Heat, COVID-19 and isolation put mobile home parks at risk
Ten percent of metro Tucsonans live in manufactured housing. But residents there face risks made worse by COVID-19 and record heat.
Indigenous activists protest wall contractor in Coolidge
Demonstrators gathered at Stinger Bridge & Iron to decry border wall construction across ancestral Indigenous border land.
UA to lead Center for Quantum Networks
Harvard, Yale and MIT are also part of the five-year, NSF-funded research into quantum computing.
'We are not animals': Letter details how Tucson prison became COVID-19 hot spot
In a 22-page letter, a military veteran incarcerated at ASPC-Tucson describes a chaotic pandemic behind bars.
In Colorado, your stool is a tool in the fight against coronavirus
To track the next coronavirus outbreak, Western states look to the sewers.
Work starts on new section of border wall in national wildlife refuge
North-Dakota-based Fisher Sand and Gravel has broken ground on a $1.3 billion project in southeast Arizona.
'A worst-case scenario': Leaks, dust, water pumping and drought plague Quitobaquito
Border-hugging spring and its pond are sacred to Hia C-ed O'odham and the Tohono O'odham communities
Tucson advocates say there's still time to push for police defunding in city budget
Black Lives Matter Tucson is urging community members to speak up at this week's City Council meeting.
No border wall for Arizona tribe's Colorado River stretch
The cross-border Cocopah Indian Tribe has lived along the river delta for centuries.
Defense Department cuts funding for border wall section in Yuma
A court document pulls funding for a 7-mile stretch that would have crossed tribal land.
Groups say border wall construction threatens biodiversity of Arizona sky islands
Conservation groups say the animals rely on the ranges to travel between habitats in the U.S. and Mexico.
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf's Arizona visit covers wall construction, PPE for Border Patrol
The secretary's visit included a trip to the border wall and a Border Patrol facility in Tucson.
Continued wall construction puts border residents on edge amid COVID-19 pandemic
Residents of small border communities say construction workers don't practice safe social distancing on or off the job
Groups question risk, expense of border wall construction during coronavirus pandemic
Critics say big construction crews are still at work — increasing the risk of spreading the virus and traveling to other states.
New law to increase internet access for rural and tribal communities
The COVID-19 pandemic is underlining the importance of broadband services, but some communities can't get a dependable connection.
