Business signage has become a hot-button issue in Oro Valley.

The Town of Oro Valley seeks volunteers to participate in series of focus groups regarding possible revisions to the town's commercial sign code.

The Town of Oro Valley seeks volunteers to participate in series of focus groups regarding possible revisions to the town's commercial sign code.

As Oro Valley residents decide whether to ratify the town's new General Plan, the question on everyone's mind is: What does it do and how is it to be specifically applied?

January 25, 2006 - Oro Valley Mayor Paul Loomis and councilman Terry Parish are taking action to start work on the Naranja Town Site and drum up public support for the site's master plan.

Oro Valley residents will cast one of their most important votes ever Nov. 4 when they decide whether to pass or reject a proposed General Plan update that will help determine how the town grows during the next 20 years.

June 28, 2006 - Twenty years ago, sleepy-eyed Russell Dove bought a bar in Old Marana, naming it after a sign he found stuffed in a beat-up box.

Water rates have increased almost every year in Oro Valley since 1997. With council approval, rates will go up again.

February 8, 2006 - The Oro Valley Town Council passed a measure last week to bring trails and signs to the Naranja Town Site in the first recreational improvements made to the land since it was purchased in 2000.

The Oro Valley Town Council got back to work last Wednesday night, following a month-long break.

If Oro Valley’s June 6 council meeting is a sign of things to come, the Town has a lot to look forward to with its newly reorganized council.

Oro Valley's parks to be - the 212-acre Naranja Town Site and 40-acre West Lambert Lane Park - have been very much on the minds of residents in recent days.

OV a part of largest-ever swim lesson

The Oro Valley Town Council has rejected a proposal to use reserve funds to pay for a citizen satisfaction survey.

Marana and the Arizona Game and Fish Department have received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a grant to underwrite part of the town's effort to create a multispecies habitat conservation plan.

Paula Abbott, the leader in the primary race for the Oro Valley Town Council, extended her lead in the May 21 runoff, coasting to a relatively easy victory over Lyra Done in a race in which 38 percent of the town's 17,079 registered voters cast their ballots in the town's all mail ballot election.

What does Oro Valley's motto "caring for our heritage, our community and our future" mean to you?

(BPT) - Americans are facing a growing epidemic: an equal opportunity disease, affecting individuals of all ages, genders, races and socioeconomic status. Opioid prescription painkiller addiction, a form of opioid dependence, is a chronic disease that affects the brain. Although many believe it is a result of a moral failing or lack of control, research shows opioid prescription painkiller addiction is a long-term medical condition that alters the brain’s chemistry, making it difficult for someone to stop. This means the brain has been affected by the disease.

June 15 2005 - Marana officials bid farewell to Jaret Barr last week, citing the assistant town manager's success in overseeing the town's development services operations during a time of "rapid change and explosive growth."

September 13, 2006 - Around 5:30 p.m. on any given weekday, as parents trickle home from work, soccer practice or ballet lessons, the growing subdivision of Eagle Crest Ranch begins to come alive.

Ryan Stanton, rstanton@ExplorerNews.com

July 27, 2005 - Custom homes resting on lots averaging two acres continue to sprout in Canyon Pass, where roads wind high into the Tortolita Mountains and towering saguaros rise above The Gallery Golf Club.

Do kids a big favor, and be parent to them

Methane gas at Pima County's Ina Road Wastewater Reclamation Facility soon may be converted into electricity to help power the plant, once a power generation and energy recovery facility is constructed at the site.

What's the difference between beige and tan? Not much, the Oro Valley Town Council decided on July 15.