Paul Ingram

Trump administration officials refused to renew permits for a dozen water stations operated by Humane Borders on federal lands across Southern Arizona's parched deserts.

A federal judge rejected the Tohono O'odham Nation's injunction request Thursday, allowing the Trump administration to begin removing saguaros and ocotillos in the path of border wall construction in Arizona early next week.

A federal judge in Tucson rejected the Tohono O'odham Nation's request for an emergency injunction on Thursday, leaving room for Trump administration officials to begin removing saguaros and ocotillos in the way of border wall construction early next week.

The Tohono O'odham Nation expect a clash between federal officials and tribal members caused by the Trump administration's removal of saguaros as part of border wall construction along the tribe's 62-mile border with Mexico.

Newsroom staff at the Arizona Daily Star voted to form a union this week, joining a larger media guild in an effort to increase wages, improve living conditions and limit how so-called "artificial intelligence" is used at the Tucson newspaper.

Backed by a towering "Wonderland of Rocks," U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani celebrated the signing of a long-sought measure to create Chiricahua National Park in Southeastern Arizona.

While U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials highlighted the collapse in apprehensions along the Arizona-Mexico over the past two years, they called for even more technology and infrastructure to combat drug smuggling during a press conference Wednesday at Tucson Sector headquarters.

Copper World will begin construction before the end of the year, and expects to begin mining for copper in 2029, following a partnership with Mitsubishi to back the massive open-pit project south of Tucson.

With the Nov. 3 election just a week away, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and his Democratic challenger, JoAnna Mendoza, are crisscrossing Southern Arizona and making their final arguments to voters in Congressional District 6, a swing district that has been considered a toss up this year, although two political forecaster have moved it to "lean Democrat" in the last week.

The public has until Thursday, Oct. 29 to comment on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's plans to build 62 miles of border wall along the southern edge of the Tohono O'odham Nation.