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🦫 A rare daytime beaver sighting highlights a volunteer-run effort to track the animals quietly reshaping Arizona’s rivers. Read more about the San Pedro beaver. (You can also see a cute video of a Southern Arizona beaver if you follow us on Instagram.)
đź“š Arizona education leaders voted this week to move forward with a review to remove DEI language in teaching standards, sparking concern from educators and tribal community members. Read about it.
💧⚡ Arizona environmental groups are urging Congress to pause new data centers as concerns grow over water use, energy demand and fossil fuel reliance. Read more.
🛑 Las órdenes de retención migratoria de ICE no siempre son obligatorias — esto es lo que debes saber sobre tus derechos. Leer más.
📉 TUSD’s projected enrollment decline could cost the district nearly $8 million next year, shaping decisions around programs, campuses and budgets across Tucson schools. Read education notes here.
Featured stories
Following teeth marks: How volunteers are tracking beavers on the San Pedro River
The crew fans out along a riverbank, boots sinking into the mud as they follow the San Pedro’s patchy channel when someone suddenly yells, “BEAVER!” From his side of the […]
Arizona State Board of Education moves to strip DEI language from teaching standards
The Arizona State Board of Education voted Monday in Phoenix to review the state’s teaching standards, potentially removing diversity, equity and inclusion language. Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne proposed the review […]
Arizona environmental group asks Congress to hit pause on data centers
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. As Arizona becomes a […]
¿Qué es una orden de retención migratoria o “detainer” de ICE y quién está obligado a cumplirla?
Factchequeado es un medio de verificación que construye una comunidad hispanohablante para contrarrestar la desinformación en Estados Unidos. ¿Quieres ser parte? Súmate y verifica los contenidos que recibes enviándolos a nuestro […]
Deepening TUSD enrollment decline could cost district nearly $8 million, projections show
If every Tucson Unified School District student took a seat in Arizona Stadium, there would still be room for a McKale Center sellout crowd, new enrollment data projections show. Southern […]
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Greater Tucson Leadership announced the recipients of its annual Community Impact Awards, which recognize exceptional leadership and service in Southern Arizona. Honorees include Alejandro Angel as Man of the Year and Karla Bernal Morales as Woman of the Year. Louise Thomas will receive the Founders Award for lifetime achievement, and Randy Accetta will be honored with the GTL Alumni Excellence Award. The awards will be presented March 7 at the Tucson Convention Center.
Secular AZ distributes banned books at the Tucson Festival of Books every year. You can help by donating books from their Changing Hands Bookstore wish list.
Honor those affected by TCE water contamination on Tucson’s south side by attending the unveiling and healing ceremony of the new memorial in Mission Manor Park on Dec. 13 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Pima Community College will host four in-person Super Saturday events to help students enroll in spring 2026 classes, Dec. 13, Dec. 20, Jan. 3 and Jan. 10. Attendees can apply, register, meet with advisors and access additional student services during the sessions.
Donate to a holiday food drive organized by the Phoenix Indian Center to support Indigenous families in need across the Valley. Through Dec. 18, people can drop off turkeys and unopened non-perishable items to the center’s office at 4041 N. Central Avenue during regular business hours.
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