From the beginning, restaurateur Perfecto Leon was fighting the odds. He was born with bronchitis, and the doctors told his parents that their son would probably not survive. After initially dismissing his father’s suggestion of naming their son Perfecto after the boy’s grandfather, his mother had a change of heart. Though she considered the name…
Arizona voters and members of a diverse coalition rallied Feb. 17 in Phoenix to protest the House move to repeal HB2305. “We are back here today because we know what’s going on,” said Julie Erfle, chair, of the Protect Your Right To Vote Committee. “We are not fooled by the repeal.” HB2305 was introduced by…
On Monday, a bill that would permit the government to construct a “virtual fence” at the border between Arizona and Mexico passed through the Senate Government and Environment committee. The bill would provide $30 million out of the state general pay for the fence. Sen. Bob Worsley (R-Mesa), the sponsor, said he doesn’t trust the…
[KGVID width=”640″ height=”360″]http://demo.sbs.arizona.edu/arizonasonoranewsservice/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/UAIC-BUGS.mov[/KGVID] How do you keep track of more than two million bugs? “Very carefully,” said Dr. Wendy Moore, curator of the University of Arizona Insect Collection, which used a $468,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a yearlong facelift. The museum reopened to the public at the start of the 2013 fall semester…
As the tourist season begins in Tombstone, business owners and shop workers have mixed feelings about the effect of the economy on commerce in the town. “This year is the slowest year I’ve had for snowbirds in our history,” said Sue Sinsley, co-owner of the Stampede RV Park in Tombstone. “I think the…
