Contemporary jazz and blues will liven up the next Friday Night Live!

Residents of Catalina can apply for free swimming lessons at the Catalina Pool, 16562 N. Oracle Road, thanks to a generous donation from the North Tucson Firefighter Association in partnership with the pool.

The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) is proposing revisions to Pima County Code (PCC) Title 13 (Solid Waste) and the County's fee schedule relating to Pima County’s landfills and transfer stations. The public is invited to attend a public meeting on June 25, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Bud Walker Community Center at 290 5th St. in Ajo, Arizona or a public hearing on August 6, 2013, at, or after, 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ Hearing Room, located at 130 W. Congress St., 1st floor, Tucson, Arizona.

Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old who features on Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center's wanted list with war crimes, saying he had helped to deport Jews to Auschwitz in World War II.

Arizonans may get another chance to decide whether gays should be able to wed.

The search for Jimmy Hoffa has stretched far and wide for nearly 40 years. Now, federal agents are digging in a field 30 miles north of Detroit in hopes of solving the mystery of his disappearance.

1. SNOWDEN ACCUSES THE U.S. OF HACKING CHINA

(NAPSI)—While diabetes continues to be on the rise in America, there are ways you can deal with it. It may help to know that an American is diagnosed every 17 seconds, and the Centers for Disease Control estimates that by 2050, as many as a third of the U.S. population will have diabetes. Not only is it a common disease but it is a costly one; people living with diabetes spend 2? times more on health care than the average consumer and approximately $350 annually on over-the-counter health products, including critical diabetes testing supplies. In fact, many Medicare patients rely on Part B coverage to secure their diabetes testing supplies.

PHOENIX -- Voters who have seen how medical marijuana works in Arizona may get a chance to extend the ability to use the drug to all other adults.

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For many Tucson children, hunger doesn’t take a summer break.

On Sunday, we will honor all the dads out there for Father’s Day. For many, the dad is overshadowed by mothers but plays such a key role in the growth and development of our children that they should never be forgotten.

By now, most folks have heard the term “xeriscape.” Xeriscape doesn’t mean a dry, barren landscape, it refers to a landscape that requires minimal additional water, and is the best way to landscape in our dry climate. 

Northwest Tucson Spotlight Youth Productions is continuing its tradition of having nearly 50 actors put on a summer play. This year’s performance is Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”.

The two-day child care and life-safety program is for teens 11 to 15 years of age.

PHOENIX -- Some GOP lawmakers are threatening to torpedo the budget being pushed by their own leaders if $400 million in planned spending is not cut across the board.

Arizona Outdoor Women, a group started to give women 18 and older the opportunity to learn camping, whitewater rafting, off-road driving and other outdoor activities in a relaxed atmosphere, has slots available in one-day and weekend workshops planned for summer and fall.

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Progressive Plumbing wants to share some important health information with our neighbors. It’s about the water we bathe and cook in. It’s the water our children drink. The U.S. government has issued the President’s Cancer Panel report. It finally admitted the chlorine, contaminants, disinfectants, carcinogens, and pollutants in our water supply are causing cancer. And most importantly, they are telling all Americans to install a water filtration system in their homes to reduce their risk of cancer.

Besides spending hours in the pool under the hot summer sun, Pima County encourages their children to take time during the summer to engage their minds by reading a variety of books.

After successfully reaching an agreement with Pima County to assume control of the Marana Wastewater Reclamation Facility, the Town of Marana is planning $1 million in efficiency upgrades to the plant in the 2013/2014 fiscal year.

THEATER

Think back to your favorite memory in the park. Do visions of playing soccer with your family, riding a bike or enjoying a game of Frisbee with friends come to mind? If so, recreating those memories in your favorite park this summer will be even more rewarding.

Platinum award winning jazz vocalist/lyricist, Mark Winkler meets Cheryl Bentyne, member of The Manhattan Transfer, and sparks fly. This duo is intent on proving how cool the West Coast Cool Jazz scene of the 50s still is. Together and separately they perform songs by Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, Julie London and Bobby Troup and others, all the while weaving in never-before heard stories of the originators of "West Coast Cool." Prepare yourself for an unforgettable evening as these two hipsters send the music down as smoothly as an vodka martini on a warm summer night. This show is definitely a hit!