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Controversial aluminum plant pulls out of Benson
Part of the site of a proposed aluminum plant in Benson, Ariz. is pictured here on Jan. 26, 2026. After months of community pushback and possible legal action by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, an aluminum company has scrapped its plans to build a manufacturing facility in Benson. A spokesperson...
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Tucson women’s recovery center The Haven faces possible closure amid reimbursement delays
The Haven women's addiction recovery center in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. The facility is one of the many service providers who have been caught in what stakeholders describe as the state's over-correction of the sober-living fraud scandal that was widely reported in 2023. Tucked away in the...
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Purpose Healing Centers Opens New Tucson Facility with Full Spectrum Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Services
Purpose Healing Centers is hosting an Open House before the grand opening of its new Tucson treatment facility at 502 North Silverbell Road, marking a major expansion of its mission to provide accessible addiction care in Arizona. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m., featuring refreshments and guided tours. Interested attendees can RSVP via Eventbrite.
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Arizona's Sixth District Stands to Gain Millions If FY27 Health Bill Clears the House
Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) had a busy Wednesday, and if the day went according to plan, rural communities across Southeastern Arizona could soon see more than $3.1 million in federal health care funding. The House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related...
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Community advocates, industry experts share public health concerns at PFAS conference in Tucson
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced efforts to roll back limits on certain PFAS, or forever chemicals, in drinking water. That’s one of the topics of discussion among researchers and community advocates this week at the National PFAS Conference at the University of Arizona. "Bringing people from different states...
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National PFAS experts gather in Tucson to address forever chemicals
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The country’s leading experts on PFAS are gathering in Tucson for the first time ever. The compounds, also known as forever chemicals, have contaminated Tucson’s water supply for four decades. “It’s a really big deal to be able to bring the voices that...
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Tribal leaders protest plans to close Tucson health care facility
Tribal leaders and Arizona lawmakers are demanding that the Indian Health Service halt plans to close its Tucson facility, a move that will force patients from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Tohono O'odham Nation to travel more than 100 miles to the Phoenix Indian Health Center to access services and administrative support. U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, along with U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, all three Democrats, raised alarms about the closure in a June 1 letter to Clayton W. Fulton, Indian Health Service chief of staff. They said IHS should suspend the proposed consolidation until it fully clarifies the potential impacts on tribal nations in southern Arizona and completes a meaningful, formal tribal consultation process. "The Tucson Area Office facilitates essential health services for nearly 28,000 patients in coordination with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Tohono O’odham Nation," the lawmakers said in the letter. "Merging these offices will require patients and staff to travel as long as two hours to visit the closest area office, exacerbating bureaucratic delays, communication failures, and service disruptions." The Tucson facility is the only one targeted for closure. Indian Health Service officials said the agency is undertaking a major modernization effort to
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National PFAS Conference Addresses Water Contamination in Tucson
In the heart of Tucson, Arizona, a battle against a silent threat has been unfolding for decades. The city, grappling with contamination issues from persistent chemicals known as PFAS, is now the focal point of a significant national dialogue. The University of Arizona is hosting a National PFAS Conference, a...
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El Rio Health Stone Health Center to Open June 1
El Rio Health has announced that its new Stone Health Center will begin seeing patients on Monday, June 1. This state-of-the-art, 95,000-square-foot integrated community health center is projected to serve up to 22,000 patients annually once fully staffed. Located at 4888 N. Stone—the former Tucson Heart Hospital, which had remained...
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Antibiotic doesn’t work for wheezing kids in the ER
A newly published study shows no benefit to using an antibiotic in treating wheezing in the emergency room. The study led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson showed that giving the antibiotic azithromycin did not help preschool children seen in the hospital emergency room with bouts of severe wheezing.
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Dr. Mark J. Helms Joins Sierra Tucson to Oversee Innovative Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment
Sierra Tucson, a leading provider of behavioral health and addiction treatment services, has appointed Mark J. Helms, M.D., as its new medical director, effective immediately. Dr. Helms brings decades of experience in psychiatric care and healthcare leadership to the role. He specializes in both general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry, adding broad clinical expertise to Sierra Tucson’s leadership team.
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Golder Ranch by the numbers
• Responded to 20,579 calls, among them 9,442 calls in Oro Valley. Most are for medical emergencies; “paramedics are on the trucks,” Chief Tom Brandhuber said. GRFD employs 116 paramedics;. • Addressed 11,343 emergency medical incidents, 5,289 of them in Oro Valley. It transported 3,908 people to Oro...
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Oro Valley moving forward with Vistoso pond project despite PFAS concerns
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — A growing debate over the future of a dry pond at Oro Valley’s Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve is continuing as town leaders move forward with plans to restore the water feature using reclaimed water. For months, KGUN 9 has been following concerns surrounding...
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Group demands ‘complete’ pond study
Archaeology Southwest, responsible for enforcement of a conservation easement at the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve, has formally urged Oro Valley to undertake “a complete environmental site assessment” of the 2.5-acre former golf course irrigation pond the town intends to restore as an aerated water feature. In a May...
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Antibiotic proves ineffective in treating wheezing in young children in the emergency room
TUCSON, Ariz. — A study led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson showed that giving the antibiotic azithromycin did not help preschool children seen in the hospital emergency room with bouts of severe wheezing. The results from a Phase 3 clinical trial...