Brains and Byrne behind the brand

  ESPN’s College GameDay coming to Tucson marks a rite of passage for University of Arizona athletics. The UA brand is sticking. After years of constructing the university’s reputation, Athletic Director Greg Byrne has hit a landmark with GameDay’s appearance. It part of a long-term strategy to extend the recognition of the Block A around…

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Gullible is as gullible does

Earlier this summer a scam artist tempted tourists to visit historic Tombstone with promises of an unforgettable experience. The tourists paid, and the experience was unfrogettable. There was no tour. There was no lodging. What was promised was never delivered. These types of scams happen as the passion for finding evidence of ghosts, talking with…

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Schools make bank on solar

Drive down Highway 80 into Tombstone and look to the left. A sprawling yellow school reveals itself and to its left stands a little patch of blue. Solar is shining at Tombstone High. Over the past 10 years, school districts in Arizona have been making the transition to solar energy. One of the early adopters…

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The killer bee man of Bisbee

We’ve all seen the cartoon. Some loony character, flailing his arms, jumps into the lake to escape a swarm of raging bees. But since Africanized hives are spreading further north into the states, here’s some life advice: Don’t jump in water. “They’ll wait all day for you to come up and breathe,” said Reed Booth….

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TUSD #1 prepares for budget cuts

There hasn’t been an easy day for Robert Devere since he’s taken over as the superintendent for Tombstone Unified School District. “He’s been working on how to make everything work with the state’s proposed budget cuts,” said TUSD’s Business Manager John Livingston. “That’s been his big project over the last couple of months.” In the…

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