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A pond at Reid Park.

Tucson Parks and Recreation looks for feedback on Reid Park remodel

The Reid Park Master Plan Concept reveals a design centered on biodiversity expansion.
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COVID numbers rising in Arizona again

Most of the state is considered having a medium transmission rate.
This August 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a double rainbow from the ranger station porch at Indian Garden, which is now called Havasupai Gardens, in Grand Canyon National Park. The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park. The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced Monday, Nov. 21, that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.

Grand Canyon park changes campground name that haunted tribe

The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.
A Pima County correctional officer glances inside a cell at the county jail.

Pima County jail faces 2nd inmate suicide in a week

Corrections officers and the jail's medical staff attempted life-saving measures but the inmate was pronounced dead.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now

The delay came as Maricopa, the state's most populous county, finished counting the last remaining ballots .
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Missing Migrant Program Summit brings awareness to risk of migrant deaths

Officials from local, national and non-governmental agencies came together to exchange ideas.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise County delays election certification

Some county supervisors are questioning the certification of voting machines.
City Hall in Nogales, Arizona.

Nogales approves allocation of remaining ARPA funding

Over $3 million will be used for city functions.
A rotisserie turkey cooked to a golden brown.

Thanksgiving dinner costs rise

The cost of turkey is higher than it has been since the early 1990s.
A Mexican gray wolf at the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in New Mexico in 2011.

Updated recovery plan for Mexican wolves aims to reduce human-caused deaths

The plan aims to further protect the endangered wolves through increased law enforcement, education and outreach to communities near where the wolves live.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

Recounts on tap in Arizona races as county counts end

The contest between Republican Abraham Hamadeh and Democrat Chris Mayes for attorney general is so close that a recount is certain.
Since the 1980s Tucsonans have replaced their green lawns with decomposed granite and opted for plants like palo verde trees and cacti, which can endure long periods of drought and extreme heat.

Phoenix and Las Vegas agree to get rid of decorative grass

The worsening drought brought the agreement from 30 western water agencies.
Sharon Stetter, co-chair of the Bisbee Arts Commission showcases an exhibit of 130 local artists. November 2022

For Art's Sake

The Bisbee Arts Commission celebrates artists from the community of Lowell.
Cyclists ride in the 2017 El Tour de Tucson.

Thousands prepare for 2022 El Tour de Tucson

Bicyclists will ride in the longest-running event of its kind in Arizona.
Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol.

Tribe continues fight against proposed Arizona copper mine

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper Mine.
A Tucson Unified School District Bus.

TUSD improves individual school ratings

The Tucson Unified School District increased their A-B rated schools by 20%.

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