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…
The Tucson Arts Brigade has brought color and change to Tucson through extensive mural and art programs for over 17 years, one paintbrush at a time. And despite financial difficulty, with a little innovation and creative thinking, their extensive after school programs and community outreach initiatives remain relevant to Tucson. On April 26, the Tucson Arts Brigade’s (TAB) youth committee…
On Monday, the Senate met at 1:30 p.m., only to recess for caucus until 4, when they adjourned until Tuesday morning, despite a long Committee of the Whole calendar. The House was a little more active, when they heard a few bills in the Committee of the Whole, including a strike-everything bill that would call…
The birds of prey made their last majestic swoops over the desert on Sunday, April 20, during the season finale for the “Raptor Free-Flight” show of the season at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. The raptors that star in the show always get the summer off, when many of them molt and grow…
