Six thousand nine hundred illegal aliens were apprehended in the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson sector during the week ending June 14, 2024.
The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a drier than average monsoon this year in the southwestern United States, where summer monsoon rainfall typically averages 5.69 inches. However, there remains a possibility, albeit slim, that wetter weather could prevail.
U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, has provisionally secured $340,049 for the Oracle Fire District (OFD) in the House Appropriations Committee’s package for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in FY2025.
Tucson has received a $3.5 million grant aimed at developing building codes tailored to the Southwest region. The initiative is expected to address unique climatic and environmental challenges faced by the area.
Community and nonprofit organizations across Southern Arizona will soon have access to free cybersecurity services from the UArizona Cybersecurity Clinic, an initiative established by the University of Arizona College of Applied Science and Technology. The college, headquartered at the university's Sierra Vista campus, was recently awarded $1 million from Google's Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to establish the clinic. This initiative will provide digital security services such as vulnerability assessments, security audits, compliance checks, and policy development.
The City of Tucson’s Housing First team is seeking community volunteers to help assemble care packages for people experiencing homelessness. The care kits contain essential items such as non-perishable food, water, hygiene products, and other necessities to support individuals who are not housed. The completed kits are distributed by outreach workers from the Multidisciplinary Outreach Teams (MDOT), a component of Housing First.
Community and nonprofit organizations across Southern Arizona will soon have access to free cybersecurity services from the UArizona Cybersecurity Clinic, an initiative established by the University of Arizona College of Applied Science and Technology. The college, headquartered at the university's Sierra Vista campus, recently received $1 million from Google's Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to establish the clinic. This initiative will provide digital security services such as vulnerability assessments, security audits, compliance checks, and policy development.
Tribal leaders from across Arizona convened at the University of Arizona on Monday to engage with university officials and explore ways to enhance collaborations between the institution and tribal communities. The event, organized by the university's Office of Native American Initiatives and Tribal Engagement, marked the third Tribal Leaders Summit since its inception in 2021.
Peering deeply into the cosmos, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is providing scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovas from a time when the universe was young. A team using JWST data has identified 10 times more supernovas in the early universe than were previously known. Some of these newfound exploding stars are the most distant examples of their type, including those used to measure the universe's expansion rate.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested Jose Castro-Ramirez, a convicted felon and rapist, near Nogales. John Modlin, CBP’s chief patrol agent in the Tucson Sector, announced the arrest on X on June 4.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested Juventino Torres-Garcia, a convicted felon and pedophile, near San Miguel. John Modlin, CBP’s chief patrol agent in the Tucson Sector, announced the arrest on X on June 6.
The City of Tucson has been awarded $2.5 million in federal funds to support affordable housing initiatives. The grant, part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Community Development Block Grant program, aims to alleviate housing shortages and provide assistance to low-income families.
Earth's atmosphere, while invisible to the naked eye, is a dynamic entity composed of layers with distinct characteristics. Understanding these layers is crucial for meteorologists in predicting air quality. The planetary boundary layer, which interacts directly with the Earth's surface, and the mixing layer, containing thoroughly mixed air that cools with elevation, usually share similar heights. Lidar laser technology has been effective in detecting these heights by measuring light scattering and absorption by aerosol particles.