and the pace of improvement is too slow, education advocates say.

The Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress Street in Tucson.

Legislation could send federal judges to Yuma and Flagstaff

A bill in Congress allows federal court hearings in two more Arizona cities.

Some of the contemporary citizens of Bisbee, Arizona who participated in a dramatic re-enactment of the 1917 Bisbee Deportation for the film "Bisbee '17", directed by Robert Greene.

A town faces ghosts from its past in "Bisbee '17"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Looking for a new shelter arrangement for asylum seekers in Tucson; and Aurelie Sheehan talks about her new short story collection "Once Into the Night".