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Romero to offer annual 'Report to Tucsonans' next week tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero will present her annual “Report to Tucsonans” next Tuesday, Jan. 7.

10 astounding images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2024 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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.

Romero to offer annual “Report to Tucsonans” next week tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero will present her annual “Report to Tucsonans” next Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Animal park moving forward in Sahuarita tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Plans for an animal conservation and care center northeast of Pima Mine Road and dedicated to population sustainability and possible reintroduction of wildlife species are moving forward, including an effort to annex the entire operation into Sahuarita.

Failing charter school closed by Az regulators reopened as a taxpayer-funded private religious school tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
ARCHES Academy in Mesa had its charter revoked due to severe financial issues, yet found a way to keep existing and being funded by the public by re-creating itself as a renamed, newly religious private school.

Border Patrol: 2 men shot, wounded by smugglers near Sasabe, Ariz. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Border Patrol agents working in the remote desert west of Sasabe, Ariz., found two men with gunshot wounds received in Mexico, officials said.

¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un 'propósito de año viejo' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Con el enfoque del “año viejo”, tal vez puedas eludir los desafíos inevitables que conllevan las resoluciones tradicionales de Año Nuevo y lograr cambios positivos y duraderos.

Deadline NYE: Join the Sentinel Watchdog Club & TRIPLE your donation to real local news! tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: 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 the Tucson Sentinel.

The best way to follow through on your New Year’s resolution? Make an 'old year's resolution' tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With the “old year” approach, perhaps you can sidestep the inevitable challenges that come with traditional New Year’s resolutions and achieve lasting, positive changes.

Auld Lang what now? The story of a New Year's song tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The history, meaning and lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" — just in time to impress your friends this holiday.

Court affirms $5M judgment against Trump in E. Jean Carroll sexual assault case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a New York jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in an upscale Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

Vote-swapping returned in 2024 amid protest movement, but fell short of its aims again tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In October, a group called Swap Your Vote began offering to match voters in politically “safe” states with those in swing states, and though vote swapping didn’t generate a large volume of protest votes, voters who participated said it provided them with an outlet to cast a meaningful vote.

Gonzales & Majerle combine for 14 3-pointers as Aztecs upset No. 4 Salt Lake tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (15-0) made a statement as they closed out the Aztec Holiday Classic on Monday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

Cassie Coolidge scores 13 off the bench as Pima women use double-digit runs to beat Cuyamaca College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (11-3) closed out play in the Aztec Holiday Classic on Monday against Cuyamaca College (6-5) at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

President Jimmy Carter to lie in state at U.S. Capitol next week tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Funeral services of former President Jimmy Carter will span from Jan. 4 to Jan. 9, and while Carter lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, the public can offer their respects beginning Jan. 7 from 7 p.m. to midnight.

Trump endorses Johnson as speaker amid doubts over U.S. House leadership tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump rejected calls within his own party to replace House Speaker Mike Johnson and urged Republicans not to squander their governing trifecta in Congress with partisan infighting.

Majerle drains game-winner as Aztecs best Dawson CC to move to 14-0 tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (14-0) won its 14th straight game in dramatic fashion on Sunday in the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic.

New Year’s Eve celebrates 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church & state tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholics will also mark the feast day for St. Silvester - and though the details of his life will likely remain a mystery, the times he lived in were pivotal for the history of Christianity and the West.

Pima County hopes to start Valencia Road widening west of I-19 by end of 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Without bond dollars or significant Regional Transportation Authority funding, the Pima County Transportation Department doesn’t have much money to spend on major projects. Instead, the agency has shifted gears to focus on residential street maintenance.

Phoenix man sentenced to 10 years for dragging BP agent during stop tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Phoenix-area resident was sentenced to 10 years in prison this month after a jury found him guilty of assault for dragging a Border Patrol agent alongside his car during a 2023 traffic stop.

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