(NAPSI)--America's farmers feed the world: According to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), each U.S. farmer grows enough for 155 people. Now, thanks to technology and their own hard work, they should be able to continue to do so, despite what Mother Nature has been throwing at them lately.

The average person driving through the Indian Ridge Estates neighborhood on the east side of Tucson probably doesn't give much thought to the people who lived there thousands of years before.

Any home or building that is built at ground level or contains floors below ground level is a good candidate for basement waterproofing, although there are superficial, cosmetic solutions for waterproofing a basement that really won’t solve the true problem.

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An internationally known company with a local fossil laboratory is teaching the fascinating craft of fossil preparation via internship and volunteer programs.

Beginning Saturday, Aug. 11, through Monday, Aug. 13, Eagle Rock Excavating will begin a resurfacing project on River Road between Craycroft Road and Calle Rosario as part of the offsite improvement agreement for the new Basis School on River Road. This portion of River Road will receive a slurry seal pavement treatment on the new right-turn lane on eastbound River Road to southbound Calle Rosario. The work and schedule is as follows:

Campers are working on organizing and cataloging thousands of pottery specimens during the week-long camp.

Explorer names Grimes editor, hires reporter

Starting Monday, January 9, through Friday, January 13, 2012, the Pima County Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation Authority and their contractor Ashton Company will be closing Mona Lisa Road at Magee Road starting at 8:00 am to excavate the intersection and prepare the intersection for paving.

Fall monsoons are not stopping work to expand, pave and reconfigure local roadways. Drivers can expect delays and even road closures, and should seek alternate routes through the end of the month. They also should use extra caution when approaching a work area or a wash during a rainstorm.

Crossroads at Silverbell Park in the southwestern part of Marana is the town's newest park and one that reflects the community's cultural and archeological history.

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On the surface, reconstruction of La Cañada Road from Calle Concordia to Ina is a $13.2 million road improvement.

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Twin Peaks Road at Coachline Boulevard

Oro Valley pavement work

Crossroads at Silverbell Park, Marana's newest park, will be dedicated in a day-long celebration this Saturday, Feb. 27.

Tribal dancers bless ground for new MHC

Joyce Rychener has spent dozens of hours in the hot summer sun at Steam Pump Ranch, where she's raised a Native American heritage garden.

When pondering our adolescent years, my friends and I often wonder how our parents understood us when we talked with them. Another interesting question we discuss is whether or not we cared what our parents thought?

Marana's newest park — Silverbell-Cortaro District Park — is progressing smoothly and is on schedule to open for use in January 2010, according to a town official overseeing the project.

A call for bids on the long-awaited, much-debated expansion of La Cañada Drive from Ina Road to Calle Concordia was issued Monday by the Pima County Department of Transportation.

Monday's Twin Peaks Interchange groundbreaking ceremony was no gilded-shovel, ounce of dirt affair.

On the grounds of Pima County's Ina Road wastewater treatment facility, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient farming community that could potentially rewrite the history of human settlement in the Southwest.