A ‘Bear Down’ reflection: A championship season for ’97 Arizona basketball team

By EMILY GAUCI Creative Director/Arizona Sonora News With the start of the 2016-2017 Arizona Basketball season approaching 20 years after the 1996-1997 team won the national title, three former basketball players and a former Arizona coach from the championship team reflect on the winning season.  “There were a lot of questions heading into the season…” They were…

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One fire-prevention option: Get a goat

By LEAH MERRALL Arizona Sonora News When Smokey Bear started telling us back in 1944 that only we can prevent forest fires, he wasn’t exactly correct. Goats can help, too. In fact, a number of government agencies, including the United States Forest Service, the Arizona State Land Department and the Bureau of Land Management, have…

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PAC 12: The score is money

By MICHELLE FLOYD Arizona Sonora News Let’s talk about everybody’s favorite subject: money. Not your money, don’t worry, but the finances of the Pacific-12 conference, also known as the PAC 12. Originally known as the PAC 10, the conference added two schools: the University of Utah and the University of Colorado back in 2011. PAC 12…

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