1. Events
  2. Arizona

More Arizona Stories

A now-hiring sign is posted at Chase Bank in downtown Phoenix. February 2023

‘It’s not just about salary’: Workers’ market gives employees opportunities, help against inflation headwinds

Hourly wages in the state grew 5.7% from December 2021 to December 2022.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

2nd Hobbs pick, head of Arizona child welfare agency, exits

Stewart had been at the helm for only six weeks. He was also the first Black director of the agency.
The Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower in Phoenix. January 2021.

Arizona governor vetoes bill eliminating tax on rentals

The state does not tax rent payments, but many local governments do.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise Supervisors continue expressing election concerns

Board members want the legal authority for 100% hand counts.
An attendee stands in front of artwork depicting the Arizona Buffalo Soldiers at the African American Museum of Southern Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 14 2023. The African American servicemen in the painting were allowed to join the U.S. Army in 1866.

The Buzz: Black History in Southern Arizona

New efforts are being made to bring contributions by the area's Black population to light.
Penn and Teller will be performing at the Fox Theatre Mar. 1st, as a part of the 2022-2023 Chasing Rainbows Series.

Penn & Teller visit the Fox Tucson Theatre. Listen to an interview with half of this magical duo -- but which one?

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Dr. Pamela Mays McDonald on art-ivism and Black Panther culture; and Richard Zoglin writes about how Elvis transformed Las Vegas, and how Vegas transformed the King.
The Machida family as they waited for transportation to an internment camp in Hayward, California in May 1942.

"Citizen / Enemy" at the Tucson Desert Art Museum looks at the legacy of Japanese incarcerations during World War II.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Yume Japanese Garden is a dream come true for founder Patricia Deridder; and director Natalia Almada on the connections between humanity, technology & nature in her film "Users."

Children of the Holocaust: The survival story of Pawel Lichter.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: An upcoming benefit looks to bring peace back to Sonoran Desert skies; and a new song from Gabrielle Pietrangelo.
Former Arizona Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald joined former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for a game of pickleball in January 2023.

In a pickle: Major League Pickleball launches season in Mesa

The popular recreational game, which has been described as a combination of tennis, ping-pong and badminton, now has become a fast-growing professional sport.
Chest compression-only CPR.

NFL will offer free CPR training during Super Bowl week

The NFL and American Heart Association will provide free CPR education throughout the week as part the NFL Experience at the Phoenix Convention Center.
A black pilar that says "How many will be enough" stands in the middle of the University of Arizona Mall one week after the killing of Professor Thomas Meixner on campus. A few days prior university officials held a candlelight vigil where the pilar stands.

The Buzz: UA Faculty Senate report details events that led to deadly shooting on campus

The report examines harassing behaviors of the suspected gunman from early in his time at the UA up to the shooting.
A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

Cochise County prepares for the end of Title 42

Officials say that the county lacks resources and direction from federal offices.
United States Capitol Building

Dannels tells Congress Cochise County is not the same as Texas border

He hopes change will come but he doesn't expect it soon.
Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, on June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz.

Interior: $580M headed to 15 tribes to fulfill water rights

The money will help carry out the agreements that define the tribes' rights to water from rivers and other sources and pay for pipelines, pumping stations, and canals that deliver it to reservations.
Yvonne Montoya

Stories about finding - and making - peace.

On Arizona Spotlight: Safos Dance Theatre premiers "Stories from Home"; harvesting citrus with the Iskashitaa Refugee Network; "What Peace Means to Me", an essay by Eri of Owl & Panther; and thoughts on making a peaceful place from Stories that Soar!
The seven states in the Colorado River basin couldn't agree on a plan to conserve unprecedented amounts of water before a federal deadline. Meanwhile, grim projections for the future of water levels in Lake Mead have forced mandatory cuts to water for some users in the lower basin. Federal authorities are trying to prop up levels in the nation's largest reservoir before they dip too low to generate hydropower or allow the passage of water.

California holdout in agreement over Colorado River cuts

Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut their use.

Selected Archive Filters

Arizona
Back to Top
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona