Tortolita News

Full service recording studio available locally; 'Diamond Jim' branches out into other aspects of music business, gives 'voice' to the everyday person 05/27/09 Jennifer R. Carnes Respond to this story Email this story to a friend Known locally for his haunting Celtic melodies and lusty Bluegrass tunes bowed, plucked or strummed on a variety of ...

A 12-year-old boy is in critical condition Monday evening after colliding with a truck while riding a dirt bike on the Northwest Side.

The U.S. has had one swine flu death. Regular forms of flu kill 36,000 a year. County officials are wise not to panic.

For the first in a series on Tucson's "big thinkers," Arizona Daily Star reporter Tom Beal interviewed University of Arizona ecologist Mike Rosenzweig .

May 04, 2009, 4:58 p.m. TY BOWERS Tucson Citizen Pima County Health Department officials were still waiting late Monday for word on whether 11 more county residents whose samples had been submitted for testing actually had swine flu, according to agency spokeswoman Patti Woodcock.

Anthony Cabrera reports Local schools respond to confirmed swine flu cases An international outbreak hits close to home, just as expected.

Samuel Breidenbach wants your grandparents' photos. And yours, too. Maybe. Arcadia Publishing a ' publisher of books on regional and local history, like what you find in the gift shops at Sabino Canyon or the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum a ' has enlisted Breidenbach to put together a book on the Tortolita area for its "Images of America" series.

When you drive to the end of the complex, it hits you like a brick wall . . . extinction as far as you can see.

The biggest banks are just too big to bailout. Let 'em fail and then let's remake our financial system in favor of transparency and morality.

February 13, 2009, 7:24 p.m. ALAN FISCHER Tucson Citizen Debts will be fully repaid and work could resume in three to four months to complete infrastructure at Saguaro Ranch after the high-end development filed ...

Tortolita Middle School eighth-grader A.J. Clemente, left, plays the cello while Julian Hade plays the double bass during a rehearsal for a concert with other Marana Unified School District students and Mark ...

Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" has been heard throughout the hallways lately at Tortolita Middle School.

The parallels between Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln are many, but is there anything in the Lincoln lore to help Obama cope with the raging financial crisis and global economic meltdown he's facing as he ...

This year's valuations will affect next year's taxes. MORE INFORMATION For more information, go to the Pima County Assessor's Web site: www.asr.pima.gov MEDIAN VALUATIONS Median valuations and percent changes ...

The issue of who is entitled to use a public right-of-way and a public easement near the Tortolita Mountain Park is still up in the air following Tuesdaya s Marana Town Council meeting, at which the council ...

The Skinny and JIM NINTZEL SCRAMBLEWATCH '09: WARD FIVE JIVE We'd like to thank City Councilman Steve Leal for the nicest gift we got during the recent holiday season: By deciding to retire rather than seek a ...

The long election campaign for town council, begun in earnest in early 2007 when Salette Latas announced she would run for office, ran its course in the spring with the election of Latas and fellow newcomer ...

For two years, development plans have put a resort and hotel area next to upscale residences at Dove Mountain.

In these tough economic times many construction projects have been put on hold, workers are being laid off, and finding a job isn't easy.

After reading both the news article related to Arroyo Grande published by Patrick McNamara on Dec.