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A Pima County-led survey of more than 600 small business owners and other community members found strong support for employee and customer safety during reopening.

Lights of the World, the largest light and lantern festival in North America, returns to Kino Sports Complex this month. Event organizers had planned for an early open date of Oct. 18, but have delayed the start date to Oct. 24.

Pima County last week began mailing 2019 property tax statements to approximately 450,000 individuals, businesses and other organizations.

An area rich with history and biodiversity soon could become a hotspot for outdoor enthusiasts following a recent partnership among Pima County, the Regional Flood Control District and the Town of Marana on infrastructure upgrades at two amenities along the northern edge of the Tucson Mountains.

Bats, bugs, bird beaks and more are on tap at a free Family Nature Night Aug. 9, 6-9 p.m. at Historic Canoa Ranch in Green Valley.

A second attempt by the state Legislature to transfer part of the state’s school funding responsibilities onto local taxpayers has been rebuffed in the courts.

Downtown Tucson will offer more affordable housing options come mid-April with the opening of the new Marist on Cathedral Squareproject.

Pima Animal Care Center is teaming up with PAWS Veterinary Center to offer a low-cost vaccination clinic Saturday, March 30, at the Sahuarita Safeway, located at 1301 W. Duval Mine Rd. It starts at 7 a.m. and lasts until noon.

Fear is the number one reason so many individuals conceal their struggles and delay seeking help when they need it most.

Pima County Attractions and Tourism, in partnership with Film Tucson, launched a new online permitting system that allows filmmakers, location scouts and photographers who have interest in filming on County property to submit their applications.

The Pima County Health Department has been named as a Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) accreditation recipient for 2019.

The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) is proposing revisions to the Pima County portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan.

Pima County and Tucson Unified School District Dec. 24 filed a special action in Maricopa County Superior Court against the state of Arizona in an attempt to compel the state to provide TUSD more than $8 million in state aid it has withheld based on the Arizona Department of Revenue’s reading of a new state law.

On Tuesday, Dec. 4, the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved, in a 3-2 vote, a $9.6 million increase in funding to the contract with Haydon Building Corp for the construction of Kino South Sports Complex.

Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) is issuing a health watch for particulate matter.

The Pima County One-Stop will be recruiting job seekers for a host of industries at a job fair set for Wednesday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Kino Sports Complex Events Center (formerly the Mulcahy YMCA), 2805 E. Ajo Way.

On Oct. 26, the Pima County Elections Department will mail approximately 112,000 sample ballots for the Nov. 6 General Election to voter households that did not request an early ballot.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors today accepted a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intended to expand and enhance local efforts to combat opioid addiction.

Pima County’s AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge project won the Governor’s Award for Arizona’s Future at the 38th Annual Arizona Forward Environmental Excellence Awards presented by SRP, Oct. 6 in Scottsdale. Arizona Forward honored the project for its effort to effectively steward water resources and engage the public in sustainability efforts.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 2 approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the University of Arizona to provide research assistance to the Regional Flood Control District, while also providing student training opportunities.