Tucson Spotlight releases community information assessment
Tucson Spotlight's first Information Ecosystem Assessment documents what 560+ Pima County residents need from local journalism and what's standing in the way.
Cineasta de Tucson documenta pasión por el estilo tiki
El cineasta radicado en Tucson, Josh Dragotta, dedicó cuatro años y realizó más de 100 entrevistas para documentar la obsesión de un hombre por las tazas tiki y su empeño en construir un bar tiki de $500.000 en Oro Valley.
Former Arizona ace Taylor McQuillin finds new role in dugout
Former Arizona softball standout Taylor McQuillin is balancing a professional pitching career with a coaching role at Southern Utah, where she's paying forward the lessons she learned as a Wildcat.
Tucson City Council reviews homelessness, heat efforts
The Tucson City Council reviewed regional homelessness data showing a 4% decrease in Pima County alongside a loss of 200 shelter beds, and heard updates on the city's heat response efforts.
UA debate el uso antitrans del arrepentimiento de género
Un profesor de la Universidad de Illinois sostuvo, durante una conferencia en la UA, que las políticas antitrans han instrumentalizado el concepto del arrepentimiento trans para restringir el cuidado de afirmación de género y presionar a las personas transgénero a reprimir sus emociones negativas.
BASIS Tucson North graduates its first full K-12 cohort
The first class of students to attend BASIS Tucson North from kindergarten through senior year graduated this spring, marking a 13-year milestone for the high-intensity charter school.
Hobbs Vetoes Budget That Would Have Killed Rio Nuevo
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed the Republican budget proposal that would have eliminated Rio Nuevo, but the fate of downtown Tucson's redevelopment program remains uncertain as budget negotiations continue with no deal in sight.
Tucson responde a posible recorte del río Colorado
Un recorte propuesto del 77 % en el suministro de agua del río Colorado para Arizona ha puesto a las universidades y a los gestores del agua de Tucson a trabajar a contrarreloj para construir un futuro más resiliente antes de que concluyan las negociaciones federales.
'Love on the Spectrum' star, autism author headline Loft Cinema panel
Autism advocates Dani Bowman and John Elder Robison joined The Loft Cinema and Intermountain Centers for Human Development for a World Autism Month screening and panel discussion of the documentary "The Reason I Jump."
UA researcher turns endometriosis diagnosis into career
University of Arizona epidemiologist Michelle Valenti spent years searching for an endometriosis diagnosis. Now she's dedicated her career to researching the condition that went undetected in her own body for years.
Tucson debate el calor mortal en reunión comunitaria
Cientos de residentes de Tucson, funcionarios de salud y líderes electos se reunieron el 31 de marzo para abordar la creciente crisis de calor extremo de la ciudad, tras registrarse la temperatura de tres dígitos más temprana de la historia de Arizona.
German restaurant fights to open in Tucson
A German family moved to Tucson to open a Bavarian restaurant, only to get tangled in city permits, code violations and licensing delays — and they're still waiting to serve their first customer.
Arizona students build, race solar go-karts at Tucson track
High school students from across Arizona raced solar-powered go-karts they spent nine months building at SARSEF's annual Racing the Sun event April 25 at Musselman Honda Circuit.
Río Nuevo prioriza hoteles y ajusta presupuesto
La junta directiva de Río Nuevo aprobó avances clave en los proyectos del Tucson Inn and Market y del Hotel Arizona, al tiempo que el distrito trabaja para comprender la reciente disminución en los ingresos fiscales.
Clinica Amistad offers free care to Tucson's uninsured
Clinica Amistad, a free clinic in South Tucson, provides primary care to uninsured and underinsured patients at no cost — serving nearly 2,500 patient visits in 2024 through an all-volunteer model.
True Concord musicians push for union recognition
Instrumentalists for the two-time Grammy-nominated True Concord Voices and Orchestra rallied in April, demanding union recognition as the group's season ended without an orchestra on stage.
Tucson activists guilty in Jim Click protest case
Four members of the "Good Trouble" protest group were found guilty of criminal trespassing after blockading a Jim Click Kia dealership in September 2025, but walked away with just six months' probation.
UA impulsa salud global de mariscos con laboratorio
El Laboratorio de Patología de la Acuicultura de la Universidad de Arizona, en Tucson, es el único laboratorio de referencia de la WOAH en Norteamérica para las enfermedades de los crustáceos, y su ubicación en el desierto no es casualidad.