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Tucson saguaros are blooming. Here's everything you need to know. 🌵
Editor's note: This story was originally published in May 2023. We've updated the story with relevant information for the 2024 saguaro bloom season!. Saguaro bloom season is happening across Tucson and Southern Arizona right now and that means you can find many cacti topped with soft white blooms. While some...
Snoop Dogg will lend his name to Arizona Bowl in Tucson
Snoop Dogg is putting his name on the Arizona Bowl for what will be the first partnership between an alcohol brand and a college bowl game, the rapper and media personality announced Monday. The “Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop” is scheduled for...
An Oscar-winning film made a historic AZ gay bar a punchline — and 'opened a conversation'
Cord Jefferson, a former journalist and veteran TV writer who was born in Tucson, won an Academy Award for best-adapted screenplay earlier this year for his debut film "American Fiction" (2023), which also earned 4.5/5 stars from The Republic's film critic Bill Goodykoontz. While it's a great movie, there's one...
FIRST ALERT FORECAST - Red Flag Warning expires this evening
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – Our First Alert Action designation will expire this evening at 7:00, as the Red Flag Warning expires, with those gusty winds & therefore, fire risk subsiding. Tomorrow, winds calm down & we cool down to the low-to-mid 80s. Tracking breezy conditions on Wednesday, although it likely won’t be as windy as today. Temps rebound to the upper 80s/low 90s & stay that way through next weekend. It looks like we’re still safe from the triple digits for now.
Despite growing gaps in homeless services, community assistance groups feel unsupported
A woman writes a postcard to the Tucson Mayor and Council asking them to reconsider a city ordinance that requires a permit to distribute food to 10 or more people in city parks on Friday, March 15, 2024. At least 1400 Tucsonans are currently homeless, according to last year’s annual...
University of Arizona, students prepare for commencement amid protests
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Pro-Palestinian protests continue to rock college campuses around the country and many schools, including the University of Arizona, have commencement right around the corner,. University of Arizona officials said two of the bigger changes being made are:. Balloons, signs, banners, and flags of any kind...
District of Arizona works to improve handling of MMIP cases
Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018. United States Attorney Gary Restaino, in Tucson, says the District of Arizona is hiring a regional coordinator to aid in the prevention and response to missing or murdered Indigenous people, as part of a Justice Department program.
Foxes that attacked Tucson museum worker test positive for rabies
Two foxes tested positive for rabies after attacking a Tucson museum worker on Wednesday, according to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish. The foxes attacked a worker on Wednesday morning at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, but the worker did not sustain any injuries. Game and Fish employees conducted a...
Blinken talks battling fentanyl with Mayor Romero
VIEW LARGER Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Mayor Regina Romero about the impacts of fentanyl on the community at the Tucson 911/311 Call Center on May 3, 2024. Blinken said he heard during the visit that half of all fentanyl seized in this country is coming from the Tucson region, passing through ports of entry.
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