On the wooden storefront of North End Tent right across from the Grand Palace Saloon, the Mountain Saddle band sang tales of the west with twanged harmonies. While the band may hail from vast swath of the south and west known for country music, don’t call them country. They’re cowboys, pardner. Keep in mind that…
Years ago, Tucson High School student Monica Luna found herself 16 and pregnant. She attended the Teenage Parent program at her school, and with their help, she was able to graduate, even finishing high school a semester early. Now, decades later, Luna is familiar with a situation that a number of high school students are…
The South Tucson community has illustrated its resilience once again. Just a few years ago, Ochoa Community Magnet School faced guaranteed closure, a failing score by the Arizona Department of Education and a neighborhood stereotyped for drugs and violence. They’re still open in 2014 after receiving a B score and gaining more support than ever…
During the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s “Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona” air show this past weekend, pilot Greg ‘Slick’ Aguirre was off again into the wild blue yonder, as the Air Force song goes. He and his friends in the Desert Rats Warbirds team were among the highlighted performances at the air show. During the two-day…
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…
