Video rental stores are dead. We hear it all the time. With the increasing popularity of mail-rental and movie-streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, many believe driving to video stores is an unnecessary inconvenience. So what accounts for the success of Casa Video, a large, independent video store near the corner of Speedway Blvd….
Arizona State University’s athletic department is much more flush, now that president Michael Crow’s proposal to bring in an additional $10 million in funding from student fees has been approved during the Arizona Board of Regents Meeting. Crow proposed every A.S.U. student pay a mandatory $150 athletics fee each year, regardless if the student goes…
Agriculture is still the predominant user of water in Arizona, but data show that conservation efforts have led to a decline in the amount of water being used by Arizona’s agriculture industry. the reason: Farmers are becoming better at conserving water. Arizona gets water from four major sources: The Colorado River, surface water (including lakes…
As the desert heat becomes a daily factor well before summer officially begins, Arizona Sonora News Service fashion and culture reporter Brooke Bolek looks at the hot weather styles coming out around Tucson in this final installment of Brooke’s Society, which has been a semester-long homage to the fashion-photo great Bill Cunningham. Photos by Brooke…
When the U.S. economy crashed in 2008, veterinarians felt the bite as fewer people took pets to the vet. So Dr. Kipp Metzger, general practitioner veterinarian and owner of Animal Health Hospital, P.C., had to reduce staff hours and keep less medical-supply inventory on his shelves. Metzger, who’s been in the veterinary business for almost…
