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An alfalfa field in Marana, AZ bordered by I-10. September 2023

Hobbs Terminates Fondomonte Lease to Protect Arizona Water

Critics of Fondomonte LLC say the company has been allowed to exploit Arizona’s water laws.
Inside the dome atop of the Tabernacle of the Miracle Valley Bible College in Cochise County, AZ. July 31, 2023.

Miracle Valley Bible College sold after highest bidder backed out of sale

The new owner won the property with a bid of $700,000
ADWR Director of Active Management Areas Natalie Mast (right) and Arizona State Representative Gail Griffin (R-19, left) talk prior to ADWR's meeting in Douglas Thursday. September 28, 2023. *Photo by Summer Hom, AZPM News.*

Douglas AMA management goal under review, workshops ahead for management plan

ADWR officals say that those with non-exempt wells must apply for a grandfathered right by March 1 in order to continue legally withdrawing groundwater from the basin

Biden dedicates ASU library to late Sen. John McCain

This will be President Joe Biden's fourth major speech on democracy.
Jaime Rose, Southeast Arizona Behavioral Health Services Recovery Aid (left), and Monica Ybarra, co-chair of the Cochise Addiction Recovery Partnership, talking to Attorney General Kris Mayes during a round table discussion about the opioid settlement funds in Bisbee. July 26, 2023. *Photo by Summer Hom, AZPM News.*

Cochise partnership to propose spending opioid settlement funds

Cochise County will get $11.8 million

Cochise Supervisor files suit against state and Maricopa County officals over 2022 Election

The Republican County Supervisor claims that Maricopa County Elections Officials didn't follow procedure when verifiying signatures on mail-in ballots
Congressman Juan Ciscomani (left) speaks with Sierra Vista Public Works Director Sharon Flissar (right) about the current state of Buffalo Soldier Trail, one of the major thoroughfares in Sierra Vista. September 7, 2023.

Ciscomani Announces more than $3 million in funding for Sierra Vista reconstruction of Buffalo Soldier Trail

The funds are coming from the federal transportation spending bill
File image of the Winged Victory weather vane atop the copper dome at the historic Capitol Building in Phoenix.

Wadsack recall falls short

Supporters could not gather the signatures they needed.
A student participating in a class online during the pandemic.

Free tutoring now available to combat pandemic-learning loss in AZ

Students in grades one through eight, who failed state math, reading and writing proficiency tests, are eligible for free tutoring services.
Inside the dome atop of the Tabernacle of the Miracle Valley Bible College in Cochise County, AZ. July 31, 2023.

Miracle Valley Bible College is up for auction

The starting price is $325,000
File image of an empty classroom at Sabino H. S.

New English language learning proficiency testing rules spark controversy

The new changes will effect Spring 2023 reassessment and the 2023-2024 placement.

AZ Supreme Court agrees to hear abortion challenge

The state's 15-week abortion ban will be decided by the justices.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

Cochise County Supervisors don't approve measures to prevent ballot fraud

Recorder resigns as interim County Elections Director
A neighborhood in Vail, southeast of Tucson.

Vail could become its own town

The issue may end up in court before voters get to it.
Rep.-elect Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., nominates Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Ciscomani wants to expand rural internet access with new legislation

CONNECT Act hopes to address issues with existing program.
Duane Garvais-Lawrence paints the name of a missing Indigenous woman on his arm before starting a run around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the final stop in 2021 for the MMIW Bike Run USA to raise awareness of the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

MMIP task forces are given years to solve a problem centuries in the making

Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People face a “big ask” – to “reduce and end violence against Indigenous people” in the state.

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