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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Nearly 600 incoming freshmen started at Desert View High School on Wednesday, July 29, with many of them already familiar with the campus. The school’s Freshman Academy — a program unique to Sunnyside Unified School District — places freshmen together for their core classes, creating what admi

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Wildcats Memory Lab at the University of Arizona is a free, do-it-yourself digitization and preservation resource where people can bring VHS tapes, photo albums and more to create digital copies they can keep for years. "We have seen very steady interest in the lab—people...

A registered nurse in Oro Valley Hospital’s emergency department is one of 10 national recipients of a Nursing Excellence Award from Community Health Systems. Nardos Feshazion, RN, who has worked at Oro Valley Hospital for almost two years, was surprised by hospital leadership with a crystal plaque and a symbolic check

TUSD board unanimously appoints Alma Mejia-Garcia as interim principal of Pueblo High School amid investigation into former principal.

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says a man has been taken to the hospital after a barricade situation ended peacefully Wednesday morning, July 29. The situation started about 9:00 a.m. in the 12000 block of East Placita Rancho Solados near Tanque Verde Road and...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 105. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 83. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a...

TUCSON, AZ — Southern Arizona is set for another day of hazardous heat Friday, with an Extreme Heat Warning remaining in effect through Saturday. Forecasters say temperatures will run 8 to 12 degrees above normal, pushing many communities into dangerous territory. Tucson has a 30 to 70 percent chance...

JEROME, AZ (AZFamily) — A restaurant that has sat inside a historic Arizona hotel for over two decades has shut its doors. Jerome Grand Hotel owners, Larry Altherr and Ken Elliott, shared on its Facebook page that the long-standing restaurant that has called the hotel home, Asylum Restaurant, closed permanently. The re

A mass shooting in downtown Tucson more than a week ago has raised concerns among community members about an increase in violent incidents involving teens and young adults.

A MASSIVE 163,000-square-foot casino has been unveiled, with guests set to take the floor later this year. The news comes as multiple casino developments break ground in the US, and other major operators are closing locations. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe recently unveiled the first look at the new Casino Del...