The city of Tucson has a new plan to tackle its staffing shortage, which is expected to worsen with the projected termination of 86 employees who failed to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate by a Dec. 1 deadline. ... Read more»
Government offices — like the city of Tucson's — will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday.... Read more»
Veterans Day holiday means trash collection in Tucson will be delayed by a day and city offices will be closed.... Read more»
Tucson residents can drop off their household hazardous waste on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Eastside Service Center at 7575 E. Speedway.... Read more»
Spurred by a wet winter, cases of West Nile virus are at a record high in Arizona, with 156 infections and 16 deaths reported so far this year, state health reports show.... Read more»
If you've got piles of junk cluttering up your storage shed or garage, here's a nudge to get some of it cleaned up. Drop off you have used automotive fluids, old computers, or pesticides and more at a free household hazardous waste collection on Saturday morning.... Read more»
Are you doing a bit of spring cleaning this week? Do you have used automotive fluids, old computers, or pesticides cluttering up your shed or garage? Drop them off at a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday morning.... Read more»
Are you doing a bit of spring cleaning this week? Do you have used automotive fluids, old computers, or pesticides cluttering up your shed or garage? Drop them off at a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday morning.... Read more»
Do you have used automotive fluids, old computers, or pesticides cluttering up your shed or garage? Don't know what to do with all those dead batteries sitting around the house? Drop them off at a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday morning.... Read more»
Do you have broken a computer equipment, used automotive fluids, or old cans of paint cluttering up your garage? Don't know what to do with all those dead batteries sitting around the house? Drop them off at a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday morning.... Read more»
Got cans of old paint, a broken VCR or dead car battery cluttering up your garage? Drop them off at a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday.... Read more»
Oils, pesticides, industrial chemicals and other toxic items are common parts of a modern household, but disposal of them can be difficult. They shouldn't be simply dumped down the sink or tossed in the trash, but the city and Pima County are holding a free drop-off on Saturday.... Read more»
If your love life is more trash than flash, the city of Tucson has a treat for you: a tour of the Los Reales Landfill. On Valentine's Day. Yes, you read that right. If you've been looking for love in all the wrong places, maybe you just haven't dug deeply enough.... Read more»
Anyone with old or unwanted cleaning products, paint or computer equipment around the house is encouraged to safely dispose of them during the City of Tucson's annual hazardous waste collection drive.... Read more»
At least five of the City of Tucson's closed landfills will be studied by the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency to determine the feasibility of developing solar energy projects at such sites.... Read more»
The city of Tucson is snooping through your trash this week. More specifically, workers are checking blue recycling barrels "to see how well residents are recycling."... Read more»2
2111111I want to help TucsonSentinel.com offer a real news alternative!
We're committed to making quality news accessible; we'll never set up a paywall or charge for our site. But we rely on your support to bring you independent news without the spin. Use our convenient PayPal/credit card donation form below or contact us at donate@tucsonsentinel.com today.
Subscribe and stretch your donation over time:
Or give a secure one-time gift with PayPal or your credit card:
TucsonSentinel.com is an Arizona nonprofit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible.
