More Pima County Tucson Stories

Pima County to receive new allocation of emergency rental funds

The money comes from the state's allocation, which has gone largely untouched.

Tucson city council weighs extending half-cent tax increase

Prop 101, approved in 2017, expires this year.

Pima County sues the City of Tucson over water

The suit is the result of a policy regarding water prices.

Tucson city council tells employees to get vaccinated by December or face firing

Pima County will required COVID-19 vaccinations for employees who interact with medically vulnerable people.

Pima County supervisors appoint Stahl Hamilton to fill Senate vacancy

Stahl Hamilton will fill the Legislative District 10 seat vacated by fellow Tucson Democrat Kirsten Engel.

Ducey, local governments continue to spar over mandates

Tucson, Pima County, UA leaders all push back.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe to receive early voting site till 2024

The tribe and Pima County Recorder's Office announced a settlement to the 2020 lawsuit seeking to reinstate an early voting site in the reservation.

Pima County overdose deaths on pace to surpass last year's record

Nearly 450 people died from overdoses across the county last year, county officials say this year that number could surpass 500.

Tumamoc Hill closed next week for maintenance

The popular recreation spot will close Monday night and reopen next weekend.

Tucson homicide rate soars

The increase is part of a national trend.

Council approves water rate hike for non-city users

Conservation, equity are cited as reasons

U.S. Border Patrol's new migrant facility in Tucson takes form

The agency told city officials a tent-like facility to house asylum seekers is slated for a plot just outside Tucson.

Low saguaro reproduction numbers at national park in Tucson

Drought cycle that dates to the mid-1990s thought to be responsible

Ducey reopens bars, lifts mask mandates

Tucson keeps mask rule under city charter

"Bend in the Wash: The Rancho Linda Vista Artist Community"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Searching for gamma-rays with a telescope array in the Santa Rita Mountains, and film essayist Chris Dashiell on the masterpiece “La Jetée”.

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