Anthony Prowell has officially announced he will be running on the Independent ticket in Congressional District 1.

The four Republican candidates for the Pima County Board of Supervisors in District 1 gathered for a debate at the Oro Valley Public Library last week.

A Tucson business entrepreneur is challenging two-term Supervisor Ann Day for the Republican Party’s nomination as Pima County Supervisor in District 1.

There are some important decisions facing voters come the Nov. 6 General Election, and one big race earning a lot of attention in the Northwest is between Democrat Nancy Young Wright, and Republican candidate Ally Miller who are seeking to replace Ann Day in District 1 of the Pima County Board of Supervisors.

Five candidates are competing to become the supervisor for District 1 in Pima County after current supervisor Ann Day steps down later this year.

The Explorer invited Republican Pima County Supervisor District 1 candidates Ann Day and Joe Higgins to submit 450 words about their candidacies. Copy appears as submitted. One of the two advances to the general election ballot on Nov. 2. There is no Democrat on the primary election ballot.

The Sun City Oro Valley Government Affairs Committee is holding a forum involving candidates for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 1 candidates, which includes Republican Ally Miller and Democrat Nancy Young Wright.

Ally Milller held on TUesday night to beat Mike Hellon in the Republican race for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 1.

The Pima County Deputy Sheriff's Association has endorsed Mike Hellon for the Pima County Board of Supervisors seat for District 1.

Name: Jonathan Paton

Name: Ann Kirkpatrick

Name: Doug Wade

Nancy Young Wright is running for the Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 1 in November.

Pima County needs a lot of work. That was the consensus of the four Republican candidates running for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 1, when they met at the Sun City Social Hall on April 17.

The town of Marana has agreed to purchase seven water wells from the Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District for $1.5 million.

Northwest Fire  District will offer a series of basic first aid, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and health care provider CPR classes during June, July and August.

Earlier this month, the Oro Valley Town Council voted to allow the Mountain Vista Fire District to petition for the annexation of portions of the town south of Hardy Road.

Rep. Vic Williams held a 13-point lead Tuesday night, and appeared headed for a Republican Party nomination to seek re-election in House District 26.

Presidents of the firefighter unions representing the Northwest and Golder Ranch fire districts are proposing a merger that, if successful, would create one of the largest districts in the state both in terms of territory and budget.

Annexations by Northwest area fire districts are blooming this spring as quickly as desert flowers. The Northwest Fire District has four annexations in progress, Mountain Vista Fire District has one, and Golder Ranch Fire District has the largest annexation of them all.