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Dr. Elizabeth Schauer Extempore

Classical 90.5 host Andy Bade spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Schauer and doctoral students Meg Palermo and Keenan Dolan.

Andrea Kelly, a reporter with Arizona Public Media, talks about the results of the November 5th Tucson election, including city council races and ballot measures.

Tucson City Council’s Richard Fimbres announces retirement

A new council member will be appointed to serve until November.

Bus fares back in Tucson? Border Czar and RFK Jr. in AZ, State lawmakers working on Arizona ICE Act

The Press Room for April 11, 2025.

Tucson officially reached 100 degrees on April 11, 2025, setting a record for the earliest date with triple digit temperatures.

100 degree temperatures officially arrive

Tucson set a record on Friday.

Ex-Fraternity Alumni President found guilty in fraud scheme

Michael Woolbright was convicted of five counts of fraud between 2015 and 2020.

Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) is a constellation of communications satellites operated by the United States Space Force. Image: artist rendering of an AEHF.

New satellite constellation program expected to worsen outer space congestion

Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to place thousands of new communications satellites into low Earth orbit.

Governor Katie Hobbs speaking with attendees at the 2025 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. January 10, 2025

Hobbs warns GOP budget fix could gut disability services, Paid Caregiver Program

Governor Hobbs is pushing back on a GOP budget plan she says threatens disability services and cuts paid caregiver hours for thousands of Arizona families.

Mountain lions can be cornered by hounds in crags and at the edge of rocky cliffs.

AZ Game and Fish Commission to hear petition that aims to ban dog packs used for hunting

Wildlife advocates say hounding endangers rare species.

Housed within the Department of Commerce, NOAA is responsible for the country's weather forecasts, marine fisheries management and coastal management.

NOAA contracts are being reviewed one by one, throwing the agency into chaos

"Lots of stuff will break," a NOAA staffer said. "It's just a matter of time."

University of Arizona immunobiology professor Michael Johnson & Arizona copper mined from underground.

Examining the health benefits of copper

Arizona’s ties to copper go back to the territorial era, but the mineral also plays a big part in human health.

Customers wait in line for mini tote bags at a Trader Joe's in Oro Valley, Arizona, on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Mini tote bags tote-ally back in Tucson

Customers waited in line outside Trader Joe’s locations as news broke that highly coveted mini tote bags were back in stock.

Al is one of the former research chimpanzees recently moved to a chimp sanctuary in Louisiana.

Aging former research chimps move to Chimp Haven

All of the former research chimpanzees that had been living on an Air Force base in New Mexico have finally arrived at a sanctuary in Louisiana. Many of these chimps are in their 50s and 60s.