The price is not right … The week began with a letter from Bob Barker, the former “The Price is Right” host, to Senate President Andy Biggs. Barker opposes HB 2587, an animal cruelty bill that passed through the House and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Rural Affairs. Barker said the bill actually…
Students without transportation in the South Tucson community may no longer be stranded thanks to a new club at the John A. Valenzuela Youth Center. Children in the club can earn one of 25 bikes given to the youth center by the South Tucson Police Department a few months ago, according to Jessica Alderete, the…
191 Toole may be home to mosh pits and metal anthems on a Saturday night, but on Sundays they bring out the pews. City On a Hill, a local Christian nonprofit, took over the lease at 191 Toole in downtown Tucson with no previous experience running a music venue. Tom Collins, executive director of COAH,…
Beach volleyball has come to Tucson — just minus the beach. White sand, 1,250 tons of it, was shipped from a rock quarry in Southern California, according to Steve Walker, the head coach of the new sand volleyball team at the University of Arizona. This marks the 20th sport for Arizona Athletics. It is from…
PHOENIX — Rep. Bob Thorpe (R-Flagstaff) may have missed out on the first Constitutional Convention, but he doesn’t plan on missing a second one if it ever happens. Thorpe is the sponsor of House Resolution 2017, a resolution that calls for Congress to call an Article V convention. The resolution barely passed through the House…
