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Aztec men set 4 nat'l qualifying marks to open outdoor season at GCU Invitational tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team competed in their first Outdoor Season meets this week at the GCU Invitational in Phoenix and the Mesa Multi’s Meet in Mesa

Gage Mestas scores 3 runs, has 2 steals as Pima baseball sinks Bismarck State tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (22-8) closed out a busy week on Friday after playing its final game as part of the Tucson Invitational.

PCC's Peterson & Bright-Schade earn nat'l qualifiers to open outdoor track & field season tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team competed in their first meets of the 2023 outdoor season this week at the Mesa Multi’s Meet and the GCU Invitational.

Gage Mestas scores 3 runs, has 2 steals as Pima baseball sinks Bismarck State tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (22-8) closed out a busy week on Friday after playing its final game as part of the Tucson Invitational.

Elise Munoz goes 6 for 7, Zazueta throws complete game as Pima softball sweeps Paradise Valley tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (16-13, 13-7 in ACCAC) played its fourth straight ACCAC road doubleheader on Saturday at Paradise Valley Community College (4-17, 4-17).

China owns little U.S. farmland, but many lawmakers are worried tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Though Chinese companies own just 383,935 acres, less than 1% of foreign-held acres, nearly a third of states have laws prohibiting certain foreign businesses and governments from buying agricultural lands within their borders, and more states are looking to join them.

Arizona Wildcats end season on wrong side of history, falls to No. 15 Princeton in NCAA Tournament tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The crowd at Thursday’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game responded with cheers of excitement, gasps of shock and disbelief as the buzzer sounded and the No. 2 seed Arizona Wildcats found themselves on the wrong side of history in a loss to No. 15 seed Princeton.

Annual count shows Mexican wolf population reaches record numbers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Recovery of wolves in the wild accelerated at an astonishing rate in 2022, with the population growing from 196 to at least 241 wolves, including 136 counted in New Mexico and 105 in Arizona.

As opioids overdose deaths keep rising, report urges lawmakers to develop new approaches tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A 600-page report published Thursday encourages federal, state and local lawmakers to think “beyond traditional silos” and innovate ways to stem adverse effects of addiction and increasing drug overdose deaths among Americans.

Proposed Arizona bill would put a ban on banning gun shows tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill that already garnered approval in the state Senate would bar Arizona municipalities from banning gun shows - and one of the bill’s proponents warned the legislature could “make lives unpleasant” for municipalities that choose to do so, even if the bill never becomes law.

Arizona Senate passes anti-drag bills tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two anti-drag bills passed the state Senate with GOP support despite promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs of a future veto and ongoing threats of violence toward the drag community in Arizona.

Western water wars at high court focus on Navajo Nation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The fight for water in the West heads to the Supreme Court next week where the justices will decide if Arizona has a duty to give the Navajo Nation a share of the region's most precious resource - recognition of their water rights to the Colorado River.

Hobbs: Arizona not ready to execute Gunches by April 6; court urged to step in tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With just three weeks until convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be put to death, a court battle continues to rage over whether Arizona will be ready to execute him by lethal injection on April 6.

Tucson's new climate plan gives City Council ... sigh ... a 'roadmap' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson's "Resilient Together" draft plan is buzz-word rich, takes 36 pages to get to the introduction and could have been dictated by Siri in 2021 or done by ChatGPT today. It's also a good start that may well prove the savvy of Regina Romero.

Man linked to deadly gunfight on Tucson Amtrak train pleads to guilty drug, weapons crimes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
One of the men involved in a 2021 drug-smuggling attempt that turned into a bloody gunfight at the Amtrak station in Downtown Tucson pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

Man linked to deadly gunflight on Tucson Amtrak train pleads guilty drug, gun crimes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
One of the men involved in a 2021 drug-smuggling attempt that turned into a bloody gunfight at the Amtrak station in Downtown Tucson pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

Advocacy groups call on Speaker Toma to stop 'bullying' by GOP critics in Legislature tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of advocacy organizations that say they want more respect for their members who speak in front of Arizona legislative committees have asked Republican House Speaker Ben Toma to “address the bullying, angry, and intimidating behavior” of some legislators.

Arizona teachers rally against complaint hotline, call for its end tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dozens of teachers took to the street on Wednesday afternoon to demand that Arizona Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s newly established parental complaint hotline be dismantled.

The truth about St. Patrick’s Day tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Festival of St. Patrick began in the 17th century as a religious and cultural commemoration of the bishop who brought Christianity to Ireland. In Ireland, there’s still an important religious and cultural component to the holiday, even as it has simply become an excuse to wear green and heavily drink in the rest of the world.

Bill to protect 'Big Lie' lawyers from punishment advances with GOP support tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A bill that would punish the State Bar of Arizona and the Arizona Supreme Court if they discipline attorneys for bringing baseless election fraud complaints in Arizona courts has continued to make its way towards becoming law.

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