Show newer

Mark Finchem talks about Ali Alexander, U.S. Capitol attack & Trump ties in J6 deposition tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The testimony of Oro Valley Republican Mark Finchem to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection sheds gives new insight into a man who has been instrumental in misinformation around Arizona’s electoral process.

The called him 'O Rei' for a reason: Pelé's impact will long be felt tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
My old biology teacher and soccer coach said that what Darwin was to biology, Pelé was to soccer. It’s hard to imagine how the game would have evolved had he not played.

Deadline Dec. 31: Be a Sentinel Watchdog & TRIPLE your donation to real local news! tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Give to real local journalism that matters — your donation TRIPLED before midnight on Dec. 31! Support the watchdog reporters of the nonprofit independent newsroom at TucsonSentinel.com.

Photos: Tucsonans enjoy snow on Mt. Lemmon tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After a half-inch of snow fell on Mt. Lemmon on Wednesday evening, hundreds of visitors and residents in Tucson headed up General Hitchcock Highway to throw snowballs, build icy snowmen, and try their hand at sledding.

Arizona recount uncovers several ballot-counting errors in Pinal County tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The final recount results released Thursday in the Arizona attorney general’s race — which shrank to a razor-thin margin of 280 votes and confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes’ victory — show that ballot-counting errors in Pinal County were largely responsible for the shift.

Apache-Sitgreaves horse slaughter highlights friction between animal, environmental concerns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
At least 30 horses were found shot to death in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in October, highlighting the tensions in Arizona among scientists, hunters, government agencies and horse advocates.

3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s, but there is a lack of of serious effort to combat the climate crisis - and one main reason is the public doesn’t believe in its own political power enough or use it.

Vietnamese EV survives Arizona’s heat, but navigating tight U.S. market will be tougher tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
America is about to get another electric car brand - one that’s gone from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the scorching deserts of Arizona - as the VinFast has entered the competitive U.S. market, but experts say succeeding won’t be easy.

Fraud & overspending are partly why Medicare keeps spending more on COVID-19 testing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Medicare’s COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022 - and the growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending.

House committee releases Trump’s tax returns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The House Ways and Means Committee released former President Donald Trump’s tax returns Friday morning, the long-fought result of a campaign over three years in the making.

Think outside the Bell: Where to find Tucson's best tacos tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
What's been dubbed as the "2022 Taco Bell New Year's Eve Downtown Bowl Bash" will occupy Tucson this weekend, part of the Arizona Bowl activities that help showcase our city. But Tucsonans know that real tacos don't come from that fast-food chain.

Mayes wins Arizona attorney general race by 280 votes over Hamadeh after recount tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Kris Mayes maintained her win in the race for Arizona attorney general after the results of a recount were released Thursday, with the Democrat prevailing by 280 votes over Republican Abe Hamadeh. Most of the vote shifts were in Pinal County, where officials blamed 'human errors.'

Mayes wins Arizona attorney general race by 280 votes over Hamadeh after recount tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Kris Mayes maintained her win in the race for Arizona attorney general after the results of a recount were released Thursday, with the Democrat prevailing by 280 votes over Republican Abe Hamadeh. Most of the vote shifts were in Pinal County.

9th Circuit revives children’s suit against Google over surreptitious tracking tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Google must face a purported class-action lawsuit by children who claimed they were tracked and profiled for targeted ads without their parents' consent while watching YouTube videos, reversing a previous decision brought under various state laws.

Arizona’s falling vaccination rates could lead to serious health issues in the future tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Vaccination rates among schoolchildren in Arizona have steadily declined since 2012, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the drop across the state - and the trend is unlikely to reverse any time soon, which could result in serious health consequences in the future.

In child welfare cases, most of your constitutional rights don’t apply tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The mostly low-income families who are ensnared in child welfare cases have few of the rights that protect Americans as the rights that most U.S. citizens consider fundamental are hardly rights at all when it is a child protective services “caseworker” knocks on the door.

Coverage of climate change in college textbooks headed in wrong direction tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Evidence is mounting fast of the devastating consequences of climate change, but a study found that most college biology textbooks published in the 2010s contained less content on climate change than textbooks from the previous decade.

Mayes wins Arizona attorney general race by 280 votes over Hamadeh after recount tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kris Mayes maintained her win in the race for Arizona attorney general after the results of a recount were released Thursday, with the Democrat prevailing by 280 votes over Republican Abe Hamadeh.

Tucson Sounds: First Fest and 2022's best in local music tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
In which we anticipate the second coming of Bisbee's First Festival and JJP reimagines her top three local favorite albums as weird 1970s road movies... it's YOUR music column at TucsonSentinel.com!

For the IDEA beat, 2022 was a year of lifting COVID restrictions, gov't drama & untimely deaths tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The IDEA beat in 2022 reported on Southern Arizona, Pima County and Tucson during a time of shocking violence in the community, the end to COVID-19 measures and funding and an important midterm election.

Show older
Tucson Sentinel Mastodon

Tucson Sentinel's independent nonprofit newsroom learns from & informs Southern Arizonans about the community challenges & unique culture of our Borderlands.