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Forest service officials look for Molino 2 Wildfire suspect.

Video evidence has been released.
The U.S. - Mexico Border Wall near Sierra Vista.

Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge

Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork.
A health professional examines a patient.

Statewide, congenital syphilis cases are on the rise.

Healthcare professions say that this disease is one hundred percent preventable.
Clyde Martin's daughter test rides the 45-foot wood slide in April 2023.

Precision carpentry and fun combine for slides in Sierra Vista

A Sierra Vista man builds massive wooden slides.
An aerial view of the Molino 2 Fire on Catalina Highway in the Coronado National Forest. April 30, 2023

Fire on road to Mt. Lemmon

The fire closed the Catalina Highway.
The sun shines harshly behind a saguaro cactus.

The ice is broken: temps climb to 100

The last day of April was the first day in 2023 Tucson hit 100

Arizona’s veterinary medicine grads aid shortfall of vets in nation, state

Employment of veterinarians is projected to grow 19% from 2021 to 2031.

Arizona increase in drunken driving deaths among highest in nation in 2021

While Arizona was an outlier, it was not unique.
A car travels near a pothole on a Tucson-area street.

Arizona plans to sink more than $85 million into potholes, other repairs

The cold weather in northern Arizona and wet weather in lower elevations, plus heavy traffic on Arizona’s highways are a recipe for potholes.
One of the U.S. Border Patrol's integrated fixed towers built on a hill in Cochise County.

Map of border surveillance towers shows growing ‘virtual wall’ along US southern border

Arizona was an early adopter of surveillance towers when the CBP program was launched in the 2000s.
The Bighorn Fire burns on Sunday, June 7, 2020 near Oro Valley, Arizona.

The Buzz: A wet winter brings increased wildfire danger

Experts give a fire outlook and talk about recovery.
Supporters of the effort to recall Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby gather petitions to get the recall on the ballot. April 2023

Crosby recall efforts race to the finish line

Volunteers are hoping to get enough signatures to force a recall vote in Cochise County by the deadline next week.
The stinknet weed (Oncosiphon pilulifer), seen here with a key for scale, was being traded as Globe chamomile before being renamed. Scientists say it is an invasive plant in our region.

Why this wildflower is worrying naturalists in Arizona.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Martha Retallick on her "City Nature"; German fellow visits the AZPM Studio; and, a look into a Dolly Parton themed dance party.
Bob Nilson, the Tourism Supervisor at the Benson Visitor’s Center, shows off the train simulator, which is a fan favorite at the visitor's center.

Benson Visitor Center certified as an Autism Center

The location is the first in Cochise County.
A set of four tubes known as the "river outlet works" allows extra water to flow through the Glen Canyon Dam. The flows are designed to take advantage of extra wet years and help wildlife habitat downstream of the dam.

An extra pulse of water is flowing into Grand Canyon after a wet winter

This experiment is the first since 2018 and comes in response to forecasts for an above-average spring snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains.
A woman and child embrace along the border in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora where migrants seeking asylum formed an encampment along the sidewalk as they waited to make formal requests with U.S. Customs officers at the San Luis Port of Entry in December 2018.

Sinema, Southern Arizona mayors and county officials discuss impact of immigration on border communities.

The U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee comes weeks before Title 42 expires.

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