Tortolita News

The Tucson area now has its Ritz-Carlton, but locals need not don white gloves and top hats to visit the posh resort.

In my neighborhood: $8.2M Oracle Rd. wildlife paths OK'd . Mountain lions, mule deer and black bears won a victory Thursday when a regional transportation agency agreed to spend $8.2 million to build three wildlife crossings across a heavily traveled section of North Oracle Road in the Oro Valley area.

Marana's water rates are on track to go up again in a few months, keeping in line with a plan adopted by the Town Council at the beginning of the year a ' but with some changes.

Is the Ritz-Carlton trying to take on Canyon Ranch , the fabled spa resort in Tucson, Ariz.? Opening Dec.

This sea of boulders, placed by developer Stephen Phinny to obstruct the disputed west-side easement, was removed by neighbors on Sunday, Nov.

Tucson is not a ' big sigh of relief a ' just like Phoenix. But we have come a step closer in one way: Hikers in a once-wild mountain range northwest of Tucson now peer down at a new luxury resort from one trail and trek past golf course fairways on another.

The Oro Valley Town Council last week unanimously decided to pursue buying property along North Oracle Road to protect wildlife.

Kory died two days before his 15th birthday on May 4, 2007, after he was struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle on East Speedway near the University of Arizona.

Parents with children in the Marana Unified School District haven't always had immediate access to grades, classroom assignments, attendance records and discipline information.