Councilman Steve Leal said the city should look at imposing a tax on alcohol sales.Leal has instructed the City Manager's Office to figure out how much the city spends on services such as police...

Tucson is really needed.The state was recently handed $1 million from the federal government to determine how a rail line would affect people and animals along the desert route.The state has to match...

A federal appeals court that approved a plan for snowmaking on an Arizona peak sacred to Indian tribes is giving opponents time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...

email A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after a crash on Tucson's southeast side. It happened on 22nd and Kolb just before 5 o'clock this evening. Tucson Police investigators tell KOLD...

email A rare look inside the Navajo Nation through the eyes of some UA and ASU-bound students. Photojournalist Paul Durrant was granted exclusive access to Saint Michael's Indian School. Saint...

State Bar of Arizona president Ed Novak is an attorney with Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander PA specializing in white-collar product liability defense, commercial litigation and...

Midwestern University has packed its new dental lab with technology. Standing at a station where student Eric Francom is set to use the equipment are, from left, Tom Smith, the university clinic...

(Joe Raedle, Getty Images News) SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain is in his home state, practicing for his second of three debates with Sen. Barack Obama. The Republican...

Arizona's Rob Gronkowski (48) is congratulated by teammate Terrell Turner (84) for scoring a touchdown on a pass catch against Washington during the first half of an NCAA college football in Tucson,...

Congress approved a $700 billion government bailout Members of the Arizona Congressional delegation returned home Saturday facing voters after the historic vote on the $700 billion dollar economic...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards was injured on the third play of the game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Safety Adrian Wilson blitzed untouched and...

email The Air Force has grounded about 130 of its A-10 aircraft to fix possible wing cracks, including more than two dozen fighters at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. Crews are looking to fix...

University of Arizona doctors will be getting $44 million over the next six years to participate in a study of childhood diseases.As part of the National Children's Study, coordinated by...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin says the state's cash flow is adequate despite a developing revenue shortfall and the nation's economic problems. California officials are worried that a...

email Archeologists say conditions along the Santa Cruz River were ideal for the Hohokam 900 years ago. "An irrigation canal would have watered fields where corn and beans and squash would have...

Some Tucson Unified School District schools' failure to make adequate yearly progress, or AYP, is being used by budget override supporters to make their argument. Voters in TUSD must decide in...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Tucson police have arrested 3 of the four people they believe are responsible for a series of late-night and early morning armed robberies targeting taxi drivers. Police also...

email A Southern Arizona county is taking major steps to save every penny they can. Santa Cruz County has started a four day work week for some employees. It will save the county about $40,000 a year...

A Southern Arizona soldier is making Army history. Sgt. Lisa Morales is currently competing in the U.S. Army's "Best Warrior" Competition at Fort Lee, Virginia. She's the first woman ever to...

email The rules for international travel are changing, and the Department of Homeland Security is trying to get the word out. It has a new tool to help people plan trips. This is...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Dillard's Inc., saying the department store chain unlawfully discriminates against employees by demanding confidential...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from the federal government involving coal royalties on the Navajo Nation. The tribe has alleged that Peabody Energy...

The Centers For Disease Control is urging a record number of Americans to roll up their sleeves this flu season. The CDC has 146 million doses of the vaccine ready to be distributed, and wants people...

PHOENIX (AP) - A small group of Hispanic leaders in Arizona who are supporting Democrat Barack Obama say Republican John McCain won't enjoy the same strong support among Latinos in his home state as...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Thousands of bullfrogs are expected to die next month when the government plans to begin draining Pena Blanca Lake near Nogales to get rid of mercury contamination. Bullfrogs...

email Firefighters in Petal, Mississippi have adopted a stray chunky chicken. The men and a neighbor who lives nearby have fattened him up by feeding him table scraps. The firefighters named the bird...

These days, the average time a house takes to sell is at least 70 days. Statistics show that time is cut in half when it is staged. As our Organized '08 series continues, an organizer shows us...

NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers have pushed back the origin of the AIDS virus to as early as 1884. A report in tomorrow's issue of the journal Nature says genetic analysis estimates that...

email Rural Metro Fire Department is investigating two fires in the same general area that sparked Thursday afternoon. The first broke out in the back of a home in the Foothills. Firefighters say...

PHOENIX (AP) - The city of Phoenix is getting a nearly $40 million grant from a housing and economic recovery law passed by Congress during the summer. The money could be used to provide buyer...

email Tucson Police are on the hunt for a suspected armed robber. Employees at the Walgreens on Fort Lowell and Campbell say the suspect walked into the store around 12:30am Wednesday. Witnesses say...

email The current financial crisis and proposed fix have left many people with more questions than answers. That's why leaders at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management invited...

email A deadly hit and run on Tucson's southside just after 1:30 on Sunday morning. Police say they received a report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle near south 6th avenue and 31st street. A...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona says the nation's southwestern border sheriffs offer a wealth of information for how to deal with the nation's border challenges. ...

email Family members say they're convinced Fred Kahale either had an accomplice on the property at Rancho Diablo or that he was directed to kill two elderly men and perhaps others. "He was armed...

It's tempting to over-bundle a sleeping baby during cooler months, but experts warn against it, saying it's one of the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. The crib should...

email Preparing for a full scale disaster. Pima county hosted a volunteer emergency drill in light of national emergency preparedness month. "This is as close to the real thing as we could possibly...

email The nation's economic crisis is cited by voters in three battle ground states as one reason they're leaning towards Senator Barack Obama in the race to the White House, but the margin...

PHOENIX (AP) - The federal government is giving $1 million to Arizona to launch a study of proposed new passenger rail service between Phoenix and Tucson. Arizona has to come up with $1 million to...

Mark Stine KOLD News 13 ReporterLive - Local - Late Breaking Call it a buy in and not a bail out. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says the 700-billion-dollar plan is not a rescue for Wall Street....

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A judge has sentenced a Mexican citizen to 21 years in prison for shooting at a truck filled with illegal immigrants, killing two passengers. Pima County Superior Court Judge...

email "This whole week has been real emotional. A lot of tears have been choked back as stories have been told," says Jaelynne Hathaway. A part of living history...World War Two veterans from the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered two minerals in the Martian soil that suggest interaction with water in the past. Scientists reported Monday that the minerals - calcium...

email The Sunflower Farmers Market in midtown is selling pink reusable bags throughout the month. October 1 marks the official start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 182,000 women will be diagnosed...

email There is a reward of $350,000 dollars for information leading to a man wanted for killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent. It's possible the suspect is or was in Tucson. Agents are searching for...

email A fraud ring in Sierra Vista is out of business, according to police. It led to thousands of dollars in merchandise disappearing from a Lowe's store. Three people were arrested and more...

email A shocking crime caught on tape at an Australian zoo. The suspect is a 7-year-old boy. He was caught by a surveillance camera, jumping a security fence at the center. Authorities say he went on...

Mark Stine KOLD News 13 ReporterLive - Local - Late Breaking Police say a southside family was targeted in an overnight home invasion. It all happened in the 6900 block of south 12th Avenue around...

PHOENIX (AP) - Starting Thursday, voters who are registered in Arizona but live overseas will be able to vote online through a unique Web-based system offered by the Secretary of State. Secretary of...