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The short story “A White Heron” was written in 1886 by Sarah Orne Jewett, and adapted for radio by Cynthia Meier in 2021.

The Rogue Theatre presents "A White Heron".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Bisbee Bloomers' annual garden tour returns; and remembering drumming legend Charlie Watts.

The radio station in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation, which formerly housed the tribe's early voting site.

Legal settlement is a win for Pascua Yaqui voting rights.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Understanding Lewy Body Dementia; and remembering NPR broadcaster Neal Conan through his love of comic books.

Soldier Canyon in the Catalina Mountains.

Measuring the Monsoon.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: 'Tis the season for mushroom hunters on Mount Lemmon; and "Gloria: A Life" returns to The Invisible Theatre.

A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

University of Arizona will require masks indoors

ASU, NAU also announce mask requirements amid rising number of COVID-19 cases statewide.

A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

UA to open with in-person classes

Arizona requirements keep the university from mandating vaccines and masks.

The Near Earth Object Surveyor infrared telescope is moving toward its preliminary design phase, led by University of Arizona professor Amy Mainzer. NASA plans to launch the surveyor in 2026.

Arizona professor will lead NASA project to locate menacing objects near Earth

An infrared telescope will track any asteroids that one day could crash into the planet

Arizona hires ex-Wildcats star Chip Hale as baseball coach

Hale succeeds Jay Johnson who was named LSU’s new coach last month

Vanderbilt slips past Arizona in 12th to advance in CWS

First extra innings game in College World Series since 2014

Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

University of Arizona researchers to study cross-border childhood asthma

The UA study will follow 500 pregnant women of Mexican descent in both cities and their newborns for the next five years

Arizona punches CWS ticket with 16-3 romp over Mississippi

Wildcats pound out 20 hits in rubber game of the series

Arizona shows off power in 9-3 victory over Ole Miss in College World Series

Wildcats take first in best of 3 Super Regional

Chella Man, "Loving You", photo #3 of 3.

The Continuum of Chella Man

Also on Arizona Spotlight: the current Tucson Museum of Art exhibition "4 x 4" celebrates Nasfarian Lotfi; and "Archive Tucson" shares the story of a family who resettled in Tucson in 1948.

Arizona's Candrea retiring after 36 years, 8 national titles

Softball coach is retiring after winning eight national championships and amassing more wins than any coach in college softball history

Stacy Iveson, UA Director of Recruiting-Operations for softball.

Florida State rallies to eliminate Arizona at Women's CWS

Wildcats lose close game to end their season

Jing Xia and Bin Hu perform together as Duo Chinoiserie.

Duo Chinoiserie and the best of many musical worlds.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The largely forgotten history of Tucson's first city zoo; and a reading from "Grow: A Novel in Verse" about friendship between a woman and a girl.

Susan Miner in a photo illustrating an average day of virtual connections and distractions. Miner advises using your remote control in a new way - a self-help tool, being as selective with your media as you are with your food.

Susan Miner on finding acceptance and growth in times of difficult transition.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The NPR Student Podcast Challenge continues; and "Stories That Soar!" celebrates the boundless creativity of youth during a difficult year.

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