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Tribal leaders warn that federal contractors will soon remove thousands of sacred saguaros from Tohono O'odham Nation lands, and tribal members are preparing to defend the cherished cacti on their homeland.

Raytheon secured a $6.3B five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors at its Tucson plants — the deal will boost local defense manufacturing.

Firefighters rescued a kitten trapped inside a brick wall at a Tucson auto shop on Oct.

12 after business owners heard faint meowing. The shop owners adopted the unharmed kitten and TFD sealed the opening to prevent future incidents.

Interfaith Community Services recently announced a Single Mom Scholars program for local mothers in college (applications due Oct.

23) and is offering free food boxes today at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church with more distributions later this week to support families in need.

The University of Arizona men’s basketball team hosts the University of San Francisco in an exhibition game today at 7 p.m. at McKale Center+ Both teams are testing new rosters to gear up for the season.

Tucson entrepreneur Raul Leyva, known as El Bochas, started selling food from his car and now owns three local food businesses; he plans to explore expansion out-of-state while serving seafood towers, molcajetes, and aguachile that built his loyal customer base.

Old Pueblo Community Services expanded transitional housing for homeless veterans at the 3rd Street and Dodge location, raising bed capacity from 23 to 41 as they provide temporary rooms, showers, and kitchens; local partners (the VA, Pima County, and City) support these efforts to help veterans gain stability.

The University of Arizona lifted suspensions on 16 fraternities and continues to keep 5 under active investigation (by the Dean of Students Office and UA Police Department) on campus.