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Former truck driver sentenced to 29 years for attempted murder of boss who reprimanded...

A former truck driver has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for the attempted murder of his boss who reprimanded his poor personal hygiene and driving. Back on November 1st, 2023, 34-year-old truck driver Zane Hammond was a truck driver at United Freight Services in Phoenix for about two years when he quit after...
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Cat dies in mobile home fire in Pima County

At least one Tucson home was destroyed in an explosion on Tuesday, July 15. PHOTO GALLERY: U.S. Military conducts joint deportation flights with DHS. The U.S. Defense Department released what it says are the first pictures of the U.S. Military supporting the U.S. Border Patrol with deportation operations on Friday...
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The Show for Aug. 7, 2025: Tucson’s Project Blue uproar, noodles with robots and...

Hundreds of Tucsonans packed into the convention center this week to oppose Project Blue. We’ll find out why the proposed data center is igniting such opposition. Plus, envisioning a less threatening robotic future where humans and cyborgs eat noodles together. Community outrage shut down Project Blue data center...
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Tucson loses a community resource as UA ends its Writing Skills Improvement Program

The University of Arizona is shutting down its decades-old Writing Skills Improvement Program this fall. Since the 1980s, the program has offered UA students — as well as middle- and high-school students — training and development in writing and critical thinking. UA says similar resources will still be available...
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Dr. Jack R. Cole, long-time leading figure at UA College of Pharmacy, dies at...

Dr. Jack R. Cole, Dean Emeritus of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona and an active member of Tucson's Jewish community, died Aug. 2. He was 95.
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Nightfall returns to Old Tucson with new villain, haunts and entertainment

Nightfall is back at Old Tucson, and organizers say the 33rd edition of Southern Arizona’s Halloween tradition will be bigger, bolder and unlike anything fans have seen before.
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Walker Fire burning in southern Arizona now 50% contained

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Crews battling a new wildfire burning in southern Arizona enjoyed some success Thursday despite the extreme heat. The Walker Fire started on the southeastern side of the Santa Rita Mountains, within the Walker Basin near the Temporal Gulch, on Tuesday, Aug. 5. By 6 p.m....
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Dragon Bravo Fire is now nearly the size of Tucson; crews forced to truck...

Fire officials told community members in northern Arizona on Wednesday that intensely dry conditions and strong winds are making the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim hard to manage. The fire has burned an area nearly the size of Tucson at more than 200 square miles....
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Wagon company won’t return to Winterhaven this year

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The transportation company involved in an accident during the Winterhaven Festival of Lights last year won’t return in 2025. Winterhaven Rides made the announcement online, and the Winterhaven Festival of Lights Committee said that it was told the company had dissolved. “We do want...
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Residents react to City Council’s decision to keep Sun Tran free

Tucson City Council voted at its meeting on Wednesday to keep Sun Tran's fleet of buses, and its streetcars, free to ride, at least for now.

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