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SAFETY

Cars make u-turns on Tangerine Road as a Union Pacific Railroad freight train blocks the path just after 5 p.m. on Jan. 28. (Courtesy of Nancy Bustos)

Wrong side of the track: Unexpected Union Pacific train stops strand Marana residents

Kaitlyn Wright, Reporter February 11, 2025

As residents made their way home, the cars backed up, stranding some on the shoulder of Interstate 10-Tangerine Road. But the rush-hour traffic wasn’t the issue. For reasons unknown, the train passing...

TFD Wildland Team working with equipment to battle a wildfire in 2024. (Courtesy of Tucson Fire Department Wildland Team)

When rain becomes fuel: How last summer’s monsoons could ignite this year’s wildfires

Emily Tibbetts, Reporter December 11, 2024

Tucson faces a growing wildfire threat in the new year, fueled by last summer’s heavy monsoons.  While last summer’s rain brought relief to the desert, it also started the growth of grasses and...

The University of Arizona Campus Health, 1224 E. Lowell St.

University groups work to protect students from accidental overdoses

Cruz Ramirez-Ramos, Reporter December 4, 2024

Cheap and easy access had led to an opioid crisis in Pima County. In 2023, 510 people in Pima County unintentionally died due to a drug overdose.  The drug that has made this crisis so dire is fentanyl,...

Matthew Mackleit entering Tyndall parking garage before class.

UA implements weekend parking rates to address safety concerns

Harrison Radis, Reporter October 28, 2024

In a controversial move aimed at improving campus safety, the University of Arizona this fall created weekend parking rates at all on-campus garages.  Parking had always been free during the weekends...

The UA's crime numbers have gone up in some categories, but UA officials attribute it to more accurate reporting.

UA leads state’s universities in sexual assaults

Kyra Berg, Reporter October 16, 2024

The University of Arizona led the state’s three universities in the number of reported rapes, drug abuse arrests and burglaries in 2023, according to the newly released 2024 Clery Report, an annual accounting...

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