TUCSON

Subscribe to Pima County’s free alert messaging service.

Storms, wildfires, floods, and power outages are all urgent situations where staying informed is necessary to prevent a catastrophe from happening. For this purpose, Pima County manages its emergency text messaging system sent directly from the Office of Emergency Management. To sign up, visit MyAlerts.pima.gov and click on “Sign Up” at the bottom of the […]
TUCSON

What is 88CRIME?

88CRIME is a program under the Pima County Attorney’s Office with the goal of aiding law enforcement agencies in their mission to stop fugitives and bring them to justice. The program is designed to provide citizens with a completely anonymous medium to report and pass on crime information to the authorities, even rewarding significant sums […]
HEALTH

Medical misdiagnoses put the lives of 800,000 people at risk every year

Around 795,000 people die every year or are permanently incapacitated because of incorrect medical diagnoses in public hospitals in the United States, according to a recent study. The alarming figures were revealed by the John Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence. Director David Newman-Toker of the institute stated that “reducing diagnostic errors
POLITICS USA

Donald Trump faces additional charges in secret document case.

Former President Donald Trump finds himself in increasingly hot water over in the case of the mishandling of secret documents inside his residence at Mar-a-lago in Florida. Special Counsel Jack Smith, an attorney from the U.S. Department of Justice appointed to probe into the issue, filed additional charges against the executive for allegedly instructing employees […]
USA

Teamsters Worker’s Union reaches agreement with UPS, avoids mass strike.

The Teamsters workers’ union reached a preliminary agreement with the company UPS, thus avoiding a strike that could have resulted in million-dollar losses for the company and significant delays across the country. The union, with over 340,000 members from the logistics giant, announced that they had secured a favorable contract for the workers, which includes […]
ARIZONA

Federal lawsuit to open gaps in border for endangered animals

A lawsuit against the federal government over the construction of the border wall will result in openings being added in sections of the border located in Arizona to allow the passage of endemic animals to the Sonoran Desert. Among the various species that will benefit from the reopening of the wall is the Sonoran pronghorn, […]