1. Support

More Stories

A mural welcoming visitors to Willcox is located across the street from the city's Historic Railroad Avenue Park.

Willcox steps up marketing, looks for greater cooperation across Cochise County

The new city manager says cities and towns in the county should work together to draw tourists.
A for sale sign is posted outside of a former gas station in the town of Mammoth on July 8, 2019.

Help wanted in Mammoth as town tries to encourage new business

Town leaders see potential in location along State Route 77.
A closeup of a mural in Ajo touts itself as the heart of the Sonoran Desert.

Ajo looks to stand out as destination for artists, recreationists

The former mining community also wants to attract more Puerto Peñasco-bound traffic.
The Arizona flag waves in the wind on a flagpole in Willcox.

Tourism a growing priority in some rural communities

Arizona 360 looks at how some smaller towns and cities are banking on tourism to boost their economies.
Photo taken shortly before Apollo 11 landed on the moon's surface, July 20, 1969.

UA Special Collections opening lunar mapping exhibit

Hosting collection of rare documents and maps from university's moon researchers
Tucson 2019 Ward 1 Democratic candidates. From left, Rob Elias, Sami Hamed, Miguel Ortega and Lane Santa Cruz.

Four Democrats running for open city council seat

The candidates will face off in the August primary for Ward 1, on the city's west side.
Tucson media tour a vacant "pod" at the Pima County Juvenile Justice Complex, which is slated to be converted into transitional housing for migrant families.Officials from the county and Catholic Social Services conducted a tour of the facility for media on July 17, 2019.

Group hopes juvenile detention center can be welcoming space for migrants

The Board of Supervisors will vote next week on whether to approve the empty center as temporary migrant housing.
Madonna Thunderhawk and her daughter, Marcy Gilbert, at Standing Rock 2017. The pair were featured in "Warrior Women," a film about the women of the American Indian Movement in the '60s and '70s.

Arizona Spotlight for July 18th, 2019

Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival presents indigenous stories for all to see; Retired astronaut Mark Kelly reflects on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing; and a Spotlight Session from Heather Hardy & Alvin Blaine.

Pima County looks local to fund high-quality universal preschool

Success will take time, education officials say, likely beginning with a pilot program.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, May 2018.

Secretary of State Pompeo plans travel to Latin America

Pompeo is expected to talk about issues like free trade and immigration with counterparts in Mexico and other countries.
A United States Geological Survey photo of the lower Little Colorado River, July 2013.

Lawsuit challenges northern Arizona fracking leases

Conservation groups say the BLM violated laws by not conducting environmental reviews or consulting tribes.
4 billion years ago, Mars had a global magnetic field. Electric blue aurorae danced above its poles. CG illustration.

NOVA: The Planets

The life of our solar system told in five dramatic stories spanning billions of years, beginning with Inner Worlds and Mars
Rain clouds near Tubac, July 2019.

Weather patterns lining up for late-coming monsoon

The Weather Service has forecast thunder and rain storms each day this week.
Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick speaks to the press at the Doubletree Reid Park in Tucson on election night, 2018.

Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick joins call for Trump impeachment

Grijalva, Gallego and Stanton already support impeachment inquiry.
Boxes containing petitions collected by the People's Defense Initiative were displayed on July 3, 2019, before the group submitted them to Tucson city officials. The group claims it collected 18,155 signatures, more than the 9,200 needed to qualify its proposed Sanctuary City ordinance for the Nov. 5, 2019 Tucson city election ballot.

Sanctuary city effort approved for Tucson November ballot

The Pima County Recorder's office certified signatures that exceeded the minimum requirement by about 3,100.
A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Prosecutors in border agent trial trying to keep some testimony away from jury

They want Bowen to not be able to tell the jury his job is dangerous and that agents risk their lives.

Selected Archive Filters

Back to Top
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona