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…
He created the first launched submarine missiles. He starred in international films. He even served in World War II. But there is one job that made Ben T. Traywick into one of the most important people in recent Tombstone history: He is the keeper of the town’s history. And he has done it for 39…
The Tombstone City Council wants to get out of its contract with the Foundation for the Tombstone Archives and move the city’s historic archives back to City Hall. But first, it must have a temperature-controlled storage area that will help the city preserve the documents, many of which are already damaged with mold. The council…
