A 52-year-old woman committed suicide at the Border Patrol station in Yuma on Saturday after she was taken into custody by agents in California, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Wednesday. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva died Thursday morning at the age of 77, his office and daughter said. Grijalva, in Congress since 2003, was treated for lung cancer last year, and said he would not seek to run for office again after November's election.

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva can't make votes in Washington and so he needs to resign ASAP and let Gov. Katie Hobbs call a special election — so voters can choose a representative capable of doing a job that desperately needs to be done. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

Mapping city traffic crashes 2017-2024 shows Tucson's most dangerous intersections www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Pima County officials should protect employees from "unauthorized interference" and "fraudulent actors" as the Trump administration makes a show of force with immigration arrests, County Attorney Laura Conover advised in a newly released legal memo. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Despite the potential for "more aggressive immigration enforcement," TUSD's policies have not changed under the law, said Supt. Gabriel Trujillo, and schools will require judicial warrants from federal law enforcement agents to come onto campus or demand student information.

As the Trump administration makes a show of force against migrants, Pima County officials should ask for a copy of any warrants and identification from federal agents seeking access to county facilities and employees, County Attorney Laura Conover advised this week.

Past Sasabe, in the Arizona desert, some of the last migrants to cross under the Biden administration awaited the Border Patrol

Vivek's involvement with DOGE lasted negative Scaramuccis

Broadcast TV chain Allen Media — which owns Tucson's Channel 4 KVOA — is cutting the ranks of local weathercasters across the country to consolidate operations at the company's Weather Channel hub in Atlanta.

School officials react with 'great excitement' as appeals court decision reaffirms 2022 ruling to wind up anti-discrimination oversight

Temperatures will remain near freezing across much of Southern Arizona overnight on Sunday, National Weather Service forecasters said. A freeze warning will be remain in effect overnight until Monday morning. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Mayor Regina Romero touted her 2024 accomplishments Tuesday and said a proposed half-cent sales tax would go toward addressing some of Tucson’s biggest problems. Romero, starting her sixth year, delivered her “Report to Tucsonans” to a crowd of about 350 people at the Tucson Convention Center.

Supervisor Rex Scott will run the meetings of the Pima County Board of Supervisors this year, after being elected chair during Tuesday's meeting.

Supes OK $330k base pay + $31k deferred; GOP's Christy votes 'no' citing transparency; Dem Heinz abstains, saying county administrator is worth even more

ICYMI: After its Christmas Day launch in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has been capturing deep-space images with the help of instruments developed by a University of Arizona team. www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...

Through Dec. 31, your contributions can be tripled thanks to NewsMatch and the local donors to our Community Challenge Fund. It's absolutely the right time to join our Watchdog Club to support authentically local news you can trust. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

Whether you celebrate a specific holiday or prefer to mark the longer nights and (somewhat) chillier days of winter in some other way, as we near the end of the year, you have the best wishes of all of us at the Tucson Sentinel. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...

From Perry Como to punk rock: www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/...

Tucson Sentinel's "What the Devil won't tell you" columnist Blake Morlock is Arizona's top opinion writer, while Paul Ingram garnered multiple awards including being named as the best news photographer in the state by the Arizona Press Club. Other Sentinel journalists also took home awards.

Susan Small — who with her late husband Bill Small, former owner of the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star, for decades directed the charitable works of the Stonewall Foundation — died earlier this month just days before her 98th birthday. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Marana Mayor Ed Honea died Friday. He was 77. Honea was a longtime political figure in the Tucson suburb, having served on the Marana Town Council as a councilmember and mayor for a total of 37 years on three separate occasions. Honea was just reelected mayor this year without opposition.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remember those who have been killed, injured, abused, tortured for being who they are. Remember those who have taken their own lives because they could not live in a world where they could not be themselves. Remember them. And make the world remember them.

Highlighting recent efforts to combat fentanyl smuggling across the border, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs pushed for partnerships between state and federal agencies while warning the incoming Trump administration she would fight "misguided" policies. www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Democratic incumbent Sheriff Chris Nanos has won another term, with 495 more votes than challenger Heather Lappin in the final update to the vote count. Pima County finished tallying in the middle of the night. Officials are set to recount the narrow race, but the result is unlikely to change.

John McLean, a Democratic candidate for the state Senate who lost last week's election, was killed in a traffic collision near Broadway and Houghton Road on Friday morning, police said. GET THE DETAILS: www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...