Arizona mayor defies governor's COVID vaccine mandate ban: 'No authority'
One Arizona mayor announced that she will keep the coronavirus vaccine mandate for city workers in place despite Gov. Doug Ducey's renewal of an executive order banning local governments from imposing the vaccine requirements.
Pima County board member proposes indoor masking mandate
A member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors wants to help curb the spread of the coronavirus by imposing a countywide mandate for people to wear masks while inside indoor public places and cannot easily social distance.
Tohono O'odham Police locate missing 4-year-old boy in southern Arizona
The boy was reported missing at 10 a.m. on Dec. 17 in the San Idisro Area of the Schuk Toak District, which is southwest of Tucson.
Cannabis in Arizona: Over 1,500 applications filed for social equity pot licenses valued at over $10M
The Department of Health Services is reviewing the applications filed by the Dec. 21 deadline and has said a random selection process to award the social equity licenses will be conducted next spring.
Surcharge for unvaccinated Pima County employees challenged
The Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs said in its lawsuit that unvaccinated county employees are confronting whether to continue shouldering the costs or get vaccinated, despite personal or medical concerns.
North Carolina Zoo welcomes male grizzly bear from Tucson
There are currently about 55,000 wild grizzly bears in North America, most of them in Alaska, according to the zoo. Approximately 1,500 grizzlies in the lower 48 states.
UArizona offering cannabis courses related to business, law and medicine
The University of Arizona is joining forces with marijuana education company Green Flower to offer three non-credit classes about the industry.
2 arrested, accused of attempting to smuggle migrants inside hearse near Arizona border
Agents stopped the hearse four miles north of the border on State Route 286 and saw people wearing camouflage clothing lying in the back of the vehicle.
Writer profiles every USS Arizona casualty at Pearl Harbor
Profiles of all 1,177 sailors and Marines who died on the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack have been compiled for the first time by a Tucson woman who spent more than five years researching their stories.
In 24 hours, Arizona troopers seize more than 237 pounds of meth on I-8
Arizona DPS troopers and the Arizona National Guard made the drug busts on Interstate 8 in southern Arizona on Dec. 7 and 8.
Pima County supervisors fill 2 vacancies in Arizona House
Morgan Abraham and Christopher Mathis has been appointed to the Arizona House of Representatives to fill vacancies in Districts 9 and 10.
Tucson names Deputy Chief Chad Kasmar as new police chief
Chad Kasmar, a 21-year police veteran, replaces Chris Magnus, who was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate to lead Customs and Border Protection.
6-year-old girl dies after being struck by a pickup truck in Tucson
A young girl died after being struck by a pickup truck in Tucson, according to authorities.
Arizona evictions up, but not close to pre-pandemic levels
The eviction moratorium had been imposed to protect tenants struggling to pay rent amid the economic disruption of the pandemic.
Phoenix man sentenced for trying to smuggle thousands of rounds of ammo into Mexico
A federal judge in Tucson sentenced Mauricio Robles on Wednesday on his July 26 guilty plea.
Tucson officer investigated in pinning women to ground case
An off-duty Tucson police officer who was seen on video pinning a woman and her grown daughter to the ground in a restaurant parking lot two weeks ago faces administrative and criminal investigations, the police department said in a statement.
Redevelopment of Tucson’s tallest building includes hotel
A developer says Marriott has signed on to make the first nine floors of One South Church building part of its Tribute brand, a collection of unique hotels that don’t match the chain’s cookie-cutter look.
Afghan refugees at Tucson hotel suffer food poisoning, health officials say
More than 50 refugees from Afghanistan got sick at a hotel in Tucson and health officials say it's being investigated as food poisoning.
UArizona researcher releases new report on origin of COVID-19
Since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been a debate over where the virus originated from, and that debate has come back to life, as a result of a report released by a scientist in Arizona.