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📣 A 14-year-old Navajo girl’s disappearance did not trigger Arizona’s new Turquoise Alert, raising urgent questions about why high-risk Indigenous children are still falling through the cracks of the state’s missing person system. Read in English. Leer en español.
💻 The company behind Project Blue has promised $15 million in community investments and clean-energy commitments, but Pima County officials say none of it is enforceable without a binding agreement. Read the story.
🎬 Part 2 of our documentary collaboration with AZPM premieres Sunday on PBS. It follows a Tucson woman’s eviction over a disputed utility bill to expose broader issues facing mobile home residents. Find out more.
🏔️ Mount Lemmon residents, businesses and firefighters are under strict water limits for the first time in 25 years — including five-minute showers and unwashed firetrucks. Read more here.
Featured stories
No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona’s new missing person system
When 14-year-old Neveah Alessandro Campos ran away from her uncle’s home in Glendale Saturday afternoon, her mother Ashley Alessandro gave her a day to come back. But when she didn’t, […]
La ausencia de una Alerta Turquesa para una adolescente navajo intensifica las preguntas sobre el nuevo sistema de personas desaparecidas de Arizona
Cuando Neveah Alessandro Campos, de 14 años, se escapó de la casa de su tío en Glendale la tarde del sábado, su madre, Ashley Alessandro, esperó un día para que […]
Project Blue developer pledges $15M in local investments but county officials want proof its promises will hold up
Beale Infrastructure — the company behind the controversial Project Blue data center — announced Thursday it will match all of its local energy use with renewables and invest $15 million in […]
Sunday premier: “An Invisible Disaster” digs into eviction and utility issues in mobile home parks
Mobile homes are a unique form of homeownership in that people own their homes but rent the land underneath them. In some parks in Pima County, particularly those with a […]
Five-minute showers and dusty trucks: Mount Lemmon adapts to drought
This article was originally published by Arizona Sonoran News, a news service of the University of Arizona School of Journalism. With little rain or snow on Mount Lemmon over the […]
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Mission Garden’s Native American Arts Fair is Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the garden. Indigenous artists and makers from throughout the region will sell their work — including jewelry, art and hand crafts. The cultural programming includes: 9 a.m. No:ligk Ñe’edam ch Keihindam Song and Dance (Tohono O’odham); 10 a.m. artist talk by Navajo silversmith Shane Beeshligaii; 11 a.m. Pascua Yaqui Deer Dance Group; 1 p.m. Bird Singing and Dancing by the River – Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community; 3 p.m. Waila music by The Lopez Band – Tohono O’odham.
Immigration court support: Tucson Accompaniment Group, community members supporting immigrants in immigration court, will accompany people to immigration court for support. “Your family can go with you, or you can have a trained community member attend court with you for support,” they say. “They can help observe what happens and take notes.” To request accompaniment in immigration court, call the Rapid Response Hotline, 520-221-4077.
The City of Tucson seeks feedback on the municipal budget for next fiscal year. The series of in-person forums, “The Housing Equation,” begins Nov. 10, and is organized by ward. Find location dates and times here.
The Tucson Veterans Day Parade is 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 in downtown Tucson. See the parade route.
Camp Naco is screening “The Warrior Tradition”, a documentary about Native Americans’ experience serving in the U.S. military. The movie will be shown on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11 in Sierra Vista. Find more info and register.
Participate in a walk to raise suicide awareness and honor those we’ve lost, including service members remembered through The Brandon Act — legislation inspired by Navy sailor Brandon Caserta. The Brandon Caserta Foundation and Pat Tillman Veterans Center Lantern Walk starts at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Palo Verde Beach, 510 E. University Drive in Tempe. Participants will receive a personalized lantern to keep. As a tribute, walkers can submit photos, names and dates of those lost to suicide. Register.
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