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TUCSON - This week is "Love of Reading" Week, and Arizona's first graders have a challenge in front of them: be reading proficient by 3rd grade, the 2013-2014 school year, or be held back.

The Tucson Police Department hopes to hire 50 to 100 new officers by the end of 2012.

TUCSON - This week is "Love of Reading" Week, and Arizona's first graders have a challenge in front of them: be reading proficient by 3rd grade, the 2013-2014 school year, or be held back.

The idea of an aerospace research park adjacent to Tucson International Airport is getting some lift from a survey prepared for Pima County's bond committee.

Jonathon Shacat/Wick Communications A 42-page report released last month by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) called "Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry" says the number of people convicted of major crimes who are apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in Fiscal 2011 was less than 1 percent.

Tucson back on track after last year’s tragedy; news race remains...

Tucson back on track after last year’s tragedy; news race remains...

Is winter giving you a bad case of the blues? If so, perhaps you should go to your happy place, which might just be Tucson, Ariz. In a new study, “The Old Pueblo” topped a list of the 10 happiest winter travel destinations in the U.S.

TUCSON - Tucson Police believe the ex-boyfriend of a Tucson woman allegedly shot and killed her, then turned the gun on himself - but survived, police say.

A man is hospitalized in serious condition, following a house fire in midtown Tucson.