After parting ways with the region’s marketing organization, Visit Tucson, in 2024, the town of Oro Valley embarked on year-long development of its own tourism promotion. It formed a destination ...

If video views equate to relevance — ponder that, for a moment — Oro Valley’s biggest news event during 2025 took place in late September, when a bear wandered into ...

Marana moved a step closer to having a true downtown after the town’s council approved a lease and development agreement with Marana Urban LLC for approximately 19 acres of town-owned ...

When filmmaker-turned-vintner Sam Pillsbury planted his first vines in the high desert near Willcox 25 years ago, he said people laughed in his face. Arizona, at the time, was hardly known for fine ...

A new year brings new resolutions that can lead to improvements in daily habits as well as health benefits for many older Americans. In fact, according to a 2020 study, older adults who engaged in ...

Many retail businesses in Arizona have a small paper sign hanging on the wall, usually near the cash register that says something like “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.” The trouble ...

Like other communities in the U.S., Tucson has its own history of racial segregation. The reminders of that era can be seen in places like Dunbar School, 300 W. Second St., opened in 1918 as an ...

Here’s something nobody wants to see in their home: an indoor river caused by leaking pipes or a broken toilet. When that happens, Leah and Tom Ranalli can help with their new business, Benjamin ...

On one of Tucson’s less traveled streets and inside an unassuming building 33 adults and more than 90 children are hard at work. Everyone practices leaping and spinning. They practice walking on their ...

After two uneven years, Tucson enters 2026 with an economic outlook that economists herald as . . . well, modestly improved. Not booming, not buoyant — simply better than 2024 and 2025. Growth is ...

The Oro Valley Water Utility has been awarded an additional $1.15 million in grant funds to pay part of its share for the Northwest Recharge and Recovery Delivery System. The grant, from the Water ...

On a recent afternoon, Anne Breckenridge Barrett walked the Tucson Museum of Art campus with the same mix of affection and analytical energy she brought to her first day on the job as the TMA’s new ...