Arizona

Management & Training Corp. signed a Sept. 29 ICE contract for the ~800-bed Southern Arizona facility; town says zoning already allows correctional use.

Federal water-year changes begin Thursday; Arizona, California and Nevada still race to finish a Lower Basin deal before January.

A September survey puts long-term supplies first for the first time; federal Colorado River cuts and November ads make drought a midterm defining issue.

Federal H.R. 1 eligibility rules strip most humanitarian immigrants from AHCCCS full benefits; emergency-only coverage remains as clinics scramble.

Coronado National Forest order bars public access through jaguar habitat west of Nogales; conservationists and Rep. Grijalva say oversight and protest rights are chilled.

AP: helicopter saves a motorist west of Phoenix; Hatch and Rio Grande communities ordered out while saturated Southwest soils worsen flash-flood risk.

One-time COVID relief dollars erase a June budget cut for Arizona’s public universities; Republicans call campuses flush as Hobbs faces Biggs in November.

New AZFamily details: phishing email led to theft of 270,000-plus records including Foster Care Review Board files dating to 2010; Timmer calls re-victimization ‘outrageous.’

Company aims to help raise $100 million for basin water projects as Lake Mead and Powell sit below 30% capacity; AWS-linked sensors target Lower Basin farmland savings.

NWS Flagstaff warns 1–2 inches of rain can trigger debris flows in Dragon Bravo and Pocket Fire scars; Valley cities stockpile sand after last week’s flooding.