[Story by Vianca Cao; Video by Jade Nunes] As the blazing summer months quickly approach and the temperatures rise above 90 degrees even in the spring, evidence of rattlesnakes can be seen and heard throughout the Sonoran Desert. Here are tips from the experts, including those who have been bitten once only to become…
Tucson is now the largest city in the United States without a professional baseball team. Since the Tucson Padres packed their bats and bags and balls and relocated to El Paso over the winter, Tucson no longer regularly hosts professional baseball games. “Tucson has its challenges supporting a franchise,” said Jack Donovan, the former general manager…
The defunct Speedway Racing Gas station on Speedway in Tucson is abandoned and surrounded by a chain link fence. Signs reading “unleaded” and “diesel” are still on display to the busy streets, albeit with the prices long taken down and the 12 pumps now untouched. Graffiti abounds on the expansive property. At second glance, one can…
TUCSON — Before going to work as the assistant dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona, Richard Wiedhopf wakes up just a little bit earlier than he otherwise would need to — to tend to the saguaro and barrel cacti in his yard, while admiring the sunrise over the Arizona…
SUMMERHAVEN, Ariz. — If you’ve been waiting patiently for local ski season to finally start this year, it may be time to put your boots and poles back in the shed. Sure, there’s a little snow on the ground up here on the mountaintop. The main hill has a few thin patches here and there,…
