Tucson gun homicides dropped nearly 20% in 2025, officials say
Tucson recorded a 19.5% drop in gun-related homicides last year, city officials told the Mayor and Council during a study session Tuesday, crediting early success from the Safe City Initiative’s coordinated violence prevention efforts. Officials said the decline reflects a coordinated strategy combining community intervention, centralized investigations and hospital-based outreach aimed at interrupting cycles of…
Tucson braces for tighter budgets as revenues dip
Tucson officials warned Tuesday that city revenues are running below projections halfway through the fiscal year, forcing spending slowdowns and raising the prospect of deeper budget cuts in 2027. The…
ASDB board vote can proceed Thursday, judge says
The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind board vote on Thursday can proceed, Pima County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey T. Bergin said Wednesday morning after he declined…
Savannah Guthrie, siblings post message to their mother’s kidnapper asking to provide proof she is alive
NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie said Wednesday that her family is ready to talk to people holding their 84-year-old mother, but they want to see proof that she is…
ASDB parents sue to halt vote on moving Tucson campus
Eleven families of students at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind have filed a complaint in Pima County Superior Court seeking to prevent a board vote…
A long way home
A long way home This three-part series chronicles a Tucson family’s harrowing journey from Venezuela through the heart of the anti-immigrant policies of México and the U.S. The first chapter traces Yesenia’s journey…
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Supervisors move to block ICE use of county property, ban federal agents wearing masks
After more than an hour of emotional testimony from residents invoking history and civil rights, the Pima County Board of…
Signs of forced entry at Catalina Foothills home of Nancy Guthrie
TUCSON — Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of former Tucsonan and “Today” show host Savannah…
Staff shortages and higher prices weigh on Tucson gem show vendors
Hundreds of people wandered through rows of sparkling gems at Tucson’s 22nd Street Gem Show Friday but lighter crowds and…
Escasez de personal y aumento de precios pesan sobre vendedores en feria de gemas de Tucson
Cientos de personas recorrieron el viernes las hileras de anaqueles con piedras preciosas y relucientes en la Feria de Gemas…
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