Facing an enormous and growing debt in both police and fire department pension accounts, the City of South Tucson may soon become the 10th local government in the United States to file for bankruptcy since 2010. Due to poor financial planning and a major hit to South Tucson’s investment assets during the economic recession in 2008, the city…
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Hugging close to the border, tourists may not think of visiting the communities of Tubac and Tumacácori. But given the chance, the two sites north of Nogales on Interstate 19 can make for a historical and colorful day trip. History at the Park The entrance of Tumacácori is bland and walled off, making it easy to…
Christmas hasn’t ended for Tucson residents. For 38 years, artist María Luisa Teña’s nativity scene – El Nacimiento – has kept the holiday alive at La Casa Cordova within the downtown Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N Main Ave. Until she ended the 800-piece project in 2008, she added new pieces of clay and glass figurines every year to tell a…
A freight train howls in the distance as a pedestrian sits cross-legged and lights a cigarette, watching curiously as floodlights wash over nearly a dozen actors moving about the Tucson Convention Center grounds on a soft February night. Borderlands Theater is rehearsing Barrio Stories, an unconventional new production that will run from March 3 to…
