By KYLE KOCHEVAR Arizona Sonora News “We came here for the cowboy shows,” said Dieter Fuchs, a tourist who was visiting Tombstone with his family recently. They had come a long way to spend a day in one of the most famous towns from the Old West. “It’s a round trip from Germany,” said Fuchs,…
By MICHELLE FLOYD Arizona Sonora News In the town that billed itself as being “Too Tough to Die,” the women were even tougher. Everyone has heard of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday and John Ringo . But have you heard of Big Nose Kate, Sadie Jo, China Mary, Margarita, and Dutch Annie? Tombstone, 30 miles from…
By Amber White Arizona Sonora News Arizona used to be a hot spot for major movie production — until state film tax subsidies were stripped away in 2010, while other states began luring Hollywood with lavish come-ons. Arizona — where movies have been made literally since the earliest days of the American cinema — still…
By TAYLOR DAYTON Arizona Sonora News A group of attentive meteorologists hover at radar and satellite screens that make a colorful collage at the National Weather Service office in Tucson. On a breezy September afternoon, with a temperature of 93 degrees, monsoon thunderstorms dance across the desert sky in what could be their last gasp…
By LUKE SOROKO Arizona Sonora News “Financial struggles are terrible, I barely make enough to break even. At one point I was staying in a two-bedroom apartment with six other teammates. We all slept on air mattresses,” said Cody Hamlin. Hamlin is a professional baseball player.. So is Clayton Kershaw. This year, while Hamlin will…
