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Backpacks ready for distribution to at-risk youth.

Backpack Project Reaches Out to At-Risk Youth

Nearly 6,000 backpacks have been donated to young Tucsonans.

The southern slope of Sentinel Peak, also known as "A Mountain," covered in buffelgrass.

Flowers and Fire: Rain a Double-Edged Sword in the Desert

While moisture can mean impressive wildflower blooms, recent rains are fueling invasive species that feed wildfires.

Signs held by No More Deaths supporters before the start of trial of four volunteers, Jan. 15, 2019.

Charges Dropped Against 4 Migrant Aid Volunteers

The No More Deaths members will be fined but receive no jail time.

Researchers view the collective behavior of ants to search for links to human behavior.

UA Scientist Looks At Significance of Small-Scale Social Life

Finding clues to human intelligence in behavior of bees and ants

A plow refuels in the Flagstaff area, Feb. 21, 2019.

Snow Storm Closes Arizona Schools, Clinics

A record-breaking storm hit north-central Arizona on Thursday.

The 2019 UA Science Lecture Series, Searching for Certainty, explores the debates and discoveries, from scientists across disciplines, that are shaping science today.

Episode 170: Can Intelligence Be Measured?

Is 'intelligence' a set of decentralized, independent problem-solving modules, or a singular, generalized skill of innovation?

Workers install solar panels on a rooftop.

The State of Solar Power

Where does support for renewable energy stand after the failure of Proposition 127 last fall?

Myriam Moscona's parents were born in Bulgaria and settled in Mexico after World War II.

Sephardic Jews and Their Language Inspire Mexican Writer

Myriam Moscona focuses on her heritage and the language of her elders: Ladino, also called Judeo-Spanish.

Families seeking asylum await processing outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Nogales, Sonora, Opens New Shelter For Migrants

With wait times getting longer and temperatures dropping, the city opened a new shelter and started taking in families this week.

Five additional rows of concertina wire added to border fence in Nogales, Arizona, by U.S. Army soldiers, Feb. 6, 2019.

Tucson Joins Nogales in Fight Over Concertina Wire on Border Fence

The City Council voted to back the small border town in its fight with the federal government.

"Hold On To Your Weaves" (2018) / photograph by Kennady Schneider

#Black - Exploring Identity with Photography

Also on Arizona Spotlight: A "Go Fund Me" campaign for the border wall; An author's journey in search of her Sephardic Jewish heritage; and the world debut of the play "The Hall of Final Ruin."

A Border Patrol vehicle drives alongside bollard fencing at the international line in Sunland Park, New Mexico on February 11, 2019. Customs and Border Protection's El Paso Sector covers more than 260 miles of border and includes all of New Mexico.

BP: Apprehensions Down Overall Despite Recent Increase in Families

How the surge in families requesting asylum has strained resources in CBP's El Paso Sector.

Jane Hamilton Fine Art 27th Anniversary Show

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A sign of Highway 80 outside Cotton City, New Mexico. The highway originates in Douglas, Arizona and crosses New Mexico as it runs north to Interstate 10.

Policing a Highway With No Immigration Checkpoint

The sheriff of Cochise County talks Highway 80, which straddles New Mexico and Arizona.

A mural outside the Borderland Cafe in Columbus, New Mexico on February 12, 2019.

'A Little Bit of Everything' in New Mexico Border Community

Locals in Columbus say the peaceful town is a crossroads for people who find themselves in the Southwest.

Pima County is getting input on a possible change to the legal age of tobacco purchase.

County Fires Up Debate Over New Tobacco Sales Measure

The ordinance would raise the minimum age to buy tobacco to 21, including vaping products.

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