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A line of lockers at a high school.

COVID-19 highlights need for school counselors

Schools across Cochise County have identified an increase in demand for mental health counseling services since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sabino Canyon visitors 2017.

Pima County tourism saw strong rebound in 2021

Report commissioned by local tourism bureau says visitor spending up 77 percent
Rabin's house sits just down the road from a border checkpoint, in a corner of Arizona where water is drying up so quickly that many of her neighbors have spent tens of thousands of dollars to deepen their wells, or dig new ones altogether.

“Not here for some agrarian fantasy”

Arizona plays a big role in providing Americans with fresh greens year-round, and its farmers are feeling the pressure to keep that going while cutting down on water. It’s also not an easy place to start farming from scratch.

Trump, Pence to campaign for rivals in Ariz. governor's race

The campaign for Governor is in full swing.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Kelly.

Arizona’s senate race already one of the most expensive in the nation

Campaigns and outside groups have already spent about $74 million on the race, according to one organization's tally.
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Monsoon rain falls in southern Arizona.

Episode 331: The Special Smell of the Desert

The smell of a monsoon rain is more than just refreshing.
Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, is projected to decline as 2022 progresses, triggering responses from both state and federal officials.

On the Colorado River the feds carry a big stick. Will the states get hit?

A summer deadline approaches for state leaders to agree on how to cut their water use.
A container holds several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

Two-thirds of Arizona has high COVID transmission rates

Only counties in southern Arizona do not have high rates.
Sun Tran bus in downtown Tucson.

Express bus ridership still below pre-pandemic levels

That’s despite high fuel prices and companies returning to in-person work.
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Lake Mead and the rest of the Colorado River system are shrinking rapidly. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has called for new conservation measures, asking states to conserve a tremendously large amount of water, and giving them a 60-day timeline to formulate a plan for those reductions.

What will Arizona do as its share of Colorado River water diminishes?

We hear about efforts to reassess state allocations and what may come of a billion-dollar fund established this summer.
Glen Canyon Dam holds back Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir on the Colorado River. The lake is currently at 28% of its capacity.

Responding to federal pressure, Upper Colorado River states seek to bring back conservation program

Colorado River states are facing a deadline to cut their water use.
Abraham Hamadeh, Andrew Gould, Dawn Grove, Lacy Cooper, Rodney Glassman, Tiffany Shedd and Arizona PBS host Ted Simons.

Abortion ruling puts new focus on Arizona's attorney general race

The race for state attorney general is one of the most crowded fields on Arizona’s primary ballots.

Abortion rights group opposes effort to restore Arizona ban

The case is being heard in Pima County court.
Your Vote 2020: Mail-In Ballot

Ballot deadlines approaching in Arizona

Primary Election Day is two weeks away.

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