Tucson, AZ

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Tucson police officer who shot and killed mass shooting suspect Leslie Stephen Scarlett won’t face charges. Dan South, Chief of the Criminal Division of the Pima County Attorney’s Office, said the actions of officer Danny Leon followed state law and the shooting was justified.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The recent surge of COVID-19 cases is taking a toll on local hospitals. Now, an update from Banner Health as leaders there say this surge is different. That’s because they are seeing the hospitalization rate, the ICU admissions, and the ventilator use in younger...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Tucson police officer who fatally shot mass shooting suspect Leslie Stephen Scarlett was justified in doing so, prosecutors determined. Dan South, Chief of the Criminal Division of the Pima County Attorney’s Office, said the actions of officer Danny Leon followed state law and the shooting was justified.

Approximately 110 acres of land in Tucson, just west of Interstate 10 between Prince Road and Miracle Mile, may become a progressive, mixed-use interstate commerce campus. A request to rezone the property from R-1, O-3 and C-2 to Planned Area Development Zoning was recently submitted to the City of Tucson by The Planning Center, on behalf of the property owner Gary Brav and the Arizona Board of Regents. The current PAD consists of vacant land, a storage yard for construction materials and agricultural and educational facilities associated with the University of Arizona.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Tucson police are at the scene of a hit-and-run that left a man injured on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 3. According to officers, the victim was hit near the intersection of Alvernon Way and Grant Road. The man was seriously injured, police say.

SAHUARITA, ARIZONA -- The latest 428-lot subdivision in award-winning Rancho Sahuarita Master Planned Community, Entrada Del Pueblo, has all of its lots committed to four home builders now. Pulte closed on 105 SFR lots for $6,507,635 ($61,977 per finished lot) and Meritage closed on 115 SFR lots for $6,785,000 ($59,000 per finished lot). Pulte lots are all 45’x120’ and Meritage are 40’x 120’ in size. Earlier, Lennar Homes closed on 110 SFR lots for $6,864,000 ($62,400 per finished lot) and Richmond American Homes also purchased 98 SFR lots for $6,131,381 ($62,565 per finished lot). All the home builders closed on platted lots with seller, an affiliate of Rancho Sahuarita, that will provide finished lots at a per lot development agreement. Rancho Sahuarita is a 3,000-acre master planned community located within the municipal boundaries of Sahuarita, Arizona, a town with a population of approximately 31,500 in Southern Arizona. Sahuarita is one of Arizona’s fastest-growing communities located roughly 20 minutes south of Central Tucson on Interstate 19 and Tucson International Airport a 20-minute drive. Started in 2000, Rancho Sahuarita began expansion south of Sahuarita Road with Entrada La Coraza with 144-homes earlier this year, located in the vicinity of the new hospital. Entrada Del Pueblo’s 428 homesites, will be to the south of Entrada La Coraza. With low interest rates and limited inventory fueling record high sales prices. May saw the median existing-home sales price exceed $350,000, a 24% increase and the largest year-over-year increase since 1999, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Eager buyers are making multiple offers, some for well over asking price, while others are making offers on homes sight unseen. Meanwhile, home builders are trying to meet the increased market demand, with housing starts up 3.6% in May from April nationally, according to the Commerce Department. Single‐family housing starts in June were at a rate of 1,160,000; this is 6.3 percent (±11.7 percent) above the revised May figure of 1,091,000. For more information on Rancho Sahuarita, Diana Dessy, Director of Land Assets at Rancho Sahuarita, should be reached at 520.275.7235. To learn more, see RED Comp #8843 and #8892.

On Tuesday, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced it had determined that the police officer who fatally shot a mass shooting suspect will not face charges. The Pima County Attorney’s Office concluded that the action was justified. Tucson Police Officer Danny Leon on July 18, shot and killed 35-year-old Leslie...

You weren’t imagining things if you thought July’s monsoon storms were something special: The heavy rainfall broke three records, including one that had stood for 66 years. A total of 8.06 inches of rain fell at Tucson International Airport in July, breaking the previous record of 6.08 inches that fell...

Republican Juan Ciscomani, a senior adviser to Gov. Doug Ducey, announced Tuesday he is running for U.S. Congress to represent the state’s second congressional district, which includes a majority of Tucson. The district, which was a battleground between Republicans and Democrats in past elections, will have a new member of...

I am concerned about the environmental impacts of the proposed Avra Valley West I-11 alternative route, and the proposed East Option that co-locates I-11 with I-19 and I-10 through the Tucson region. There is no place in the world with the unique, magnificent terrain of the Sonoran Desert. Millions of...

More housing, shopping and possibly a restaurant, are planned for Tucson’s south side as some retailers report having their best sales in the historically underserved area. Larsen Baker sold 6.54 acres of vacant land at the northwest corner at Kino Parkway and Benson Highway to CID Opportunity Zone QOB LLC for nearly $1.3 million.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The extension of the eviction moratorium will buy tenants who were impacted by the pandemic more time to find help. The Tucson and Pima County Eviction Prevention Program has paid out nearly $16 million in rental assistance and has nearly $10 million in funding left to pay out.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Tucson Unified School District will hold an emergency meeting at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday August 4, 2021 to discuss whether to require masks for all students, staff and visitors to all of the district schools. The district policy at present follows CDC and...