The College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) has teamed with the Town of Marana to design, fabricate and install two bus shelters in the community. The second and largest of the shelters will be installed this Saturday across the street from the Marana Health Center.

After running unopposed in the primary election, Democrat Nancy Young Wright will look to defeat Republican candidate Ally Miller in the General Election for a seat for Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 1.

Name: Nancy Young Wright

After serving eight years on the Oro Valley Town Council, Councilman Barry Gillaspie is saying farewell to government. He is looking forward to concentrating on his personal life and career as the Director of Development Services for Information Technology at Pima Community College.  

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Monsoon season is here, and you know what that could mean: plenty of much-needed rain, sometimes in greater quantities than we can handle. A flash flood can travel miles beyond the storm that generated it, catching unwary hikers and motorists by surprise.

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LD 25, 26 GOP board taps officers

To help balance the state's budget, the Arizona Legislature has asked voters to overturn an initiative-established fund that provides matching money for the acquisition of open space.

No one denies that Arizona has enormous budget problems. Since the halcyon days of 2007, state general fund revenues have fallen a staggering $3.6 billion, more than one-third. Arizona has a structural budget deficit of $1.7 billion. Big, painful cuts have taken place; more are ahead.

A bureaucratic disagreement over financing may jeopardize plans to build three wildlife-crossing structures along a stretch of Oracle Road in Oro Valley and Pima County.

The Oro Valley Town Council hired Jerene Watson as its town manager on July 21, after she served more than 10 months as interim manager.

After 12 years, Oro Valley's mayor is saying "goodbye" this week.

On May 18, Oro Valley voters decide between Dr. Satish Hiremath and Mike Zinkin in the race for a four-year mayoral term. Candidate responses to questions from The Explorer are published here. Some were edited for length.

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The Explorer asked Oro Valley town council candidates eight questions. Here are the final four question and answers. Responses were edited for length.

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The Explorer asked mayoral candidates these questions. Some answers were edited for length. The Oro Valley primary election concludes March 9.

1. What new sources of revenue should Oro Valley examine?

Bridges built especially for animals to cross highways have come one step closer to reality in Pima County.

Oro Valley has crowned two residents as volunteers of the year.

Oro Valley resident Joe Hornat says he intends to make a run for town council.

Oro Valley Councilman K.C. Carter has let it be known he intends to run for re-election.

Last month, the Marana Town Council decided not to pre-pay its 99-year state lease on the 2,400-acre Tortolita Preserve.

The Town of Marana won three Common Ground Awards on Oct. 16, when the Metropolitan Pima Alliance announced projects that demonstrated community collaboration.