Tucson AZ

Until Tuesday, a company with zoning approval in Tucson could have relatively unlimited access to Tucson’s water system, even if it was going to use millions of gallons of water.

Kindness can be contagious. One morning, the Contreras brothers—Max, age 15, and Pedro, 18—pulled up to the front of The Salvation Army Tucson Hospitality House with a wad of $20s in hand. Max had just withdrawn the money from his bank account with a heartfelt purpose in mind: to donate the money to feed people in...

A suspect is hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot by police outside a central Phoenix restaurant early Tuesday morning. The RTA is advancing with a 20-year half-cent sales tax plan to fund transportation projects. Pima County explores zoning amendments for data centers. Updated: 16 hours ago. The...

TUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson is facing dangerous heat this week as an Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect through Thursday evening, with highs topping 105°F and climbing to 107°F by Thursday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, residents across Pima County and southern Arizona should prepare...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Crews responded to a structure fire near West Bopp Road and South Camino Verde in Pima County on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Deaver Road was closed at Michigan Street as of 5:30 p.m. The Drexel Heights Fire Department confirmed...

The better common name for Terrapene ornata luteola is the ornate box turtle. The name desert box turtle is old like me….not Miocene old…maybe early Holocene. Hey, I recently read some nice essays about shrines in the borderlands written by the Tucson desert rat and artist Linda Victoria. Below is a link to her...

A 17-year-old male has been arrested for an alleged stabbing in the Main Library on the University of Arizona campus.

Sahuarita police are investigating an attempted bank robbery at a US Bank branch inside a Safeway grocery store.

The Southwest is in for peak dog days as a looming heat wave has triggered extreme heat warnings and advisories for 80 million people from the U.S.-Mexico border to southwest Utah. Federal forecasters said a swirling system of warm, descending air over the crosshairs that divides Arizona, Utah, Colorado and...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Officials with the University of Arizona say an investigation is underway following a stabbing that left a woman injured. Per a statement, U of A's police department received a 911 call at around 2:12 p.m. regarding a stabbing at the university's main library, which is located near 4th Street and...