The race to replace former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in District 8 gained another Republican candidate on Friday, with Jesse Kelly officially announcing this morning.
Linda Haller, Amphitheater’s Assistant Director of Special Education, has been waiting 28 years for her vision of the Rillito Center to become a reality. On Monday, the wait was over.
Last week, residents at The Fountains teamed up and competed against the residents from Sunrise Senior Living in a Wii Bowling Tournament.
Last week, the Marana Unified School District held its annual district-wide spelling bee at Mountain View High School.
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Marana hosting hiking activities Feb. 11
As Quail Run Elementary School continues its Fitness for Life program, actors from the Phoenix Theater came to perform a play to the fourth and fifth graders about making good decisions.
Pima County Sheriff's detectives continue to investigate a domestic violence call that left one woman dead, and another charged with homicide.
Mountain Vista Fire District crews worked to extinguish a house fire on the northwest side yesterday, where a woman jumped from the second story to escape the flames.
Thursday night, at 7:53 p.m., a car struck and killed an Oro Valley woman at the intersection of Oracle Road and La Reserve Drive.
Frank Antenori, a state senator in District 30, became the first official candidate to announce his intentions to run in the Congressional District 8 special election.
Pulling into campaign mode, Republican Jesse Kelly is already claiming to be the top candidate for his party in the race to replace Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in District 8.
The Oro Valley Police Department responded to a telephone bomb threat made at 7:37 a.m. to Copper Creek Elementary School Thursday morning.
The Marana School District hosted a Spelling Bee Wednesday, where students between fourth and eighth grade competed. The top 28 spellers competed from 11 schools throughout the district.
Mark Kelly addressed Gabrielle Giffords' decision to officially resign from Congress in a video conference on Jan. 25. According to Kelly, the decision, which he said was a tough one for his wife, was made over the last month.
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has officially submitted her letter of resignation to House Speaker John Boehner and Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer.
Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer has officially received Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' resignation letter, and now has 72 hours to make a decision on when to hold a special election to fill Southern Arizona's District 8 seat.
In her last public appearance in District 8, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords toured the Southern Arizona Community Food Bank on Jan. 23, making her first stop at the newly- built Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center.
Help a group of SaddleBrooke residents help the kids. Ground has been broken for the new Kids’ Closet. The cement foundation will be poured shortly, and the one-story red steel structure is soon to be erected.
The Catalina Council of the Boy Scouts of America announced last week that approximately 30 Boy Scouts in Arizona will complete the Chemistry Merit Badge requirements through an event hosted by the Sanofi U.S. Research Center based in Oro Valley.
At the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona on Jan. 17, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), Smithfield Packing, and Safeway teamed up to donate 30,000 pounds of protein to help with the growing needs of hungry families in Tucson.
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