Steve Jess

Tucson

Senior Radio and TV Announcer at Arizona Public Media

Senior Radio and TV Announcer at KUAT-FM (Tucson, AZ)

Public radio broadcaster. I make electrons dance to the sound of my voice. Ham radio callsign Ki7AHD

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Ex-fraternity alumni president sentenced

2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Steve Jess

Home AZPM | Southern Arizona's PBS and NPR Station He was found guilty of stealing money from the organization.
Ex-fraternity alumni president sentenced

2 weeks ago | news.azpm.org | Steve Jess

A former leader of a Tucson fraternity has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing over a half million dollars from the organization. Michael Woolbright served as President of the Alumni Board of Delta Chi in Tucson. The fraternity has a house on the University of Arizona campus. He was prosecuted on charges he wrote unauthorized checks to himself and his businesses totaling over $500,000, after forcing out the groupâ€™s accountant.
Tucson Mayor Romero heads to Qatar

2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Steve Jess

Mayor Regina Romero delivers her annual Report to Tucsonans at the Tucson Convention Center on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is missing from Tuesday’s City Council meetings. She’s attending an economic conference in Qatar. Her spokesperson, Victor Mercado, confirmed to AZPM that Romero is due back in her city hall office next week.
Friends of PACC Clinic Aims to Keep People and Their Pets Together

2 months ago | news.azpm.org | Steve Jess

A surgical team operates on a canine patient at the Friends of PACC Community Pet Clinic. A new non-profit pet clinic will soon open its doors in Tucson, with the goal of helping owners keep their animals when they face serious veterinary costs. It’s run by the non-profit “Friends of PACC,” which supports the county-owned Pima Animal Care Center. Gary Zimnoch is the former CEO of a veterinary hospital in Tucson, who came out of retirement to help the clinic get started.
Raúl Grijalva Dead at 77

2 months ago | azpm.org | Steve Jess

Longtime Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva has died after a year-long battle with cancer. Grijalva was 77 years old. Grijalva announced in October that he would not be seeking a 13th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. AZPM will have more on Grijalva’s life and accomplishments. In the meantime, here is the statement released by his office this afternoon. Statement from the Office of Raúl M.
Trump's DEI ban could take $800 million from Arizona universities

Mar 10, 2025 | news.azpm.org | Steve Jess |Cooper Burns

The University of Arizona was the first four-year public university in the state of Arizona to be federally recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s effort to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs is squeezing research at Arizona universities on wildfire prevention, air pollution, public health, and in other areas with little or no connection to DEI.
Pima County closing centers for asylum seekers

Jan 24, 2025 | azpm.org | Steve Jess

VIEW LARGER People wait for assistance at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024. Since the Trump Administration shut down the system for immigrants to apply for asylum in the US, the flow of migrants into Pima County’s two “respite centers” has dried up. In the next few days, the county’s shelter on Drexel Road and the Casa Alitas shelter on Ajo Way will see their final asylum-seekers head off to live with relatives somewhere in the US.
Marana Mayor Ed Honea dies at 77

Nov 21, 2024 | azpm.org | Steve Jess

Mayor of Marana Ed Honea. Marana Mayor Ed Honea died today. He was 77. Honea served as the townâ€™s mayor for two periods totaling over twenty years. He began his current term in 2005. He was part of a long-time Marana family, graduating from Marana High School in 1965. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam conflict and worked as a postal service contractor until retiring in 2007.
Fact Check AZ: Claims in the campaigns for and against Prop 139

Oct 29, 2024 | news.azpm.org | Zac Ziegler |Steve Jess |Maggie Farmer

This week on Fact Check Arizona, we look at how campaigns on both sides of the abortion issue are attempting to persuade voters, and why those claims sometimes leave out key context. More from Fact Check ArizonaTranscript:Steve Jess: Welcome to the Fact Check Arizona podcast from AZPM. In each episode of this series, we'll look at a particular claim about elections in Arizona. We'll set the record straight and also give a sense of the context surrounding it. I'm Steve Jess.
Fact Check AZ: We oblige factcheckthisad.com's request

Oct 16, 2024 | news.azpm.org | Zac Ziegler |Steve Jess

On this week's episode, we take whomever built the website factcheckthisad.com up on their offer, and dissect multiple ads that go after Arizona congressional challengers. Transcript:Steve Jess: Welcome to the Fact Check Arizona podcast from AZPM. In each episode, we'll look at a particular claim about elections in Arizona. We'll set the record straight and also give a sense of the context surrounding the claim. I'm Steve Jess. This week we're diving into a topic we couldn't resist.