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Las Vegas realtors hope foreign buyers can rescue their hard-hit housing market, one of the worst in the U.S.

Beyond Sprawl: Foreign Angels?

Dec 14, 2011 Part 3 of the Fronteras Desk series visits Las Vegas, where local realtors are recruiting foreign buyers to save the hard-hit housing market

Occupy Tucson participants continue to clash with law enforcement officials.

700 Citations Issued to Occupy Tucson Participants

Dec 13, 2011 Activists keep movement alive in downtown park 'to practice free speech'

In 1950, the average home was 1,600 square feet. In 2000, it surged to 2,500 square feet. The design students want to reverse the trend and, in 2030, drastically reduce the average American home size to 800 square feet.

Beyond Sprawl: Not Your Mother's Suburb

Dec 13, 2011 Part 2 of the Fronteras Desk series talks to students learning from today's housing to reimagine tomorrow's communities

A solitary manhole cover marks a stalled development in suburban Phoenix.

Beyond Sprawl: The Southwest Zombie Problem

Dec 12, 2011 Part 1 of the Fronteras Desk series explores how Southwestern cities cope with planned communities that never were

The Wilhelm family found peace and closeness in Arizona's wine country.

Web Feature: In Wine and War

Dec 7, 2011 Two Gulf War veterans find a new start in Arizona’s wine country

Colleen Mathis, chair of the Independent Redistricting Commission, made self-imposed Christmas deadline for new maps.

Redistricting Chair in Tough Position, Legal Expert Says

Dec 2, 2011 IRC's Mathis, under fire from governor and Senate, may find objectivity difficult

Oracle State Park Reopening After Two-Year Closure

Nov 29, 2011 Park near Tucson gets funding help from non-profit group

After January 8: Stories of Healing

Nov 23, 2011 The attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shocked and saddened Arizona. How have you healed? How has the community healed?

Modest Bump Expected for Holiday Retail Sales

Nov 23, 2011 Amid growing competition, merchants diversify, add services and values

Jobs Growing in Arizona, but at Snail's Pace

Nov 18, 2011 No sign of another recession but growth 'could be way better'

Tucson, Pima County Consider Changes To Outdoor Lighting Code

Nov 17, 2011 Revisions try to balance public safety with preserving the night sky

The One Sacred Nation Healing/Fallen Warrior program brings a Native American perspective to recovery from substance abuse and other addictions.

Web Feature: Finding a Native Way to Heal

Nov 16, 2011 Two counselors turn to Native American practices to help people battling addiction

BLM Busts Archaeological Vandals

Nov 10, 2011 Damage wrought by natural resource vandalism is often permanent, and many cases go unsolved

Democrat Jonathan Rothschild, Tucson's mayor-elect.

ELECTION RESULTS: Democratic Sweep in Tucson?

Nov 8, 2011 Rothschild wins mayor; Romero, Cunningham win council seats; Scott too close to call

Celebrating the beauty, craftsmanship, and audio nuances of acoustic and electric guitars, the University of Arizona Museum of Art presents Good Vibrations: The Guitar as Design, Craft and Function.

Exhibit Tunes In to Guitarmaking History

Nov 1, 2011 "Good Vibrations" offers glimpse at the instrument and its construction, from 16th-century Europe to present-day Tucson

Tucson Unified School District students.

With State Funding Diminished, Schools Seek Overrides

Oct 28, 2011 Many will ask voters to OK extending permission to exceed budget limits 10-15%

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