The House and Senate struck a deal on the budget on Monday. When the Senate met on the floor, they had named three of their members to a conference committee with the House for budget negotiations. The three senators were Sen. Don Shooter (R-Yuma), Sen. Andy Biggs (R-Gilbert) and Sen. Cajero Bedford (D-Tucson). They joined…
Amid questions about the base’s future with the likelihood that the A-10 attack aircraft will be eliminated, Tucson’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base released a report indicating that the base’s regional economic impact in the 2013 fiscal year was about $973 million, down from $1.14 billion in fiscal 2012. The report’s estimate of overall local economic…
Fire swept through Old West Studio, a gunfight-reenactment attraction in the historic downtown section of Tombstone late Thursday afternoon. The wood-fenced business at 5th and Toughnut Sts., was destroyed. The Tombstone Fire Department said that crews from St. Davis, Huachuca City and Whetstone also responded and helped keep the fire from spreading. Water availability was…
After visitors to Tucson have seen, hiked or biked the stunning desert and mountain landscapes and made the requisite stop at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, what next? Here are some suggestions about lesser-known Tucson attractions: Mini-Time Machine: A Museum of Miniatures … 4455 E Camp Lowell Dr. Phone: (520) 881-0606 Website- www.theminitimemachine.org Admission- General…
Here’s the question still being asked about last weekend’s fracas between police and a crowd of several hundred youths gathered on University Boulevard as the University of Arizona narrowly lost to Wisconsin last Saturday night: Who started it? At bars, restaurants, and clothing and other stores on University Boulevard that cater to the student population,…
