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The federal government finalizes a contract for a detention facility in Marana; residents in Sahuarita question a potential data center; an Arizona lawmaker attempts to pump the brakes on a federal gas tax; and more...

A Tucson-based company gets a major contract to develop missiles; as border wall construction continues, a piece of public land in Arizona gets less public; a local group attempts to find homes for an unlikely reptile; and more...

A hurricane off the coast of Mexico is set to bring strong rainfall to Southern Arizona; a generations-old Tucson newspaper gets a new owner; a community college in Graham County expands its programming; and more...

Pima County put a pause on data centers, TUSD talked to parents about possible school closures and a sacred site got a major historical reappraisal… after being destroyed by border-wall bulldozers. Also: tiny owls!

The UA says enrollment is down, and that’s a good thing; Nogales residents see the border wall coming through their town; Meet the man who bought a bank; and more...

New claims about an ancient site destroyed for the border wall; Another planned data center has opponents up in arms; We visit The Roost, a Tucson space for birds of prey to thrive; and more...

Pima County tries to slow down data centers; Thousands disappear from ICE online records; The head of NASA tells college students they are the future; and more...

County leaders take a vote on pausing data centers; Amazon says it has a way to save water; A Tucson man returns from a voyage to the bottom of the sea; and more...

Tucson’s largest district begins a painful discussion: what schools to close or consolidate; Blaming the Trump administration for higher electric rates; Mark Kelly mulls a run for the White House; and more...

Two local high school students are charged with bringing guns to school; Protestors sound off against data centers; A new rule could give people second thoughts about applying for a green card; and more...

A longtime Arizona Senator has died; Tucson police are writing more tickets -- so why are pedestrian deaths rising; Trees tell the story of a volcano that blew its top 500 years ago; and more...

A veterans group offers to treat Tucson’s contaminated water, in exchange for a golf course; A settlement over contaminated baby formula; Shedding light on the talks over the Colorado River; and more...

Flash floods lead to rescues across Tucson; Authorities round up a flock of protestors; Parents sing the praises of micro-schools, but worry what’s next; and more...

Details of Border Patrol expansion in southern Arizona; Thousands of refugees are losing medical coverage; Sierra Vista could become a spaceport; and more...

Memories of 9-11, on the ground in New York City; a look at the debate over a contested seat in Congress; A new game called Binho is catching on in Tucson; and more...

An update on conditions inside ICE detention; More people die on Tucson streets; How 9-11 affected life along the border; and more...

Former charter school leaders are indicted; The Border Patrol wants a huge new facility in Tucson; Remembering 9-11 through the pieces left behind; and more...

Going to Mexico? The US government says think twice; Covid cases are up, but it’s not another pandemic; Teaching about 9-11; and more...

On this Labor Day, travel south of the border gets a little bit easier; A pickle over pickleball gets resolved; We turn back the clock to a terrible day in 2001; and more...

The Pima County Recorder on elections in the age of Trump; Guess what’s back -- COVID; The Tucson rap scene is gaining traction; and more...

Remembering the victims of the Venture-N shooting; New UA signage honors native languages; Researchers look to a future of fusion power; and more...

We spot bulldozers on the border; A Tucson shooting is officially a hate crime; UA scientists set their sites on an upcoming moon mission; and more...

A new project reduces forever chemicals in Tucson’s water; A Texas man remains missing after Grand Canyon floods; Climate activists want to know more about power plant conversions; and more...

A Tucson shooting is being called a hate crime; Floodwater kill at least two in the Grand Canyon, with more still missing; people with intellectual disabilities tell their stories; and more...

The Trump administration sues the Arizona Board of Regents; a new private school for Tucson's blind students becomes state-approved; what to expect for the future of Tucson's economy; and more.