The Arizona Legislature closed out the session as Wednesday night turned to Thursday morning, after scrambling to get the final bills passed throughout the day. In the morning, a bill that would regulate ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft was submitted to the governor on a final roll-call vote in the House. The bill received…
Alarming news about head injuries in football may have some parents thinking twice about allowing a child to suit up as school football-camp programs approach this summer. But a 16-year-old junior at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, who has suffered multiple concussions, is one of the large number of players who maintain that the risks…
[Story by Vianca Cao; Video by Jade Nunes] As the blazing summer months quickly approach and the temperatures rise above 90 degrees even in the spring, evidence of rattlesnakes can be seen and heard throughout the Sonoran Desert. Here are tips from the experts, including those who have been bitten once only to become…
Tucson is now the largest city in the United States without a professional baseball team. Since the Tucson Padres packed their bats and bags and balls and relocated to El Paso over the winter, Tucson no longer regularly hosts professional baseball games. “Tucson has its challenges supporting a franchise,” said Jack Donovan, the former general manager…
The defunct Speedway Racing Gas station on Speedway in Tucson is abandoned and surrounded by a chain link fence. Signs reading “unleaded” and “diesel” are still on display to the busy streets, albeit with the prices long taken down and the 12 pumps now untouched. Graffiti abounds on the expansive property. At second glance, one can…
