Man struck by truck at Midtown intersection dies in hospital
A 63-year-old man died in hospital on Oct. 4, after being struck by a truck at a Midtown intersection on Sept. 28.
ON RISKY GROUND: Tucson neighborhood fights city hall over ‘dangerous’ flood risks
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A rezoning fight on Tucson’s northeast side is raising big questions for all of Pima County. Casita Village at La Mariposa is a proposed community of more than 120 luxury rental units. The city of Tucson calls it safe, while neighbors call it a...
⚖️ PCC Board Meeting Wednesday: College Must File Lawsuits or Accept Surrender—No Middle Ground...
😽 Keepin’ It Simple Summary for Younger Readers. 📢💔 The federal government just took away over $10 million that was supposed to help students at Pima Community College (PCC) — students whose families don’t have much money 💵, whose parents never went to college 🎓, or who need childcare while they study 👶📚.
💉 Shots Fired: Former Surgeon General Dr. Carmona Blasts RFK Jr.’s “Ideology,” While Keith...
Based on the Buckmaster Show for 10/6/25, a daily radio show in Tucson, AZ, interviewing local newsmakers. Analysis and opinions are our own. 😽 Keepin’ It Simple Summary for Younger Readers.
‘Difference between tragedy and survival’: U of A testing molecules to combat fentanyl deaths
TUCSON, Ariz. — It killed more than 50,000 Americans in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The opioid crisis remains a major public health threat in the United States and nearly 70% of drug poisonings and overdose deaths last year involved synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, which...
16 years after daycare fire killed 49 kids, U.S. deports fugitive to Mexico
TUCSON, AZ — A woman wanted in connection with a 2009 daycare fire that killed 49 children in Hermosillo, Mexico, has been deported from Arizona to face criminal charges. Sandra Lucia Tellez-Nieves, 51, was removed from the U.S. and returned to Mexico on October 2. She is accused of...
UPDATE: Interstate 19 car crash kills one, sends three more to hospital
Santa Rita Fire District is reporting that southbound Interstate 19 is closed following a crash near kilometer post 88.
Motorcyclist killed on East Golf Links Road Monday identified
Tucson Police Department has identified the motorcyclist killed Monday evening as 33-year-old Thomas E. Vargas.
A jaguar, a wall, a sacred valley: What’s at stake in San Rafael
In late summer, a jaguar padded somewhere near the San Rafael Valley, a pristine grassland nestled between the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains southeast of Tucson. Trail cameras monitored by Sky Island Alliance confirmed its presence in the “impact zone” of a new 27-mile border wall slated for construction in that...
Businesses and organizations affected by homeless on The Loop
It’s not only people who use the Loop that face dangers everyday by the homeless population, it’s also nearby residents and businesses.
