Amid questions about the base’s future with the likelihood that the A-10 attack aircraft will be eliminated, Tucson’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base released a report indicating that the base’s regional economic impact in the 2013 fiscal year was about $973 million, down from $1.14 billion in fiscal 2012. The report’s estimate of overall local economic…
Fire swept through Old West Studio, a gunfight-reenactment attraction in the historic downtown section of Tombstone late Thursday afternoon. The wood-fenced business at 5th and Toughnut Sts., was destroyed. The Tombstone Fire Department said that crews from St. Davis, Huachuca City and Whetstone also responded and helped keep the fire from spreading. Water availability was…
[Update] As of last night Uterhardt was not selected for the position. The Sierra Vista Board chose their interim superintendent, Kriss Hagerl. Karl Uterhardt, superintendent of Tombstone Unified School District, is one of five candidates for Sierra Vista Unified School District superintendent. The Sierra Vista Board of Education will interview all five candidates Saturday…
City High School will host its sixth annual block party downtown Friday to showcase student work. Everyone at the school is excited about the Pennington Street Block Party, said Carrie Brennan, the City High principal. “It’s an event that we as a school put on for the larger community,” she said. They like to showcase…
At least a thousand people swarmed the streets of South Tucson for the first annual Feria de Sur Tucson on Sunday.
