Northwest Fire District units responded to the AM/PM mini market located at 3825 W. Orange Grove Road near Thornydale just after 1:00pm for a reported car into the building.

Northwest fire crews responded to a three-car collision at the corner of Ina and Thornydale on Wednesday around 11:46 a.m.

Jan. 12, 2005 - New ordinances lowering the speed limit in front of Mountain View High School to 25 mph, prohibiting jaywalking and limiting certain types of vehicle turns will take effect Jan. 13 when several signs are posted near the intersection of Linda Vista Boulevard and Thornydale Road in Marana.

Progress to repair downed power lines along Ina Road enabled traffic lanes to reopen around 4 this morning; the remaining two restricted intersections are expected to reopen by this afternoon, said Tim Brunenkant, spokesman for the Marana Police Department.

Wearing seatbelts helped five Tucson teenagers survive a single-car rollover that occurred around 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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Marana’s new city ordinance banning sales of newspapers from intersection islands will go into effect June 20.

Dec. 22, 2004 - Northwest residents concerned about traffic safety around Mountain View High School have successfully petitioned the county to lower the speed limit in front of the school.

The stack of Christmas toys piled high across a 60-foot by 20-foot stage at Picture Rocks school in the Marana Unifed School District couldn't help but attract attention.

Ernest Frohlich drove his motor home to a Northwest bar to do what millions of other Americans did January 26 - watch the Superbowl, have a few drinks and enjoy a carefree Sunday evening.

As Robin Hay lay nearly decapitated in a pool of blood on the floor of the Marana eegees on March 26, 2000, no alert tones went out over Marana Police Department radios to signify a critical incident, and officers say it would take at least six minutes after a 911 call before the wail of sirens from responding officers would break the early Sunday morning quiet.

Oct. 13 class for babysitters at Golder Ranch

Editor's note: The EXPLORER is taking a look into the Regional Transportation Authority's proposed transportation improvement plan, which will appear on the May ballot. If approved, Pima County residents will see a half-cent increase in sales tax to pay for the projected $1.9 billion funding shortfall in transportation and transit improvements over the next 20 years. This article will focus on the recommended east and west corridor projects as they relate to the Northwest and Foothills areas.

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Service for Luke Davis this Saturday

Ryan Stanton, rstanton@ExplorerNews.com

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June 1, 2005 - A $275,000 settlement agreement April 25 closed a long chapter for the Marana Unified School District, whose attorneys have spent the past year and a half involved in litigation regarding a Thornydale Elementary School student who was allegedly abused by her bus driver in May 2003.

Erin Schmidt, ESchmidt@ExplorerNews.com

June 8, 2005 - Marana will get a hefty boost with several near-future road improvement projects under a draft plan approved by the Regional Transportation Authority's technical and management committee last week.

Months of frustration for Rural/Metro Corp. over an inability to become part of a traffic signal control system that would reduce the time it takes to get to the scene of an emergency by as much as 20 percent may be coming to an end.

Marana Police Department employees say that the only thing more disturbing than MPD officer misconduct cases that grab headlines are the cases that few people ever hear about.

Sept. 22, 2004 - For the past three years, Pima County Deputy Sheriff Joe Harvey has pored over documents, drained his life savings and spent countless hours defending himself against charges of beating a confession out of a suspect.