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Arizona Helping Hands provides birthday gifts to foster children across the state. The gifts can include bikes, clothes, toys, books, and other goodies.

Arizona Helping Hands launches mobile unit to assist foster children and families throughout state

More than 2,700 foster children were served in 2022, and the organization expects to help more this year as they are averaging assistance for 70 to 80 children each week.
Navajo President Buu Nygren urged the House Natural Resources Committee to reverse a ban on mining and drilling for 10 miles around Chaco Canyon, saying it deprives tribe members from collecting payment on their mineral allotments and violates the tribe’s sovereignty. July 2023

Navajo witnesses clash over government’s Chaco Canyon mining ban

A new 20-year moratorium on drilling and mining within 10 miles of the Chaco Canyon tramples on tribal sovereignty and denies Navajo badly needed royalty payments, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told lawmakers.
Kari Lake during the watch party for Arizona Republicans at the Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch on Nov. 8, 2022.

Attorney says there is no conspiracy tied to decision to move Kari Lake's legal appeal to Pima County

The move is based on a new Arizona law.
The first panel at The Buzz Live event on July 10, 2023 with guests (from left) Sonia Gasho, Ash Dahlke and Mark Apel and host Christopher Conover (right).

The Buzz Live! Water Conservation and AMAs in Cochise County

The area's agriculture industry copes with a possible future as a recall vote looms.
Girls enjoying pizza and soda at a sleepover party.

Explore the Secret History of Sleepovers.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Pima County Public Library brings MegaMania! back to Tucson; and Arizona Illustrated's new series of poetic short films.
People with the group No Labels hold signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2011.

Arizona Democrats file complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy

Arizona Democrats filed a complaint Thursday with Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.
After two decades of drought, parts of Lake Mead that were once underwater have been exposed as the lake falls to historically low levels.

21st annual Water Resources Research Center brings in international collaborators

The conference focused on water solutions in a changing arid climate.
The seal of Cochise County.

Douglas AMA challengers get AMA back on the ballot

The existence of the Douglas AMA will go back to voters in 2023 General Election

Trump supporter from Arizona who got caught up in a January 6 conspiracy theory sues Fox News

Raymond Epps, a former Marine who said he was forced from his Arizona home due to threats, is asking for unspecified damages and a jury trial.
The Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower in Phoenix. January 2021.

AG Mayes to be acting Governor

She will be in charge while Governor Hobbs is out of state.

Arizona woman who faked being a nurse practitioner during pandemic gets 5-year prison term

The Arizona Board of Nursing began investigating O’Guinn after she falsely claimed that she was a medical professional
The baseball field at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kans. The university's baseball program has a decades-long tie to Tucson. Its 1978 NAIA championship team featured six Tucsonans.

I enjoyed every minute of it, from the day I started: Wrapping up Season 1 of More Than a Game

It's our last episode of season one and the final part in our series examining baseball in the borderlands.
President of the Patagonia Area Resource Alliance (PARA), Carolyn Shafer, stands in one of her favorite places along Harshaw Creek in Patagonia, Arizona. Shafer has lived in the community for about 26 years.

Permitting timetable published for Southern Arizona critical minerals mine

The South32 Hermosa project is located in the Patagonia Mountains
Harris visited the Gila River Indian Community on July 6, 2023, to address the administration’s plan to support Native communities.

Kamala Harris discusses commitment to Native communities during Arizona visit

The vice president met with Gila River youth leaders prior to her speech.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (D). January 2023

Governor makes contraceptive medications available over the counter at pharmacies

Gov. Katie Hobbs says the rule will go into effect immediately
File image from the Hoover Dam.

The Buzz: Tracing the Colorado River’s problems back for more than a hundred years

This week, we preview Thirst Gap, a new podcast from the team at NPR member station KUNC.

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