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Tucson man ordered to pay $180,000 for igniting Mt. Lemmon wildfire with incendiary rounds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Tucson man was ordered to pay $180,000 to cover the costs of putting out an April 2023 wildfire on Mt. Lemmon caused when he fired a shotgun loaded with incendiary rounds at a homemade target.

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Taina Lee's 3-pointers cap 12-0 4th-quarter run as Pima women topple Scottsdale tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (11-3, 6-1 in ACCAC) got back to ACCAC conference play on Wednesday for a test on the road at Scottsdale Community College (7-3, 3-2).

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Aztec men drain 13 3-pointers to grill Scottsdale Chokes for 5th straight win tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (13-1, 5-1 in ACCAC) won a fifth straight game on Wednesday as they got back to ACCAC conference play at Scottsdale Community College (7-3, 3-2).

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No maybe: It's gonna be cold outside; Freeze warning for Fri & Sat mornings tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Temperatures will drop as low as 29 degrees across much of the Tucson region early Friday and Saturday mornings, with a freeze warning in effect from 3-9 a.m. for the metro area and parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Pinal County.

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Arizona politicians dispute who gets to appoint majority on Clean Elections Commission tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs and state Treasurer Kimberly Yee are asking the attorney general to settle a dispute between them over who gets to appoint a new majority on the Citizens Clean Elections Commission later this month.

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Big federal subsidies on solar mean Arizonans like us can harness sun's power tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona’s 300 days of annual sunshine make the prospect of going solar seemingly obvious, but the shift can be daunting, especially when considering the costs involved. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, what was once a financial hurdle is now an opportunity.

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Big federal subsidies on solar mean Arizonans like us can harness sun's power tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona’s 300 days of annual sunshine make the prospect of going solar seemingly obvious, but the shift can be daunting, especially when considering the costs involved. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, what was once a financial hurdle is now an opportunity.

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Az GOP takes aim at the Department of Child Safety, citing missing children tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Lawmakers grilled the new head of the Arizona Department of Child Safety during a lengthy debate over an audit of the agency, as lawmakers ultimately decided to recommend reauthorizing the agency for just four years instead of the maximum 10.

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visits border, demands Biden admin crack down on illegal immigration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, accompanied by 60 other House Republican lawmakers, traveled to the Texas-Mexico border and said that if President Biden wants GOP support for helping Ukraine and Israel in their wars, he needs to crack down on illegal immigration at the border.

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Jeffrey Epstein documents unsealed in Manhattan federal court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Hundreds of pages of documents containing the names of people associated with the late sex criminal and New York financier Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed in Manhattan criminal court.

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Congress was full of postponements in 2023. Now 2024 could be even less productive. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress got next to nothing done during the past year and could accomplish even less in 2024 as attention shifts to the November elections.

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No maybe: It's gonna be cold outside; Freeze watch for Fri & Sat mornings tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Temperatures will drop as low as 29 degrees across much of the Tucson region early Friday and Saturday mornings, with a freeze watch in effect from 3-9 a.m. for the metro area and parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and Pinal County.

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UA alum Autumn Dominguez releases musical memory of fallen friend tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Enshrining the joy and love that a treasured friend brought to life, the inspiration for Autumn Dominguez’ latest single "The Girl With Hearts in Her Eyes" was borne out of tragedy.

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An early-winter ‘snow drought’ is leaving the West’s mountains high & dry tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Winter is off to a dry start across the West, with wide swaths of the Rocky Mountains seeing lower-than-average snow totals for this time of year - but scientists say there’s still plenty of time to end the “snow drought” and close the gap.

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As homeless people become more visible, some cities and states take a tougher line tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many cities and states have pivoted from a focus on the rights of homeless people to the rights of local residents and businesses that are being forced to contend with homeless encampments and other fallout from the nation’s shortage of affordable housing.

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With government help lacking, volunteers scramble to help Indigenous victims of health care fraud tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Advocates say the number of Indigenous people who have been brought down to the Phoenix area - some even from out of state - by fraudulent behavioral health facilities is only increasing, and they do not not see any genuine efforts from officials to help get people off the streets.

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Biden administration brings razor wire border barrier fight to Supreme Court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court for emergency action to allow federal agents to cut through Texas’ razor wire barriers blocking Border Patrol from reaching migrants who enter the U.S. through the Southwest border.

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Hobbs announces planned reforms to Arizona’s school voucher program tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs is setting her sights on the state’s private school voucher program, announcing a plan to reform the program’s oversight and eligibility, less than a week out from the start of the new legislative session.

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Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal appeals court ruled EMTALA does not require emergency rooms to perform life-saving abortions if it would run afoul of state law, after Texas sued the Department of Health and Human Services over guidance sent to hospitals, reminding them of the obligation to offer stabilizing care.

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After month-long closure, Lukeville border crossing to reopen Thursday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: The border crossing in Lukeville, Ariz., will reopen Thursday morning, a little more than a month after it was closed by federal officials in response to the number of migrants arriving in the nearby remote Southern Arizona desert.

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