Ground is being broken Wednesday morning on the controversial reconstruction of La Cañada Boulevard from Ina Road to Calle Concordia.

Sunny Side Up Cafe celebrates 15 years in the Catalina community! On February 9, 2013 Sunny Side Up Cafe celebrated its 15 year anniversary.  We thank all our patrons for their continued support. 

David Devine, author of “Slavery, Scandal, and Steel Rails,” spoke to the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke about the history of the southern transcontinental railroad line.  The book covers the Gadsden Purchase and subsequent construction of the railroad line through Arizona and New Mexico during the 1870s.  Projecting pictures of construction, Southern Pacific Railroad tycoons, and politicians at the time.

With St. Patrick’s day approaching, I thought it would be helpful to distinguish between the different cuts of corned beef. It’s important to know which cut is the best choice, and most important, how to cook the perfect brisket.

St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, is one of those days where people from all walks of life celebrate Irish heritage with an American twist. They wear green and pinch those who do not, and occasionally drink a green beer or a pint of Guinness.

(NewsUSA) - The trip may have started out as a way to discover their roots, but it ended with a New York couple saying "I do" -- for the second time -- in a small village in Ireland.

Get ready, America — March 17 is almost here. St. Patrick’s Day has drunkenly staggered through another year and will arrive, just like clockwork, next Tuesday.

It was a capacity crowd on March 21 as the Los Angeles Dodgers took on the Chicago Cubs in the final of two spring training games to come to Tucson’s Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium this year.

The Tucson Padres and the Pima County Sports & Tourism Authority have announced the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres will play a split-squad Spring Training game at Kino Stadium on Sunday, March 17 at 1:05 pm. The game pairs the Tucson Padres Major League affiliate against the Major League team closest to Tucson. Both teams have a second Spring Training game that day in the Phoenix area.

Spring's outdoor jazz series at St. Philip's Plaza wraps up Sunday, May 23, offering one more chance to experience music under the stars among friends of the Tucson Jazz Society.

Each year across America, newspapers generate year-end reviews during the news-thin holiday season. We are no exception. Reporters Laura Marble and Patrick McNamara, and photographer Randy Metcalf, have combed archives and memories to reflect some — and only some — of the events affecting Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson in 2008.

New Year’s Eve is a great holiday, but one with some very half-hearted traditions. Allow me to explain.

It's been a dozen years since Richard Wilson, who gave the land and founded Tohono Chul Park with his late wife Jean, has been back to the Paseo del Norte park celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010.

Thursday, March 17

March 22, 2006 - As the majority of college hoops fans in the greater Tucson area settled down in front of their televisions, radios and Internet March 17 to take in the University of Arizona men's basketball team's first round game against Wisconsin, basketball was still stirring in the underbelly of McKale Center, home of the Wildcats.

March 22, 2006 - Hospital food, like airplane food, prison food, and gas station food, has a pretty bad reputation. The thought of eating lunch in a hospital cafeteria usually conjures up unsettling images of unsavory mystery meat and flavorless cups of green Jell-O.

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It's been a tough couple of years, but the Avra Valley Fire District has made a comeback in rebuilding its organization and getting its house in order.

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Upcoming arts, entertainment and cultural events in the area.

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