For years, arizona teachers have struggled to make ends meet, while working in classrooms that are overcrowded, under-supplied and falling apart.
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jul 18, 2019
In a kind of modern David-versus-Goliath tale, a small young woman thrust herself past a couple of large guards to successfully shoplift one tiny item from a Foothills-area big-box store.
By Anna Mirocha
Jul 18, 2019
While doing research for his Apollo 11 cover story, Tom stumbles upon an interesting story about the Navajo workers of Silicon Valley.
By Tom Danehy
Jul 18, 2019
Brian Smith explores the lives of the residence of Stone Ave.
By Brian Smith
Jul 18, 2019
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Danehy recounts the history and feeling of watching the landing.
By Tom Danehy
Jul 18, 2019
What does the Apollo 11 mission have to do with Tucson? As it turns out, quite a lot.
By Jeff Gardner
Jul 18, 2019
Jim Nintzel talks about his vacation and showcases our articles this week.
By Jim Nintzel
Jul 11, 2019
Pima County District 1 Supervisor Ally Miller hoped to deliver a new budget, but her efforts were squashed at last week’s board meeting.
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jul 11, 2019
Curves Cabaret owner Mike Pavon has a blunt assessment of the north-of-downtown Oracle Road corridor where the club is located.
By Linda Ray
Jul 11, 2019
A 45-acre development for cyclists in Saguaro National Park East received the green light from the Pima County Board of Supervisors last Tuesday morning.
By Christopher Boan
Jul 11, 2019
Biden is an incredibly frustrating political figure. He seems like a nice guy, but he has this habit of impromptu self-damage.
By Tom Danehy
Jul 11, 2019
A woman’s neighbor subjected her to a kind of reverse-peeping-Tom situation, sneaking around her house and trying to make her look at him through her windows.
By Anna Mirocha
Jul 11, 2019
This week, our editor bids farewell to Tirion Morris, who has been our web editor for the last year and discusses your new cannabis holiday.
By Jim Nintzel
Jul 4, 2019
Friends and family members of 19-year-old Raymundo Lopez Casillas have rallied to support him after he accidentally shot and killed his 17-year-old nephew.
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jul 4, 2019
Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress and more.
By A.C. Thompson
Jul 4, 2019
The first full season of indoor football in Tucson has come and gone, with a myriad of memories for players, coaches, fans and executives alike.
By Christopher Boan
Jul 4, 2019
A (much) older-than-average University of Arizona student escaped punishment after reports of him masturbating in his car while watching convenience-store patrons.
By Anna Mirocha
Jul 4, 2019
A group-home caretaker expressed a frightening and strangely specific antipathy toward a young client because he happened to be from St. Louis, Missouri.
By Anna Mirocha
Jul 4, 2019
Tom talks about his HOA and City Council rules.
By Tom Danehy
Jul 4, 2019
Brain Smith explores the land and the residence of the El Camino motel.
By Brian Smith
Jul 4, 2019
As cannabis culture continues to expand in Arizona and beyond, marijuana enthusiasts continue to find new ways to get their med on.
By Jim Nintzel
Jul 4, 2019
Possessing extracts is no longer a legal gray area for Arizona medical marijuana cardholders, thanks to a unanimous Arizona Supreme Court ruling
By Cedar Gardner
Jul 4, 2019
Explore different products that use cannabis extract.
By Cedar Gardner
Jul 4, 2019
This week our writers tour three of Tucson’s recording studios, look at why the Pima County Board of Supervisors went back to the budget drawing board and more.
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 27, 2019
Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller is calling the shots this budget season, with supervisors Steve Christy, Sharon Bronson and Ramón Valadez
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jun 27, 2019
This gathering of storm chasers, lightning photographers, meteorologists and anyone else fascinated by what happens to the Southwest in late summer was in Tucson for the first time this year.
By Jeff Gardner
Jun 27, 2019
Arizona scrapes along the bottom of the nation in children’s wellbeing, ranking 46th in 2019 Kids Count data released last week.
By Tim Royan
Jun 27, 2019
Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords joined Democratic congressional leaders last Thursday to demand that the Senate allow a vote on a bill that toughens background checks for gun purchasers.
By Miranda Faulkner
Jun 27, 2019
A thrifty-but-shifty drug user was arrested at a Safeway he’d been hanging out at for the last seven hours, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report.
By Anna Mirocha
Jun 27, 2019
A University of Arizona professor was rather bizarrely unbothered when he received an extremely unpleasant email.
By Anna Mirocha
Jun 27, 2019
"This week, my longtime online friendly nemesis, Al (CW13), snarkily asked me what branch of the military I had been in."
By Tom Danehy
Jun 27, 2019
After eight years, big changes are coming to Arizona’s medical marijuana program because of SB 1494, a new law signed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey earlier this month.
By Ray Stern
Jun 27, 2019
Our editor talks about his summer reading list and sums up the stories in this week's paper.
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 20, 2019
Legislators proposed bills that would create meaningful reform in Arizona’s criminal justice system.
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jun 20, 2019
The Reid Park Zoo is highlighting some of nature’s greatest creatives on Saturday, June 22, as part of its weekly Summer Safari Night series.
By Christopher Boan
Jun 20, 2019
Margie Bakker and her husband Chad used family savings to take over Big Heart Coffee, which sits on a somewhat forsaken stretch of 22nd Street.
By Brian Smith
Jun 20, 2019
A drunk and disorderly college man doggedly denied spitting on two female peers, according to a University of Arizona Police Department report.
By Anna Mirocha
Jun 20, 2019
"The feds could catch you spying for ISIS, Iran AND North Korea and they’d say, “We can either throw you in a cell at Guantanamo forever or you can serve on the USS Donald Trump. Your choice."
By Tom Danehy
Jun 20, 2019
Medical marijuana patients in Arizona still run the risk of buying products that are tainted with pesticides, herbicides or even mold
By Cedar Gardner
Jun 20, 2019
Adoption helps more than just the animal being adopted. When an animal is adopted from a shelter, room is made at that shelter for another stray, abused or lost animal.
By Jeff Gardner
Jun 20, 2019
Sol Dog Lodge, a local nonprofit offering boarding, training, and day camp for dogs, plans to open a new location in Marana by the end of the year.
By Meredith O'Neil
Jun 20, 2019
"My husband, Jeff, was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. Despite his great attitude, he could use extra love and attention through his ordeal."
By Jenny Didas
Jun 20, 2019
By Logan Burtch-Buus
Jun 20, 2019
What is it about summer that makes it the best season for music? The outdoor concerts? The new releases?
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 13, 2019
Arizona has seen a number of new laws over the last decade that have made it harder for individuals to access abortions.
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jun 13, 2019
The House voted mostly on party lines last Tuesday, June 4, to approve a bill that would protect millions of "Dreamers" from deportation and give them a pathway to citizenship, a bill Republicans said would only lead to more illegal immigration.
By Miranda Faulkner
Jun 13, 2019
A friend with benefits returned to the Fourth Avenue district with the reopening of Jellywink Boutique, a queer-friendly sex toy shop.
By Ambur Wilkerson
Jun 13, 2019
Trump backs off tariff plan, turns attention to torturing children and the upcoming forum on gentrification features candidates for Tucson mayor, City Council in this week's Skinny
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 13, 2019
Tom remembers attending Newport ’69, when festivals were cheap, the music was great and the fans were too high
By Tom Danehy
Jun 13, 2019
It's been 14 years since Calexico first teamed up with Iron & Wine's Sam Beam to record the critically acclaimed In the Reins EP in 2005, so a reunion of the two indie acts was long overdue.
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 13, 2019
In the 14 years since the collaborative In The Reins, Calexico has released five full-length studio albums, while Sam Beam of Iron & Wine has released six.
By Eric Swedlund
Jun 13, 2019
A pantsless (but very strong) man apparently uprooted his neighbor's tree one night after her family declined to attend his parties.
By Anna Mirocha
Jun 13, 2019
Arizona farmers can legally grow industrial hemp, but will they take the risk?
By Carissa Wigginton and Cronkite News Service
Jun 13, 2019
The Arizona Legislature is done with work once more, so we can all breathe easier.
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 6, 2019
US Rep. Tom O’Halleran sees little progress in national healthcare reform
By Kathleen B. Kunz
Jun 6, 2019
Wheelchair tennis in America is a step behind its global competition, but the U.S. collective is catching up quick.
By Christopher Boan
Jun 6, 2019
Trump plan for tariffs on Mexican goods finds little support in Arizona
By Miranda Faulkner, Tim Royan and Cronkite News Service
Jun 6, 2019
Márquez-Peterson joins the Arizona Corporation Commission and another one bites the dust in Ally Miller’s office
By Jim Nintzel
Jun 6, 2019
Arizona finally has a ban on texting while driving—but it’s not going into effect soon enough
By Tom Danehy
Jun 6, 2019
Breathe easy, Arizona. The state Legislature has wrapped up its work for the year.
By Arthur Black
Jun 6, 2019
A man went on a mini-rampage after being fired from his job at a quiet north-side brunch café
By Anna Mirocha
Jun 6, 2019
They say, "You get what you pay for." Well, don't tell that to Arizona's medical marijuana community or its advocates.
By David J. Del Grande
Jun 6, 2019
