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Thunderstorm warning issued for Pima County
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Pima County starting at 5:57 p.m. July 18. The warning expires at 6:30 p.m. July 18. For the latest watches and warnings, see our weather alert page. Tips for driving in the rain ...
Carvalho: Conover has 'decimated' diversion programs at Pima County Attorney's Office
Jordanna Carvalho is a former diversion program manager in the Pima County Attorney's Office. Pima County Attorney Laura Conover has decimated diversion programming at the Pima County Attorney’s Office — programming vitally important to providing restorative justice as an alternative to prosecution for those who have committed nonviolent crimes.
Global computer outage snarls Arizona’s early voting, raises alarm about November
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. A global Microsoft-based computer outage early Friday crippled the electronic systems Arizona’s two largest counties use for early in-person voting, causing election officials to quickly divert to backup plans to keep early voting open for the state’s primary election.
Ajo suffers frequent summer power outages. Supervisor says new cooling stations will help
Pima County is getting several cooling stations made from shipping containers that briefly blocked gaps in the border wall. The solar-powered “cooltainers” are equipped with air conditioning and can accommodate up to 15 people at a time. The project is a collaboration with the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Historical amount of federal arts funds have rolled in to Tucson
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona was singularly focused on ensuring the arts survived. The efforts paid off: in the past four years, the nonprofit organization responsible for managing federal, state and local arts grants, doled out more than $3.2 million to 662 Tucson and Pima County artists and arts organizations.
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