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A vote here sign in Armory Park.

Registration deadline approaches for Arizona presidential preference election

Feb. 18 is the last day to update your registration to Democrat to vote in the election.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Controlled blasts for border wall project draw criticism

Critics say they threaten cultural sites that belong to the Tohono O'odham Nation.
A sign lets drivers know they are entering Mexico at the port of entry in Yuma.

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy’s impact in Nogales, Sonora

The migrant protection protocols expanded to Nogales in January 2020.
The dining hall in Kino Border Initiative's new Migrant Outreach Center in Nogales, Sonora. Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera toured the facility with Rev. Sean Carroll.

Touring a new center for migrants and deportees in at the border

The facility allows Kino Border Services to drastically expand its services in Nogales, Sonora.
Consul General Virginia Staab for the U.S. Consulate in Nogales, Sonora.

US consul general discusses Americans’ safety in Sonora

Lorraine Rivera's exclusive interview with U.S. Consul General Virginia Staab.
From Nogales, Arizona, a view of the city and its border wall with Nogales, Sonora.

U.S. Consul General, new migrant center, new border wall

Plus, how immigration factors into the Republican and Democratic parties' platforms in 2020.

An Arizona Illustrated Special - La Vaquita

Efforts to save the most endangered marine animal on earth — the vaquita.
Little Colorado River in the White Mountains of Arizona

What the future holds for biodiversity on our planet

Biodiversity and ecosystems connect Earth's living and physical components.
In this March 2019 file photo, Cindy Harrison rallies in Phoenix in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Arizona has never approved the ERA, one of just 12 states not to have done so, but Virginia’s recent ratification led the U.S. House to remove a deadline for states’ ratification in hopes of reviving the amendment.

Divided House votes to reset deadline to ratify Equal Rights Amendment

Arizona is one of 12 states that have never approved the ERA, despite regular attempts by state Democrats to do so.
Image from a Feb. 13 tweet by Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal, described in the tweet as showing border wall construction near Organ Pipe National Monument.

Border officials: No cultural sites where border explosions are taking place

A Tucson Sector official said on Twitter the detonations are happening in areas disturbed by the last border fence project.
Three cats sat together at Kennington Film Studios, London.

NOVA: Cat Tales

Goddess, demon, house pet? What does science say about the human relationship with cats?
The Arizona Capitol Building. January 2017

Arizona House bill aims to protect Native American regalia at graduation

While the language of the bill currently applies to a the broader category of "cultural regalia," lawmakers plan to highlight federally recognized tribes.
Road construction and repair signs in Pima County.

Tucson Council members call on Pima County to leave city out of road-repair plan

The $387 million pay-go program is funded by property taxes from all Pima County residents.
Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis, center, said his tribe is working to solve funding problems, but the federal government has to do its share. He is with Muckleshoot Tribe Council Member Louie Ungaro, left, and Martina Hinds, president of the National Indian Education Association.

Tribal officials press for more, and more predictable, federal funding

Most who spoke to the appropriations subcommittee were thankful for federal help, but also forceful about federal shortcomings.
A solar array used by Tucson Electric Power to add renewable energy to the grid, August 2019

The price of clean energy in Arizona

Utility companies are embracing clean energy plans, but also looking to increase rates for consumers to finance the changes.
Construction underway on a section of border wall in Organ Pipe National Monument, Sept. 18, 2019.

Defense tries to move more money for border wall construction

The move has some in Congress calling constitutional foul.

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