Live weather radar for Tucson and the rest of Southern Arizona from the National Weather Service.... Read more»
Beginning Saturday, active-duty military can receive a free annual pass that gives service members and their dependents access to more than 2,000 public land sites, including America’s national parks.... Read more»
In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the Texas-Mexico border, an American Indian tribe has backed out of the fight.... Read more»
Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray.... Read more»
Increased wildfire risks have caused Coronado National Forest officials to implement restrictions on campfires and smoking.... Read more»
Fire officials have ended investigations into the sources of last summer’s Horseshoe 2 and Monument fires that burned more than 250,000 acres in Southeastern Arizona with no clear determination of how they began.... Read more»
Continuing dry and hot conditions in Southern Arizona have created the high risk for wildfires, and Pima County and the Bureau of Land Management are enforcing fire restrictions on state and federal lands.... Read more»
Despite an appeals court ruling three years ago, copper mining continues at the Carlota Mine at Pinto Creek, near Globe. “The regulatory bodies just ignored the ruling and allowed them to go right ahead and destroy the area,” one opponent said.... Read more»
By this time next year, a 653-foot solar tower – an industrial pipe taller than the Washington Monument – will rise from La Posa Plain if the Quartzsite Solar Energy Project earns approval. Members of the Quechan Tribe oppose the project. “What if someone wanted to put solar panels on the Vatican?”... Read more»
Guest opinion: What’s the biggest danger facing Arizona’s second city? According to Roger Yohem, writing in Inside Tucson Business, it is that the Old Pueblo will become Portland-ized. It should be so fortunate.... Read more»3
There are at least two measures currently being considered in Arizona that would let the state tell the federal government to buzz off.... Read more»
Limited in resources and funding, Arizona officials to try to stop one of the state’s oldest and largest environmental threats: buffelgrass.... Read more»
A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim.... Read more»1
Firefighters working in remote locations to get ahead of the most dangerous sections of fires rely on hard training to stay out of perilous situations.... Read more»1
Today on Buckmaster - A conversation with Dr. Victoria Maizes, of the Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson Water cop Tony Almodova, and Tucson film industry advocate Eric Schumacher.... Read more»
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the Town of Oro Valley will be collecting old or unused prescriptions and over-the-counter medications on Saturday.... Read more»
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