Southern Arizona

The federal government is providing $3 million to support a new mineral processing plant at the University of Arizona. The facility will be connected to an underground mine near the town of Sahuarita.

Moments after the news broke about the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, the floodgates opened on social media.

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted Friday to refer County Attorney Brad Miller to the state Attorney General’s Office for alleged misuse of public money and resources, and failure to retain public records.

The FBI announced a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie as well as the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disappearance.

There was no public sign early Thursday of a response to NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s message to her 84-year-old mother’s kidnapper.

Speaking to Border Patrol, ICE and other federal agencies, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem touted the declining number of border arrests under the Trump administration.

A new study from Utah State University suggests that the Colorado River basin states — including Arizona — may have a solution to the looming water crisis right under their noses: alfalfa.

Among them is a proposed county ordinance banning state, local and federal law enforcement from wearing masks.

Republican lawmakers are backing plans to spend $40 million from state coffers to reimburse local governments for border security and immigration enforcement as Arizona continues to wait for hundreds of millions in federal reimbursements that both Republicans and Democrats are relying on to balance the state budget.

Homer Thiel documented hundreds of the saloons that crowded Tucson’s streets in the late 1800s. He even dug one of them up. Thiel is an archaeologist and the author of the book "Saloons of Tucson, Arizona Territory" — a 337-page chronicling of the rich history of Tucson saloons