Friday, August 29, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1912, Arizona enacted a $5 annual vehicle license fee, with license No.1 issued to Dr. Hiram Fenner of Tucson. This photo shows former Arizona Historical Society Secretary Edith Kitt next to her car. Kickoff alert! Local college football gets underway this Labor Day weekend with […]

Thursday, August 28, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1868, Navajo Agent Theodore Dodd issued Santa Fe merchant Lehman Spiegelberg the first license to trade at Fort Defiance and across the Navajo Nation reservation.  The storms on Monday put a multimillion-dollar dust storm detection system to the test along I-10 between Eloy and Picacho Peak. […]

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1929, Tucson residents watched from rooftops as the German airship Graf Zeppelin—the first airship to offer transatlantic flights—flew overhead. Soak in these dramatic photos and videos of Monday’s severe weather before getting the full storm report in Top Stories. Reply to let us know your experiences […]

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1936, a lightning strike burned down a Parker high school just five days after its completion.  Speaking of lightning, keep an eye on the skies today. A storm system that began yesterday is expected to bring continued rain and thunderstorms across much of Arizona. We’re sponsored […]

Monday, August 25, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1893, The Arizona Republican reported a camper in the Superstition Mountains claimed to have killed a 79-foot rattlesnake, later debunked. A car-free Tempe neighborhood is turning heads. What’s the most unique community you’ve visited? Share your story for a chance to be featured in one […]

Friday, August 22, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1933, the Southern Pacific Railroad offered a round-trip fare from Phoenix to Tucson for $2.45. This historic photo shows a Southern Pacific locomotive. Pumpkin spice or triple-digit temps? A month out from the fall equinox, AccuWeather released its forecast for Arizona’s autumn weather. Spoiler: You […]

Thursday, August 21, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1959, Hughes Aircraft was Tucson’s largest employer, with 5,200 workers. Wildlife alert! A mountain lion hits the high notes on a Southern Arizona trail. In Et Cetera, a bobcat “plays through” on a golf course as it stalks prey. Later today, we will email you on behalf […]

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, Lt. Col. Hugo O’Conor of the Royal Spanish Army selected the site and layout for the Presidio de San Agustín de Tucson fort, shown here circa 1869. Firefighters recovered the charred but mostly intact 600-pound bronze statue of Brighty the Burro, damaged in the wildfire that […]

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1875, Navajos seized the Indian Affairs agency at Fort Defiance in protest of agent W.F.M. Arny, who resigned soon after. This image shows an 1860 drawing of the fort. The impact of the Air Canada flight attendant strike reached Arizona, with flights canceled at Sky […]

Monday, August 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1969, workers at El Presidio Garage in Tucson began assembling a 105-foot-tall crane with a 170-foot horizontal boom, considered the largest of its kind in Arizona at the time. In Top Stories, Arizona faces a third year of reduced Colorado River allocations as drought grips parts of the West. How […]