Avra Valley News

If your Trico bill seems too high for you to pay it, you have options: a Call Trico at 744-2944 and ask about payment plans, an energy audit or guidance to resources that can help with bill payment.

Awakenings Massage and Lay Chiropractic, both in the shopping center at 3605 W. Cortaro Farms Road, are coordinating a vendor fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov.

Here are a few excerpts from Star news assistant Joyce Bertschy's blog, "Life Out of Range." Read more online at go.azstarnet. com/lifeoutofrange. From Sept.

20, included an incorrect meeting day for the Avra Valley Fire District governing board.

Some citizens in Avra Valley have begun a recall petition to oust Avra Valley Fire District board members Louis Castaneda and his son, Luis Castaneda.

An explosive and toxic freeway crash Friday proved a valuable gauge for Avra Valley firefighters.

A 50-year-old woman was killed Friday after the tractor- trailer she was driving veered off Interstate 10 near Picacho Peak and flipped over, authorities said.

Seven emaciated pit bulls have been seized from an Avra Valley home. No arrests have been made as detectives wait for veterinary reports, Deputy Dawn Barkman, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman, said Friday.

A planned 1-megawatt solar plant in Avra Valley stands to help Tucson Water conserve energy, though it isn't likely to save the utility any money.

First responders from the Northwest Side got their day in the sun - or rather, under the moon - on a recent Thursday evening when the Foothills Optimist Club held a recognition dinner for them in Marana.

What does the future hold for Tucson's water supply? Only one thing is certain: It's all going to cost more.

Phoenix-based Pulice Construction, Inc. has been awarded the bid for construction of the Interstate 10/Twin Peaks interchange in Marana, the Arizona Department of Transportation announced today.

Like most other government departments these days, Tucson Water is having financial problems--and Tucson residents are going to pay as a result.