Ice hockey in the desert

The Tucson Roadrunners are new to Tucson, bringing in players from all across the world. In only their second season in Tucson, the Roadrunners are having great success as a team, and their fanbase is growing as well making the playoffs in the AHL league where they won their first playoff game in franchise history….

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Is hockey dying in the desert?

Average fan attendance for the Arizona Coyotes dropped 13 percent in the last decade. At the end of this NHL season , the team finished 30 out of 31 teams in attendance. The Coyotes attendance average for the 2007-2008 season was 14,820 fans. This season, they averaged 13,040 fans per game. The Coyotes play at…

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Tucson couple carry out annual saguaro census

For desert dwellers, saguaros are a part of daily life. Scattered in front yards, cropping up along the side of the road, sprinkled on mountainsides, the hulking cactuses are nearly omnipresent in the Arizona desert. We often see them without realizing what goes into the survival of these huge plants that only grow in the…

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