Marana Police Officer Brad Clifford and Sgt. Will Hess are teaming with Pima County Deputy Sergeants Joe Knipp and Terry Staten to ride in the Police Unity Tour on May 9.

The Oro Valley Optimist Club has rolled out the One Million Pennies for Children’s Cancer program this year.

photos by J.D. Fitzgerald/Special to the Explorer

In a fund-raiser organized by the National Honor Society, more than 50 students at Canyon Del Oro ran, walked, dribbled soccer balls and circled the track Sunday to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti. When pledges are collected by Friday, the NHS chapter expects to have just over $1,000, going directly to a relief organization.

Students and teachers from Coronado K-8 School held a fundraiser for the music department on Saturday.

It was sunny and unseasonably hot Sunday, when the faithful showed up for a pro-schools rally at CDO Riverfront Park in Oro Valley. They were parents, children, teachers, concerned citizens, perhaps 300 in all during some part of the two-hour rally, maybe 150 at 3 p.m., the assigned time to join hands in a big circle.

Oro Valley Town Manager David Andrews has requested that the town council give him a more than $37,000 raise.

Marana town council members soon will make more money, after voting unanimously June 17 to increase the salaries for the mayor, vice mayor and five council members.

Oro Valley residents will pay more for their water beginning July 17 following the Town Council's unanimous approval of higher rates June 16.

It’s no secret that our teenage daughters are under stress to look a certain way, dress a certain way, wear a certain amount of makeup and given societal pressures, be obsessed with weight.

On Feb. 12, the Tucson Alumnae Panhellenic will hold its annual brunch to raise funds for collegiate scholarships given to Greek women attending the University of Arizona. The event will take place at the First United Methodist Church, 915 E. Fourth Street. Registration and silent auction will start at 9:30 a.m., followed by brunch at 10:45.

Marana expects to have at least $2.4 million less to spend in fiscal 2010-'11 than it counted on for the current year's budget.

Water customers in Oro Valley may experience higher bills in the near future.

Marana stands to save more than $392,000 following negotiating over employee pay and vehicle privileges with the Marana Police Officers’ Association.