KGUN 9: What Is It and What Can You Find on Its Website?

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KGUN 9 is a Tucson, Arizona local news outlet, and its website is kgun9.com. The site is built around Tucson-focused coverage—local news, local sports, and weather—with additional statewide, national, and international stories drawn from partners such as AP and Scripps News. If you are looking for Tucson headlines, community-level reporting, or a way to send the newsroom a story, kgun9.com is the place to start.

What KGUN 9 Covers

The homepage is organized into labeled sections, so you can tell at a glance whether a story is produced locally or comes from a partner outlet.

Section What it contains Example from the site
Local News Tucson and Pima County reporting, crime and public safety, schools, local government UAPD crime logs; TUSD consolidation recommendations; a trial date in a downtown Tucson shooting case
In Your Neighborhood Hyperlocal community stories and neighborhood-level projects Sidewalk and pedestrian improvements along South Palo Verde Road; a Halloween pedestrianization pilot on Congress
Local Sports Tucson-area sports, community events, and features A pickleball group saving a life on the court; a Rotary Classic Car Show anniversary
Statewide News Arizona stories, sometimes from sister outlets A Texas BBQ chain expanding to Scottsdale; severe weather across Arizona, Colorado, and Utah
National News / National Politics Wire and partner coverage Six Flags seat-belt policy after a rider's death; a DOJ lawsuit over Alaska's Senate race
Weather Tucson weather coverage Listed as a core site section alongside news and sports

The site also carries a recurring investigative feature, "You Ask We Investigate," which is listed among its keywords and is the subject of a separate question about how to submit a story.

How to Tell Local Reporting from Partner Content

This is the most useful distinction to make while reading the site, because it affects how much the story is likely to be Tucson-specific.

  • Local bylines and staff credits. Stories credited to named reporters (for example, Craig Smith, JJ McKinney, Eddie Celaya, Alexis Ramanjulu, Pat Parris) or to "KGUN 9 News Staff" / "KGUN Staff" are newsroom-produced.
  • Partner credits. Items labeled "AP via Scripps News Group," "Associated Press," "Scripps News Group," or with another outlet's digital staff (such as KXXV Digital Staff) are syndicated. They may appear under Statewide or National headings even when the topic has an Arizona angle.
  • Section placement as a signal. A story under "National News" or "National Politics" is generally not local reporting, even if Arizona is mentioned.

Navigating the Site

  1. Start at kgun9.com. The homepage leads with a "National News" block and a stream of local headlines, each tagged with its section (Local News, Oro Valley News, Local Sports, Statewide News, and so on).
  2. Use the section labels next to each headline to decide whether a story is local before you click. Labels like "Oro Valley News" or "In Your Neighborhood" point to community-level coverage.
  3. Scan the "More News In Your Neighborhood" block for neighborhood-specific items that may not appear in the main local feed.
  4. Check the utility links in the site navigation: "News Navigator," "In Your Community," "Team Near You," and "Share With Us." "Share With Us" is the general audience-submission entry point; "You Ask We Investigate" is the separate investigative tip channel.
  5. Verify a story's origin using the byline and partner credit before treating it as local reporting.

Expected result: you should be able to land on the homepage, identify which stories are Tucson-produced, and find the submission link without leaving the site.

Common Sticking Points

  • Assuming everything on the homepage is local. National and statewide wire stories are mixed into the same feed, so check the section tag and byline.
  • Confusing the two submission paths. "Share With Us" is for general community input; "You Ask We Investigate" is for investigative tips. Use the one that matches your purpose.
  • Expecting a paywall or account requirement. The site materials do not mention pricing, subscriptions, or login restrictions, so nothing here should be read as confirming free or unrestricted access—check the site directly if access matters to you.
  • Looking for a single "weather" page in the headline feed. Weather is a core section of the site rather than a story type that always appears in the main news stream; use the site's section navigation.

Who This Is For

KGUN 9's site suits readers who want Tucson and southern Arizona news with a clear local lens, plus enough statewide and national coverage to stay oriented. If you need only national or international headlines, the partner-sourced sections will serve that purpose, but the site's distinct value is its neighborhood-level and Pima County reporting.