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Murals and Poetry – Beautifying the Ugliest Street in America

Murals and Poetry – Beautifying the Ugliest Street in America, 6 new murals in Tucson’s Speedway Corridor
Adelita Grijalva, Pima County Board of Supervisors Chair and Laura Conover, Pima County District Attorney and the Pima County Historic Courthouse in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, July 2. Grijalva and Conover held a press conference to talk about how Pima County would address the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which allows communities to fine and arrest houseless people for sleeping in public.

Pima County officials address challenges of homelessness following Supreme Court ruling

Local leaders highlight need for resources and humane solutions.

Law enforcement partnerships and community help lead to convictions following threats

Federal and local law enforcement partnerships as well as community tips have helped against threats to the University of Arizona community and gender-based violence.
Katia Lamer, director for the Center for Multiscale Applied Sensing at the Brookhaven National Laboratory who leads the team that drives the mobile weather trucks on Tuesday, July 2, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz. Lamer says the lack of climate data can make it difficult to quantify inequities in regional heat and air quality.

Arizona researchers tackle urban heat with innovative weather data collection

UA team partners with DOE’s Brookhaven Lab to study and mitigate extreme heat in the Southwest.
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development administrator Andy Berke and Patrick Ledger, Arizona Generation and Transmission Cooperatives’ CEO, cut the ribbon to a new battery energy storage system in Sahuarita, AZ on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

$55.2 million to boost clean energy in rural Arizona with new battery systems

Federal funding will support three new battery energy storage facilities, lower energy bills, create jobs, and promote sustainability in cities like Sahuarita.

Why "Breaking Bread" is a different approach to political discussion.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How art can help with in-hospital healing; Luis Alberto Urrea on how his literature career began; and "Stories That Soar!" considers the meaning of love.
The 1936 University of Washington’s varsity crew team.

BOYS OF '36: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THURSDAY at 9PM

Dynamic Planet: Earth

WEDNESDAY at 8PM

In the Americas With David Yetman

TUESDAY at 6:30PM
Benjamin Franklin portrait by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1778.

Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns

MONDAY at 10PM

Grantchester

SUNDAY at 8PM

Hollywood at Home: The Great Escape (1963)

SATURDAY at 8PM

Owl Party

Tucson Neighbors Gather Nightly To View Great Horned Owls And Create Community

Counseling in the Streets

Peer Counseling Groups Offset the Lack of Mental Health Services in Rural Arizona
Views of Havasupai Gardens from the top of Bright Angel Trail at Grand Canyon National Park, Thursday, Aug. 31. In 1928, the National Park Service instituted policies that forced the Havasupai Tribe out from Ha'a Gyoh, the vibrant riparian area close to the Colorado River in the inner canyon where they once lived. Colloquially and offensively, known as "Indian Gardens," it wasn’t until last year, that the National Park Service on behalf of the Havasupai Tribe, submitted a letter to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, to change the name to Havasupai Gardens.

Texas man dies while hiking at Grand Canyon National Park

Park officials said that during the summer, temperatures on exposed parts of the trail can reach over 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius) in the shade.
New observations of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter have revealed that the planet’s atmosphere above and around the infamous storm is surprisingly interesting and active. This graphic shows the region observed by Webb — first its location on a NIRCam image of the whole planet (left), and the region itself (right), imaged by Webb’s Near-InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec).

New findings about Jupiter revolve around Great Red Spot

Data from James Webb Space Telescope adds to giant planet's mystery.

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