Tucson AZ

(The Center Square) – A new year means new laws, and that is certainly the case for Arizona in 2026. On Jan. 1, the state’s minimum wage rose to $15.15 an hour. In Tucson, it is now $15.45 an hour. This is due to Tucson Proposition 206, an initiative that voters approved in 2021. Also happening as of Jan. 1, the...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - About 150,000 Arizonans, including 40,000 veterans, stand to lose SNAP benefits, now that stricter federal work requirements have taken effect. That’s according to the Arizona Center for Economic Progress. Under the old model, homeless people, youth previously in foster care, veterans, and...

Fueled by a massive influx of tech giants (the "Silicon Desert" effect) and a housing inventory that can’t keep pace with migration, the Grand Canyon State has seen one of the fastest rises in housing costs in the nation. The "Housing Wage"—the amount a full-time worker needs to earn to afford a modest two-bedroom...

TUCSON, AZ — The Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise has announced that James O’Kimosh will serve as GM overseeing Desert Diamond Casino Tucson, Desert Diamond Casino Sahuarita, and Desert Diamond Casino Why in Southern Arizona. O’Kimosh had previously been serving as Southern Arizona Slot Director. O’Kimosh is...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Mostly cloudy and mild today. Highs will be similar to yesterday, or slightly warmer. Our next weather system will arrive Wednesday, bringing widespread valley rain and high elevation snow, followed by yet another cooler weather system Thursday resulting in scattered valley rain. and mountain...

Arizona added the fourth-ranked 2026 Transfer Portal tight end Cole Rusk from Illinois on Tuesday.

The deadline for Tucson Unified School District's first school lottery is Friday, Jan. 9. According to a news release from TUSD, this is the best opportunity for families to secure a spot at their preferred school for the 2026-'27 school year. Families who want to enroll their students in a...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – Seasonable temperatures continue to start the work week. A low pressure system is expected to cross the region Wednesday into Friday, bringing chances for rain and high elevation mountain snow. A First Alert Weather Day for Wednesday due to the high chance for storms.

Tucked behind El Minuto Café in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo sits El Tiradito, a wishing shrine tied to the folktale of 18-year-old Juan Oliveras. For more than 140 years, Oliveras has lived as a local legend about an affair setting off a chain of violence and heartbreak, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

VAIL, Ariz. (KGUN) — A routine day of grocery shopping turned into evacuations at a busy Safeway in Vail Monday. When there’s a refrigeration leak at a place as big as a supermarket, there’s the potential for a lot of leaking refrigerant so when that happened at the Safeway on Mary Ann Cleveland near Colossal Cave...