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Drive-thru coffee chain 7 Brew is officially buying 63 former Salad and Go locations. A Texas bankruptcy court approved the sale on Sept. 29 – National Coffee Day. According to bankruptcy court documents, Brew Culture LLC, 7 Brew’s parent company, agreed to pay almost $123.5 million for the locations, 36 of which are in Arizona, including six in Tucson. The sale is expected to close Oct. 15. The purchase comes after Salad and Go filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Aug.

Disclaimer: This story discusses rape and sexual assault. University of Arizona Campus Health provides survivor support services for the campus community. Since the semester began six weeks ago on Aug. 24, the University of Arizona Police Department has logged eight reports of sexual offenses, including three instances of rape. In the same time period last year, there were four reports of sexual offenses. The UA released its annual security report this week under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.

In Hermosillo, the faces of the disappeared look out from missing posters plastered on electrical poles and memorials in the Sonoran capital’s main plaza. And on the cracked earth of the desert on the city’s outskirts on a recent blistering Saturday morning, they looked out from the long-sleeved white T-shirts of their searching mothers. “We’re here, fighting, until we find them,” said Alicia Salomón, shovel in hand.

While politicians have been busy campaigning for the upcoming midterm elections, many young people still aren’t registered to vote. What is it that’s stopping young people from voting? Spencer Lindsay, assistant professor of practice at the University of Arizona, has noticed a few trends.

Pima County Supervisor Jennifer Allen (left), Melissa Cordero (middle), and State Representative Betty Villegas (right) stand in front of the veteran's memorial wall on Oct. 1, 2026. A small group of veterans and county leaders came together yesterday to protest statements made by Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War, in front of the Historic Pima County Courthouse.

Home AZPM | Southern Arizona's PBS and NPR Station Radio astronomers search the sky for sources sending out invisible light, including black holes and exploding stars. (Left) University of Arizona researcher Kate Alexander. (Right) Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile. Radio astronomers search the sky for sources sending out invisible light, including black holes and exploding stars.

This week, officials in the Sunnyside Unified School District began discussing the potential impacts of a proposition that would dictate operational spending in all of Pima County’s district schools if Arizonans vote the measure into law this November. “It is a ballot referendum that the legislature proposed — instead of sending it to the governor, which they knew for sure it would be vetoed,” said Karla Walter, chief financial officer for Sunnyside.

Chiricahua National Monument is one step closer to becoming Arizona’s fourth national park. The Senate approved bipartisan legislation yesterday, which is now headed to President Trump’s desk for signature. “We should have this signed into law and make it official here within 10 days or so,” said Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani.

At the end of this past monsoon season, southern Arizona animal rescues saw a rise in the number of Sulcata tortoises, also known as African spurred tortoises, being found in yards and in the wild. Sulcatas are native to the southern Sahara region of Africa – not Arizona. Reptile conservation groups say the growing number of unwanted and escaped tortoises is putting pressure on already crowded shelter facilities and raising concerns about the animals’ potential impact on native species.

News AZPM News - Local, independent journalism from NPR 89.1 Arizona's Proposition 144 would add language to the state constitution stating that only citizens could vote and register to vote in an Arizona election. VIDEO: Citizens Clean Elections Commission (azcleanelections.gov) and the Arizona Media Association Arizona's Proposition 144 would add language to the state constitution stating that only citizens could vote and register to vote in an Arizona election.