Tucson Weekly - News & Opinion

Sportswear Company Relocating Headquarters to Downtown Tucson

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:30:00 GMT

A luxury technical sportswear company is moving its operations to downtown Tucson.
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Watch Live: OSIRIS-REx Sample Collection Today

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:00:00 GMT
Today, The University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will make its first attempt to gather dust and rocks from the surface of the asteroid Bennu.…

NAU linebacker has spotlight in Biden ad during Monday Night Football

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:30:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES – The intersection of sports and politics took center stage again Monday night when a campaign ad featuring a Northern Arizona football player aired during ESPN’s broadcast of the Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys game.…

Claytoonz: Science Schmience

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:00:00 GMT

Trump stops in Prescott, Tucson draw GOP crowds, Democratic jeers

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:12:00 GMT

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was welcomed by boisterous MAGA-hatted crowds in Prescott and Tucson on Monday, the last stops on a Western swing as the campaign entered its final two weeks.…

Claytoonz: Flock Together

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

A country club for racing enthusiasts, Inde Motorsports Ranch in Willcox ups its game

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:49:00 GMT

PHOENIX – Inde Motorsports Ranch has been a staple among motorsports enthusiasts across North America for a decade.
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October Horror Show: Photos Show Border Wall Built Across San Pedro River

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:25:00 GMT
New photos show the Trump Administration's border wall constructed across the San Pedro River, formerly the last major free-flowing river in Arizona. The photos, taken where the San Pedro crosses into Mexico from Cochise County, were shot by Robin Silver, co-founder and board member of the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity.…

Tucson, other Arizona cities defend progress after slipping in clean energy ranking

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON – Local officials pushed back this week against a new report that showed three Arizona cities slipping in a national ranking on clean-energy policies, saying the report does not appear to reflect their clean- and renewable-energy efforts.
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As Coronavirus Numbers Remain Low, UA Will Start More In-Person Classes This Week

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:31:00 GMT
The University of Arizona will allow more students to return to campus this week as metrics tracking the spread of coronavirus remain low, UA President Robert C. Robbins said in a news conference Monday, Oct. 19.
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Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Monday, Oct. ...

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:38:00 GMT
With 748 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases closed in on 232,000 as of Monday, Oct. 19, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Pima County had seen 26,955 of the state’s 231,897 confirmed cases.…

For the West’s drinking water, wildfire concerns linger long after smoke clears

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:35:00 GMT

For many communities in the West, the water that flows out of kitchen faucets and bathroom showerheads starts high up in the mountains, as snowpack tucked under canopies of spruce and pine trees.…

Magic Kingdom fans impatient over continued closure of Disneyland

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:19:00 GMT

ANAHEIM, California – Guidelines for theme park reopening are coming “very shortly,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in mid-September, but the Magic Kingdom remains closed and Disney fans, laid-off workers and city officials are pleading for tourism’s return to Orange County.…

Claytoonz: Trumptober Surprise

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

Now Stream This: Pandemic Documentary Highlights this Week's Streaming Releases at The Loft

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:15:00 GMT
The solid streaming continues at The Loft Cinema, along with their Open Air Cinema series. There are plenty of ways to get your Loft fix in these crazy times!

This week's streaming highlights:

TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL

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Opinion: Trump’s ACA Attacks Would Devastate Arizona’s Communities

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:08:00 GMT

For months now, we here in Arizona have said that health care is on the ballot this November—and that is even more true today than it was six months ago when this pandemic began.…

eegee's Expanding to Phoenix in 2021

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 19:03:00 GMT

The Tucson-based restaurant chain eegee's has announced their plans to expand to the Phoenix area in 2021, with five new locations slated throughout the Valley. The openings will begin in the second quarter of next year and take place in Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and two locations in Gilbert.…

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on schedules, blowouts prevail in high school football

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:30:00 GMT

PHOENIX – In the first two weeks of the high school football season, the 6A conference has seen a high volume of blowouts.…

Southern AZ COVID-19 AM Roundup for Friday, Oct. ...

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:22:00 GMT

With 738 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 229,000 as of Friday, Oct. 16, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.…

Court: Mailed Navajo ballots should not get extra time to be counted

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON – Native Americans may face barriers to voting in general, but that is not enough to require that ballots mailed from the Navajo Nation get 10 extra days to be counted, a federal appeals court said Thursday.…