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Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Tucson, stands outside her congressional office in Washington, D.C., in this photo posted on her official Twitter account.

Rep Kirkpatrick Wants to Help 'Dreamers' Work for Congress

The Arizona representative's first bill would allow DACA recipients to work on Capitol Hill.
Children seen on the grounds of the Southwest Key facility in Tucson, Arizona, July 7, 2018.

Southwest Key Takes Step to Have Freeze on Arizona Admissions Lifted

The migrant children's shelter operator has a months-long statewide freeze on placements of unaccompanied, undocumented children.
Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border continues to drop as snowpack declines throughout the southwestern U.S. The narrow passageway shown here in September 2018 has been rendered unusable as water levels drop.

Drought Hangover Likely to Deplete Spring Runoff, Report Says

Despite "OK" snowpack, the hot and dry conditions of 2018 put the Southwest in a drought hangover.
The TEP Building in downtown Tucson

Utilities Offer Help to Unpaid Federal Workers

TEP and Southwest Gas will cancel late fees and disconnections.
Doc Martin Season 8: Faith

Doc Martin Season 8: Faith

THURSDAY at 8
Tohono O'odham Vice Chairman Verlon Jose leans against a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border, which divides the Nation.

Tohono O'odham Officials Argue Against Border Wall

Tribal leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. to make their case before a committee.
A Yakutian horse near Oymyakon, Siberia on a minus 49 °F day. From episode 2, “Chasing the Wild.”

NATURE Equus: The Story of the Horse - "Chasing the Wind"

Travel around the world to uncover the history of mankind’s relationship with the horse.
Thomas Thwaites' documents his quest to take a break from being a human in his book "Goatman". Photograph by Tim Bowditch.

Becoming a Goat?

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Trials begin for "No More Deaths" volunteers; How photographing Bears Ears National Monument became a passion for a retired astronomer; and remembering when Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Tucson.
Sriraja Panich is the brand name of one of two Sriracha sauces created by Saowanit Trikityanukul's family. The family sold the brand to Thaitheparos, Thailand's leading sauce company, in the 1980s. The brand has struggled to gain a foothold in the U.S., where the Huy Fong Rooster brand of Sriracha, created by Vietnamese-American David Tran, reigns supreme.

In Home Of Original Sriracha Sauce, Thais Say Rooster Brand Is Nothing To Crow About

The original comes from the seaside city of Si Racha, Thailand.
Signs held by No More Deaths supporters before the start of trial of four volunteers, Jan. 15, 2019.

Trial of Border Humanitarian Aid Workers Begins in Tucson

Misdemeanor charges against No More Deaths volunteers could set a precedent for migrant humanitarian work in the Arizona desert.
Golden Boots at Golden Pin Lanes

Golden Boots at Golden Pin

Local band, Golden Boots performs ‘Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser’
Tucson Unified School District Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo speaking at district headquarters, July 17, 2018.

TUSD Still Faces Teacher Shortages Despite Pay Raises, Sign-On Bonuses

The district will hold back-to-back job fairs in an effort to get ahead of hiring challenges.
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with journalist Ann Curry while taping Finding Your Roots.

Finding Your Roots Season 5: Reporting on the Reporters

Journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling learn their fascinating family histories.
U. S. Rep. Raul Grijalva has made repeated calls to halt border wall construction during the pandemic.

Native Americans Tell Committee Government Shutdown is Closing Medical Clinics

Testimony in a committee chaired by Arizona Rep. Grijalva pointed to medical assistance for the elderly and needy.
Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief Rodolfo Karisch

Border Patrol Tucson Chief Heading to Texas

Rodolfo "Rudy" Karisch has overseen Tucson operations since 2017.
Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman, 2018.

Navajo Code Talker Alfred K. Newman dies at 94 in New Mexico

Newman was one of hundreds of Navajos who used their language to create a code to help win World War II.

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