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Death counts remain high in some states even as COVID fatalities wane tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Several months after President Joe Biden ended the national emergency for COVID-19, preliminary health data indicates the degree to which the pandemic increased death rates nationwide - not just because of the virus itself, but also through the pandemic’s effects on society.

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Arizona soccer settles for a tie with visiting GC Antelopes tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Nicole Dallin scored a 7th-minute goal for the Wildcats, but the team had to settle for a draw as Grand Canyon came back in the second half.

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Pima volleyball falls to No. 6 Grand Rapids CC to open Aztec Classic Invitational tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (1-4) opened play in the Aztec Classic on Thursday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

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Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail in election interference RICO case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump turned himself in for booking at the Fulton County Jail Thursday for his charges in the Georgia 2020 election interference case, his fourth indictment since April, when he became the first former president in U.S. history to be charged with a crime.

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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff to honor IRS special agent tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Thursday, August 24, to honor of IRS Special Agent Patrick Bauer, who died after being shot during a training incident at a firing range last Thursday.

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Az dispensaries recalling marijuana product over aspergillus contamination tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona dispensaries are voluntarily recalling a marijuana product due to possible contamination with aspergillus, a fungus that can cause allergic reactions or infection, usually in people already sick with something else.

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Business leaders: Solution to dire worker shortage is immigration reform tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 120 business leaders across the country, including nine from Arizona, signed onto a letter from American Business Immigration Coalition Action asking the Biden administration to expand work permits for immigrants In hopes of easing the workforce shortage.

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Water-short cities want to use every last drop – even if it used to be sewage tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Cities in the Western U.S. with finite water supplies are finding creative new ways to stretch out the water they already have - and for some, that means cleaning up sewage and putting it back in the pipes that flow to homes and businesses.

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Arizona Supreme Court will consider reviving Civil War-era abortion ban tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to consider the petition of Dr. Eric Hazelrigg, medical director of a chain of anti-abortion clinics, who argues that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 should be the law of the land.

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Trump absent but still dominates as GOP presidential rivals clash at first debate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered onstage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a heated first primary debate heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, though the party’s front runner refused to attend the two-hour event.

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California nonprofit linked to constitutional sheriff group tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The nonprofit Gorilla Learning Institute uses its tax-exempt status to help fund other groups, including the Friends of CSPOA, a California chapter of the organization that trains law enforcement officers that sheriffs’ constitutional authority supersedes that of the federal government.

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Border encounters spiked in July after two-month decline; Tucson hit hard tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Migrant encounters at the southwest border surged in July, reversing two months of declining numbers but still well below previous highs posted earlier in this fiscal year, as the Tucson sector surged to the top of the list in July, with 39,215 encounters.

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Grijalva, Ciscomani warn that government shutdown could be on horizon tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Southern Arizona’s two members of Congress discussed immigration issues, climate change and the possibility of a government shutdown at a forum Tuesday.

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Tucson City Council set to pick spot for ByFusion plastic processor; some cite fire risks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In its latest effort to solve Tucson’s trash problem, the City Council is deliberating where to build a plastic processing plant: out at the city landfill, or in Midtown. Some opponents say the plan is a safety hazard wherever it ends up.

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Invasive frogs & forgotten mines: $780k for Saguaro Nat'l Park in first wave of park infrastructure funds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Across Saguaro National Park and seven other National Park areas in Arizona and New Mexico, $481,000 will be spent battling invasive bullfrogs, the National Parks Service announced on Wednesday.

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Invasive frogs & forgotten mines: $780k for Saguaro Nat'l Park in first wave of park infrastructure funds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Across Saguaro National Park and seven other National Park areas in Arizona and New Mexico, $481,000 will be spent battling invasive bullfrogs, the National Parks Service announced on Wednesday.

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Cochise County project for 'secure' ballot paper won’t move forward as planned tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise County will only be able to work with one company to test security features on ballots in Arizona as part of a state pilot this year — and it’s not the company with political connections that pushed for the work.

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Kari Lake says it doesn’t matter if she lied about Stephen Richer in bid to toss suit out tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Failed Arizona candidate Kari Lake says that it doesn’t matter whether statements she made about Maricopa Recorder Stephen Richer are false, and his defamation lawsuit against her should be tossed because of a law curtailing officials from suing critics.

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Conservationists blast reduced garter snake protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Environmentalists sued the federal government over reduced critical habitat protections for two endangered species of garter snake native to streams and wetlands across Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico.

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Az cannabis sales dipped at end of spring tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s marijuana market trended downward in May, as adult-use, recreational sales dipped to $82.9 million, while medical cannabis sales dropped to just $28.3 million, the lowest since recreational sales began in January 2021.

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