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One of the U.S. Border Patrol's integrated fixed towers built on a hill in Cochise County.

Map of border surveillance towers shows growing ‘virtual wall’ along US southern border

Arizona was an early adopter of surveillance towers when the CBP program was launched in the 2000s.

Astronaut Mark Kelly (right) photographed with his twin brother Scott, March 2011.

Mark Kelly set for Astronaut Hall of Fame honors

The Arizona senator will be recognized for his NASA career.

University associate professor and author, Tim Z. Hernandez, visits the headstone in Fresno where most of the 1948 airplane crash victims were buried.

Airplane Crash from 1948 is Revisited and Researched

A professor and author is trying to find the families of all 32 victims.

Mission medical officer Eiman Jahangir enters the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars as mission communications officer and accessibility officer Sheri Wells-Jensen walks up to the habitat at Biosphere 2 in north Tucson on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Jahangir is a two-time NASA astronaut candidate finalist.

Four-person crew sealed into pressurized habitat to learn about space living

The crew will be locked in for six days.

The Bighorn Fire burns on Sunday, June 7, 2020 near Oro Valley, Arizona.

The Buzz: A wet winter brings increased wildfire danger

Experts give a fire outlook and talk about recovery.

Supporters of the effort to recall Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby gather petitions to get the recall on the ballot. April 2023

Crosby recall efforts race to the finish line

Volunteers are hoping to get enough signatures to force a recall vote in Cochise County by the deadline next week.

Bob Nilson, the Tourism Supervisor at the Benson Visitor’s Center, shows off the train simulator, which is a fan favorite at the visitor's center.

Benson Visitor Center certified as an Autism Center

The location is the first in Cochise County.

A set of four tubes known as the "river outlet works" allows extra water to flow through the Glen Canyon Dam. The flows are designed to take advantage of extra wet years and help wildlife habitat downstream of the dam.

An extra pulse of water is flowing into Grand Canyon after a wet winter

This experiment is the first since 2018 and comes in response to forecasts for an above-average spring snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains.

A woman and child embrace along the border in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora where migrants seeking asylum formed an encampment along the sidewalk as they waited to make formal requests with U.S. Customs officers at the San Luis Port of Entry in December 2018.

Sinema, Southern Arizona mayors and county officials discuss impact of immigration on border communities.

The U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee comes weeks before Title 42 expires.

Woman accused of assaulting TSA officers at Phoenix airport

TSA officials say she attacked the officers as she was going through airport security.

UA Geosciences professor Paul Kapp leads a regional structural geology class in the Orocopia Mountains of southern California, March 2023.

UA graduate programs ranked among nation's best

Management Information and Geosciences were singled out in top college survey.

Bob Bartelsmeyer speaks with the Cochise County Board of Supervisors before they voted to name him elections director. April 25, 2023

Cochise County gets new elections head

His background and political leanings raised questions.

Tucson students head to buses after getting out of class.

Catalina Foothills School District cancels meeting due to violent threats

The threats are directed at administration and governing board members.

Cheyenne Cota is one of the baristas at Wanderlust Kaffee and the case manager at Jennifer’s House.

Coffee shop helps women get back on their feet

The non-profit is for women transitioning back into society.

Cochise County Supervisors set to vote on new elections director

Cochise County Recorder David Stevens appointed Bob Bartelsmeyer to fill the elections director position.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

$50M claim filed over fatal eviction shooting in Tucson

The family of an Arizona property manager who was fatally shot during an attempted eviction last year has filed a $50 million claim against Pima County and others.

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