Tucson AZ

I first stumbled onto Ruiz Hot Dogs on a dusty Tuesday evening, following the scent of bacon smoke drifting across South 6th Avenue. That first bite changed everything I thought I knew about street food. This little cart under a faded canopy has kept Tucson’s Sonoran hot dog tradition alive for years, serving up...

Now Tucson Police have a new type of light available to them that can make invisible bruises visible, and strong evidence.

TUCSON, AZ – Casino Del Sol has been voted “Best Casino” in Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson 2025. This marks the fifth consecutive year (2020–2025) Tucsonans have selected Casino Del Sol as the region’s premier gaming and entertainment destination. “Being named Best Casino by...

A shuttered Marana prison once employed 200 people and housed 500 low-security inmates. Now it may reopen as an ICE detention center. A packed town hall last week revealed that residents are desperate for answers even as local officials remain in the dark.

A new pipeline is in the works to transport petroleum from Texas to Arizona and California. The Western Gateway Pipeline, announced by Phillips 66 Pipeline and Kinder Morgan , will run from the Texas panhandle through Arizona to Southern California, and is meant to "enhance energy reliability and address growing...

Army veteran Josh Henderson and a SWAT officer are walking 150 miles from the Tucson VA to the Phoenix VA

It's a special time of year in Tucson to honor deceased loved ones through the annual celebrations of Día de los Muertos Nov. 1-2 and All Souls Procession Nov. 9. Now in its 36th year, the All Souls Procession has its origins in the arts community of Tucson. The procession was created by performance artists, painters...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, could cause the federal government to exclude almost a billion dollars of funding from Arizona schools. That’s the warning from Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne to the Arizona State Board of Education. However, he’s facing some...

Millions of Americans nationwide are going to lose their food stamps in a couple of days, and thousands in southern Arizona are also facing that reality.

On September 28, 2022, lightning struck a grove of palm trees near the Agua Caliente Spring on Tucson’s far northeast side. Winds carried the flames quickly down the streambed to the edge of the Main Pond before firefighters were able to contain the blaze within hours. The fire burned 225 palm trees and damaged about...