Using rakes, shovels and weed wackers, David Garcia is beautifying his Tucson Fairgrounds neighborhood and others on the south side of Tucson that struggle with overgrown vegetation, weeds, and trash.

Garcia runs the Instagram account Barrio Restoration. Through before-and-after pictures, group photos with volunteers, videos and flyers encouraging community members to come out and do their part — his page creates a green feed of community engagement.

“A lot of our streets have overgrown vegeta

Edwin Raymond has had to live with people hating him who have never met him. In some ways, he’s used to it. If you can get used to that. If you can get used to someone hating you when what you did was tell the truth about the New York Police Department. 


He says he knew he was going to get push back for writing his memoir: “An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America.”

Tucson city leaders suggested thousands of people seeking asylum, who could get dropped off on Tucson streets, should be sent to Phoenix where there is more capacity for shelter, transportation and other services.

City council members offered a variety of ideas for how to handle the potential of thousands of asylum-seekers who might be bused to Tucson by U.S. Customs and Border Protection if federal funding runs out at the end of March. Options included dropping people off at Davis-Monthan Air

Southern Arizona dignitaries from business, education and politics gathered to hear Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs give a state of the state report on Tuesday, Jan. 23.


Hobbs was greeted with rounds of applause and took a moment to embrace Tucson Mayor Regina Romero before taking the stage at the Tucson Convention Center.

The work of supporting Indigenous voters to “bring equity to unequal structures” is a non-stop job for leader Jaynie Parrish.

During this highly-charged election season, Parrish’s work is paying off and helping people find “that spark in connecting why our vote matters and why we need to pay attention to elected leaders because of our history in what federal government policies have done to our communities.”

Parrish is the founder and the executive director of Arizona Native Vote, a three-year...

When Cheree Meeks organizes voter forums, she asks local candidates to explain to Black voters not just what they’ll do for the community, but “what are you doing in our community?” 

In this never-ending work of equity and representation, it’s uncommon to see Meeks without a smile on her face, and it’s hard to speak with her for long before she puts one on yours.

Through candidate forums, voter registration and education efforts, Meeks has been working with the Tucson Black community on civic...

At a campaign rally at the University of Arizona just days after the Arizona Supreme Court allowed a near-total ban on abortions to take effect in the state, U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake reiterated her pro-life stance and questioned the limits of a ballot proposition that is the likely next political fight over abortion in Arizona.

Lake was greeted to applause, selfies and cheers from a half-full audience of about 80 people at the campaign rally hosted by the College Republicans student grou...

June is typically known as Pride month across the country, a time when large-scale parades celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and when companies and organizations break out their rainbow products and merchandise.

But Las Vegas does things a little differently.

In a city where the month of June has an average temperature of 102 degrees, instead of holding parades, it’s instead advised to get plenty of shade and water and wear copious amounts of sunscreen to deal with the extreme heat.

As a result, Las Vegas’ 28th annual PRIDE celebration in 2011 was the first time the event was moved to October, due to the cooler temperatures. The move also coincides with LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Day.

The event will celebrate its 40th anniversary this October.

Tim Agnello is a local pastor who describes his hobby of catching rattlesnakes as “a great conversation starter.”

Agnello is a pastor at Mosaic Church in Henderson who said he believes that ministry is all about serving others. So, if there’s something he’s good at and he can use to help others, it’s no longer a hobby to him, but ministry

Las Vegas is a city that never sleeps, and neither do its glittering lights.

It’s home to the brightest light beam in the world atop the Luxor, and now, the biggest and brightest sphere on the planet.

The Sphere gave a preview to locals of what the sphere can do on the Fourth of July, showing off its bright lights with displays of fireworks, the flag, the moon and even an eyeball.

But the hype surrounding the newest addition to the Las Vegas skyline is bringing a smaller known issue to the forefront of people’s minds: light pollution.

Many veterans were lost in the Vietnam War, and some who came home never quite received a proper “Welcome Home.”

But Wednesday afternoon, thanks to the Quilts of Valor Foundation, a group of veterans in
Las Vegas finally did.

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Investigators learned that the victim had been struck by a stray bullet from a shooting on the 9500 block of Rolling Thunder Avenue.An 18-year-old man shot and killed by a stray bullet in southwest Las Vegas was identified Monday.
Police first received a report of a shooting on the 9400 block of West Post Road, near Sunset Road and Buffalo Drive, at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, when the teen was taken to a nearby hospital by friends, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
The...

A new rule this year for Summerlin’s Patriotic Parade only allows attendees to start setting up early parade viewing areas at 7 a.m. the day before the event.The Summerlin Patriotic Parade is set for Tuesday, but to snag a good spot along the route, many faithful paradegoers showed up a day early.
In a new rule that went into effect this year, the Summerlin Parade website states, “Parade attendees may set up their viewing area along the parade route beginning at 7 a.m. the day preceding the even...

Starting in April, people need to renew their Medicaid or risk losing coverage after a pandemic-era protection ended.After Congress moved to protect people from losing their Medicaid coverage during the pandemic, those protections may now be coming to an end.
In April, this pandemic-era protection for Medicaid ended, and checking for eligibility began.
It’s an issue that Dan Tsai, deputy administrator for Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, raised in a call Tuesday morning, saying that many p...

U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost visited the University of Arizona Wednesday, Aug. 28  to appeal to young voters on behalf of the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz presidential campaign.

Frost is the first member of Congress from Generation Z and has built a strong platform of young voters by addressing the issues that matter most to them.

“Some of the most pressing issues to young adults and students that are beginning to affect us are student loans, reproductive rights, and gun control,” said Athena...

On Oct. 7, 2023 when terrorist group Hamas attacked an Israeli music festival, no one could have anticipated the critical role college campuses would play in the discourse surrounding the conflict.
Between demonstrations, protests, rallies and eventual encampments, college students and university officials nationwide have had a unique time navigating this conflict on campus.
The University of Arizona has not been immune to the fallout surrounding the conflict.
The UA campus has seen vigils, vari...

Between phone calls, texts, advertisements and signs on the road, there’s no running from it. You know, without a doubt, it’s an election year.
You can’t escape it either. Trying to scroll on TikTok? Here comes a Kamala HQ post to some trendy song. Trying to take a drive to clear your head? Oh look, there’s signage on every corner for Kari Lake, Kirsten Engel, Raúl Grijalva, Ravi Shah — you name it, they’re gonna be there. Trying to watch your favorite TV show on cable or Hulu? Here comes a comm...

On Thursday, Feb. 27, a protest was held in support of DEI initiatives on the University of Arizona campus at the administration building. 
Various student groups organized the protest, including the Coalition of Black Students and Allies, MECHA de University of Arizona and UA FORCE, which stands for Feminists Organized to Resist, Create and Empower.
The protest comes after President Donald Trump and the Department of Education gave public universities a two-week deadline to get rid of all progr...

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”
“Resistance is justified when people are occupied!”

These were some of the chants repeated by hundreds of University of Arizona students and community members at a demonstration held in support of Palestine and the Palestinian people on Thursday, Nov. 9, in front of Old Main on campus.

Various student and community groups, including the Tucson branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, were involved in the planning of the walkout that b...

Released Monday, March 27, the security report on the University of Arizona’s response to events before, during and after the on-campus killing of professor Thomas Meixner highlights four main areas of failure across multiple depar...

The Coalition of Black students and Allies protested for the decriminalization of Black bodies. The protest took place on the University of Arizona campus on Friday, Oct. 14.

The Interim Associate Vice Provost of the University of Arizona’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Maribel Alvarez, called the police on Kai Leigh Harriott, a Black, disabled queer student.

The incident took place on Sept. 30, at the Martin Luther King building. The MLK building is home to African American Studen...

Three men were sentenced in connection with the shooting of University of Arizona student Forrest Beckett Keys.
Keys was shot and killed in an altercation at the Cherry Avenue Parking Garage on February 20, 2021. On Monday, June 27, three men were sentenced for the crime.
Keys was a sophomore majoring in communication and was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the UA. 
The three defendants recently appeared in court on Monday, June 27, for sentencing. The defendants include Roberto Joaquin...