Political notebook: Young and not-so-young voters make poll worker feel 'like a little kid'

Paul Jamrog, 64, thought his first time working at the polls would be frustrating, mainly because he'd have to keep his political opinions to himself.

Water floods area denuded by fire, damaging 4 homes

At least four homes were severely damaged by flooding Sunday afternoon in the Miller Canyon area.

Wildfires bring rush to insure for floods

Insurance experts are warning people in areas burned by wildfires to prepare for the second disaster - flows of black water, full of ash and debris, that will flood these areas when the summer rains come.

UA wins $800M NASA contract

NASA has chosen the University of Arizona to head up an $800 million robotic space mission that will visit an asteroid and extract a sample that could provide clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Huge loss for UA: 2 professors are headed for Yale

Nancy Moran and Howard Ochman, married researchers in the UA's department of ecology and evolutionary biology, will head up research in microbial diversity at a new facility at Yale University next year.