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Clyde Martin's daughter test rides the 45-foot wood slide in April 2023.

Precision carpentry and fun combine for slides in Sierra Vista

May 1, 2023 A Sierra Vista man builds massive wooden slides.
Sentinel Peak Road, accessed from West Congress Street, climbs and encircles "A" Mountain.

Tucson to begin returning ancestral lands to Tohono O’odham Nation

Apr 19, 2023 City council unanimously moved to direct the city attorney to present a plan for approval at the next council meeting.
Bicyclists at a Cyclovia event in 2022

Spring Cyclovia set for Sunday

Apr 14, 2023 The Tucson event celebrates neighborhoods twice each year.
Flowers in bloom at Picacho Peak State Park, 2019.

Winter moisture expected to yield big wildflower bloom in Arizona

Mar 14, 2023 Experts say conditions lined up to produce massive floral displays in lower elevations.
Visitors stroll along the University of Arizona mall at the 2019 Tucson Festival of Books, Sunday, March 3.

Local authors shine at Tucson Festival of Books

Mar 3, 2023 Some of the books are self-published.
Flowers and Bullets is a grassroots movement that uses art and food to talk about larger issues, like gentrification or pollution, affecting Barrio Centro. This mural welcomes people visiting their Midtown Farm housed at the former Julia Keen Elementary School.

Local nonprofit acquires former TUSD school to continue sustainability work

Mar 1, 2023 The Tucson Unified School district governing board approved the sale Tuesday evening.
Tombstone is a top tourist attraction for visitors to Arizona.

The first-ever "Tombstone Festival of Western Books" to be celebrated

Feb 27, 2023 Residents are holding the event ahead of the Tucson Festival of Books
An attendee stands in front of artwork depicting the Arizona Buffalo Soldiers at the African American Museum of Southern Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 14 2023. The African American servicemen in the painting were allowed to join the U.S. Army in 1866.

The Buzz: Black History in Southern Arizona

Feb 24, 2023 New efforts are being made to bring contributions by the area's Black population to light.
Dr. Khalid el-Hakim speaks at a stop of the Black History 101 Museum.

Black History 101 Mobile Museum makes two stops at Cochise College campuses

Feb 22, 2023 The stops come in honor of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
Crews prepare to start demolition on the former Century Park 16 movie theater. The site falls within an area where land owned by the Pascua Yaqui tribe can make land it owns a part of its reservation.

Closed Century Park theater demolished for new Pascua Yaqui casino

Feb 21, 2023 Congress designates Old Pascua as tribal land.
Cochise College Student Ethan Rodriguez works on a styrofoam sculpture during his art class with Art Instructor JenMarie Zeleznak.

Cochise College plans sixth annual Youth Arts Festival for Saturday in Sierra Vista

Feb 20, 2023 The event is free and aims to encourage children to try performing and fine arts.
Workers are returning to a quieter office environment post-COVID.

Study suggests office workers need more sound

Feb 15, 2023 The findings could help designers create better staff environments.
Tucsonans protest the events in Charlottesville, Virginia.

White nationalist dies before Tucson trial

Feb 15, 2023 Teddy von Nukem was one of the key faces of the 2017 Unite the Right march,
Tucson High Magnet School, 400 N. 2nd Ave.

TUSD students fundraise to save annual HBCU trip through music

Feb 10, 2023 The event is in partnership with the African American Museum of Southern Arizona.
A still from the video posted to Instagram by Cod Blackbird, purportedly showing Gilbert Ortega Jr. in front of his shop in Old Town Scottsdale.

Native dancers want Arizona gallery owner held on hate crime

Feb 10, 2023 Gilbert Ortega Jr. has already been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
The Nogales Buffalo Soldiers tribute was held for the first time in 2022, when this photo was taken.

Honoring African American soldiers from last century

Jan 27, 2023 Descendants and others gather for 2nd Annual Nogales Buffalo Soldiers Salute

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