Sustainability programs that advocate for bike-friendly roads are helping fuel cycling’s popularity in Southern Arizona, creating more local and tourist riders and enhancing the already-booming bicycle industry in the area. Many cities across the nation are doing the same, and Tucson has been a huge factor in this movement. Given the city’s bike-friendly reputation, it makes…
https://youtu.be/5MVkSNsDQCE A 2018 study on the safest colleges in the United States, released by the National Council for Home Safety and Security, represented three Arizona universities in a false light for campus safety. The study is now being called into question about the methodology used to rank the colleges. Based on the list of 243 colleges…
Noorullah Dawari and his family stood patiently in the checkout line at a Tucson Walmart when a white woman behind them snarled, proclaiming that there are too many of “them” in this country. Her words cut to the core. There he stood with his wife their 2- and 6-year-old boys. The sadness was overwhelming. A refugee…
Touring the historic Spanish missions of the Sonoran border region is now possible again after years of violence in Mexico. The Southwestern Mission Research Center has been doing tours of missions built by Father Kino since the 1970s, but in 2010 the center had to suspend them due to violence from gangs and warring drug…
Wildlife experts are advising locals–especially dog owners–to take precautions against snakes during snake season and training dogs to stay away from danger. Animal Expert, Ted Martinez, said that this time of year, before hibernation, snakes hunt during the day rather than at night, which increases the chances of an encounter. According to Martinez, rattlesnakes can…
