Catalina Foothills News

Get photos with Santa, enter your dog in a parade, see dancing dogs, take part in a blessing of the animals, and enter a raffle that includes a stay at the Ritz Carlton a ' Dove Mountain.

Two men were arrested after authorities found more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle.

A Catalina Foothills graduate appeared on "Wheel of Fortune" last week, taking second place and a prize of $11,400. Cat Bosmeny was a contestant during "Wheel of Fortune College Week." She represented Northeastern University in Boston.

BreAnne Muncrief keeps remembering a boy who died young as she plays a feisty doctor in a local production of "The God Committee," a screenplay about organ donation.

Modern-architecture advocates are protesting work under way on a building next to historic Broadway Village.

Voters have failed Tucson's kids. But the failure to pass most school districts' bids for budget overrides in the general election won't only harm kids in classrooms.

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Voters appeared to reject most budget overrides but to favor bond issues in six Tucson-area school districts.

Voters in the Tanque Verde Unified and Catalina Foothills school districts will decide Nov.

Tomorrow, Oct. 23, marks the one-year anniversary of this column. I told you in my first column I expected to write "about once a month on subjects that hopefully have some relevance and interest to you." This is my 17th "Loose in the Foothills" article, so I got a little ahead of the planned rate.

Hot issues: From Oct. 10 to Oct. 16, the Star received 43 letters with a variety of responses to health-care reform.

Adding green silk plants adds life to a room, which is inviting to a buyer. Adding light to a room will draw a buyer's eye into the room and will liven up the space.

Seven school districts in Pima County are hoping voters will pass maintenance and operations overrides or bond issues to help supplement their district budgets with voter-approved property taxes.

Six Tucson-area school districts are asking voters for money to pay for everything from school buildings and teacher salaries to improving technology and keeping classes small.

A serval found in a Tucson neighborhood is headed to an animal sanctuary out of state.

A 92-year-old woman died Saturday evening after the driver of the car she was riding in lost control and the car plowed through some bushes and into a wash in the Santa Catalina Foothills.

It happens in middle schools and high schools across the community. In hallways.

A group of children at Sunrise Drive Elementary recently took an afternoon stroll through the solar system.

La Encantada's courtyard will be transformed into a festive Bavarian bier garden and marketplace next month as local businesses team with the community to help raise funds for teaching positions in the Catalina Foothills School District.

An apartment fire in the Catalina Foothills caused $2 million in damage early Sunday, fire officials said.