By NICHOLAS A. JOHNSON Arizona Sonora News Back in 2013, the Bashful Bandit, a bar on Speedway Boulevard popular with motorcyclists, was chosen to be featured on a new national cable TV program called “American Roadhouse.” The producers’ idea was to take their cameras into “dive bars” around the country, and give each of them a remodeling…
By MICHELLE FLOYD Arizona Sonora News Kelly Glenn Kimbro is early to bed and early to rise — nine or ten o’clock at night and often two or three o’clock in the morning. Ranchers’ hours, she explains. You will probably never meet another woman like Kimbro, a fifth-generation rancher in southeastern Arizona. She spends her days…
By Brooke Goldstein El Independiente Sasha Enrique, 16, wanted more than a standard high school experience. She wanted to volunteer and work with charitable organizations, but didn’t know what was right for her. She surfed the web and came across the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona’s Unidas program. She filled out her personal information and…
By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Children with painted faces run around Armory Park in homemade costumes, while their families spread out across the plush green lawn and relax beneath the sun’s warmth. From the air that buzzes with laughter and chatter, most people would not assume that the event being held that day had anything to…
By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Dwight Metzger was pretty surprised when his business tripled in size after he relocated it to South Tucson six years ago. The building he constructed on the once empty property at 238 E. 26th St. now houses two six-color rotating presses, two automatic presses, a vacuum table and several high-volume…
