Nearly 1,000 pounds of meth, fentanyl found hidden in Phoenix man's RV at Arizona border: CBP
“Following a positive alert by a CBP narcotics detections canine to a scent it is trained to detect, the search led to the discovery of 129 packages of drugs hidden within the roof mounted A/C unit,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords released from hospital after appendicitis treatment
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly rushed to his wife's side in Tucson who was hospitalized with appendicitis on Feb. 15, and four days later, she's being released.
Arizona CBP arrest Mexican national carrying $85K worth of fentanyl pills
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Mexican national who was allegedly attempting to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills.
Man accused of stealing $25,000 dinosaur claw from Tucson gem show, police officials say
Police in Tucson say they have arrested a man who allegedly stole a dinosaur claw fossil from a gem show, and then tried to resell it.
Sonoran desert tortoise doesn’t need US protection, federal agency says
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the tortoise doesn’t warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act because a scientific study “determined that it is not at risk of extinction in the foreseeable future.”
Former Arizona lawmaker Olivia Cajero Bedford dies at 83
Olivia Cajero Bedford, a Democrat who represented Tucson, was in the state House from 2003-10 and the state Senate from 2011-18.
I-10 in Tucson reopens after crash involving overturned semi
An overturned semi truck blocked the westbound lanes on Interstate 10 in Tucson on Feb. 9.
Southern Arizona trooper fatally shoots man on I-10 after hours-long standoff
Marana and Oro Valley police are investigating after Arizona DPS troopers shot a man during a standoff on Interstate 10.
Man shot after pointing replica gun at Tucson officer, police say
Tucson Police say the 25-year-old man who was shot had ignored multiple orders to drop the gun, and the officer fired after the man pointed the gun at him.
Pima County official resigns, says evictions too frustrating
Constable Kristen Randall said in her resignation letter that she's had both fulfilling experiences and “terrible, life-changing ones as a constable.”
University of Arizona names first female police chief
Paula Balafas was patrol officer in Colorado for six years with the Wheat Ridge Police Department and a detective for three years before she was promoted to sergeant.
Air Force launches study of changes to flight training areas in Arizona
Three alternatives to be studied would change flight restrictions in areas northwest of Phoenix, west and southwest of Tucson and in parts of southeastern and east-central Arizona extending in western New Mexico.
US Marshals arrest Pennsylvania rape suspect in Tucson
"Task force members conducted a thorough investigation and developed information that Hazen fled Pennsylvania to avoid prosecution and was residing in Tucson, Arizona," the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release.
Nogales man arrested after meth, fentanyl were seized during traffic stop along the I-10, DPS officials say
During a search of the car, troopers found meth and fentanyl, as well as a "personal-use amount of cocaine," according to DPS officials.
Suspects in murder of Maryland woman arrested at Arizona homeless camp, officials say
A man and a woman accused of murdering a woman in Maryland in 2017 have been arrested at a homeless camp in Arizona, according to officials in Maryland's Anne Arundel County.
2 suspects arrested in vandalism of Tucson elementary school
Tucson Unified School District officials said more than 60 windows were broken on Jan. 25 at Annie Kellond Elementary.
Inmate convicted of murder dies at Tucson prison from apparent suicide
Officials with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Re-entry said 39-year-old Michael Walton died Sunday “from an apparent act of self-harm by hanging.”
Suspect arrested in fatal Tucson crash involving pedestrian
A suspect has been arrested in a deadly crash involving a pedestrian near the University of Arizona campus, according to Tucson police.
Tohono O’odham woman acquitted in protest of border wall construction
Amber Ortega was charged after she refused to leave a construction site about 150 miles southwest of Tucson, where contractors were building more than 40 miles of 30-foot-tall steel border wall.