New Mine’s Lights May Dim the View of Tucson Night Sky
Mining project will bring 24-hour lighting near base of observatory, which could spell disaster for Tucson’s observatory.
Mining project will bring 24-hour lighting near base of observatory, which could spell disaster for Tucson’s observatory.
More than a dozen people have driven over metal spikes placed in manhole covers, damaging tires. The police are on the hunt for the culprit.
Pima County was awarded a $150,000 grant that will help it develop a plan to reduce incarceration and recidivism numbers.
Postal service postpones transfer of Tucson’s Cherrybell services to Phoenix.
The city wants to end homelessness for military veterans by the end of 2015, but supportive housing vouchers for veterans is limited.
At a vigil on the Tohono O’odham reservation, community members prayed for lives lost in the desert and protested what they characterized as the militarization of the border.
Downtown Tucson is making a comeback after the new streetcar’s debut which has lunch spots and bars popping up along its historic Congress Street.
Customs and Border Protection are working to expand use of drones and border-surveillance technologies even though they have proved ineffective over the years.
The City of Tucson plans to double its budget for erasing graffiti. The proposed budget has received opposition from local art educators who advocate for more blank wall space for taggers to express themselves.
The Pascua Yaqui tribe hopes a federal grant will alleviate the financial burden of foster care and help place more foster children into Yaqui homes.
One Tucsonan is among many Red Cross volunteers heading to states devastated by recent flooding and tornadoes.
Tourists travel to Tombstone for gunfight re-enactments. But two murders and a police-involved shooting death in the past three years have the town of 1,300 re-evaluating its gunslinging tourism industry.
Arizona has three of the top 10 public schools in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, but it lags behind in overall public education performance. A proposal from Gov. Doug Ducey could magnify the gap by rewarding highly ranked schools and defunding others.
Arizona scientists and researchers are working on large-scale methods to save water through wastewater reclamation, evaporation-preventing covers and plant genetics.
About 50 local residents gathered in downtown Tucson in solidarity with a world-wide protest against Monsanto on Saturday evening.
On Friday, officials said the fire at Coronado National Park was 50 percent contained and had not damaged any structures.
Construction will begin in June to add a courtyard memorial garden and covered walkways that will connect the Holocaust History Center to the Jewish History Museum.
Charles, a poodle terrier mix, disappeared on Sunday. The power of social media has brought Courtney Robbins, the dog’s owner, a step closer to finding her best friend.
The Tucson Police Department posts the deployment schedule for its photo radar vans online two weeks in advance, and it is widely dispersed by the local media.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department says it is using the live streaming application to increase the transparency of its operations.
An Arizona woman who says United States Border Patrol agents slashed her tires on a desert road is seeking $1.5 million in damages for repeated violations of her rights.
The Pima County library system wins at least a temporary reprieve from budget cuts that could have closed eight branches on Sundays.
Mia Chism, a copy editor at the Institute, loves spending time with people who love journalism as much as she does and would rather copy-edit in her spare time than watch Netflix.
It took a journey through social media to find a woman who went through a violent and traumatic trek to the United States. This is one of many examples of how social media can be used as a tool in reporting.
With the temperature rising past 100 degrees, Thursday was a good day for Tucson’s city pools to open.