Arizona Public Media

08/08/2025

This week on The Press Room: Tucson City Council rejecting Project Blue and the results of the South Tucson mayor and councilor recall effort.

Tonight at 8:30PM on PBS 6 and NPR 89.1:

Roundtable discussion on the week's headlines from local, trusted, and experienced AZ journalists.

08/08/2025

Arizona Spotlight host Mark McLemore looks back on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, plus, go behind the scenes of the Raptor Free-Flight Program at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

Tonight at 8PM on NPR 89.1:

Rich in the fundamental elements of creativity and freedom, Southern Arizona is home to an arts scene that defies expectation. Each week, Arizona Spotlight explores the local creative community, including interviews with visiting performers and people around the country who are making important conn...

08/08/2025

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Martin O’Malley, hosted a town hall in Tucson on Tuesday, to talk about Social Security benefits that could be at risk under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Sen. Kelly and former SSA Commissioner warn bill could speed the program’s insolvency.

08/08/2025

Tucson City Council members voted unanimously to reject the controversial "Project Blue" data center.

08/08/2025

Preliminary results from the primary election for Tucson’s Wards 3, 5 and 6 showed a tight race in Ward 3, and two new Democratic candidates pulling ahead in Wards 5 and 6.

Wards 5 and 6 will see new faces in 2026 after two vacancies on the council.

08/08/2025

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement.

The crash Tuesday of a CSI Aviation company flight from Albuquerque, New Mexico, occurred near the airport in Chinle, about 300 miles northeast of Phoenix.

08/08/2025

Celebrate National Vinyl Record Day with a FREE screening of "Papa Ray's Vintage Vinyl Roadshow" on Tuesday, August 19th.

Starting at 6:30PM at the Groundworks Community Arts Space, join Arizona Spotlight host Mark McLemore along with reps from Desert Island and Zia Records, for a one-of-a-kind journey to record stores across America, including a live musical performance.

For more information and to reserve your spot, visit azpm.org/vinyl

08/08/2025

It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. PBS visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice cream factory and the operations next door to find out how it works.

It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice cream factory and the operations next door to find out how it works.

08/07/2025

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

08/07/2025

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

08/07/2025

08/07/2025

The latest discoveries from the lost city of Pompeii are uncovered along with the terror of the local residents in AD 79 as Mount Vesuvius erupted and changed their lives forever.

Premieres today at 10PM on PBS 6:

A landmark series following the biggest archaeological dig at Pompeii for a generation.