Tubac News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $1.54 million contract to a Phoenix construction company to build an interim Border Patrol checkpoint facility on Interstate 19 north of Tubac a ' but nobody knows when work will begin.

This Butterfield map of 1859 shows the Arizona region as part of New Mexico Territory .

Adobe buildings tell David Yubeta their stories a and he listens. Yubeta is the adobe whisperer at Tumacacori National Historical Park near Tubac.

Jenny Nagy and Tony Morabito were married Sept. 5 during a garden wedding at the home of her parents, Guy and Cathy Nagy.

" Gary Brasher, a 51-year-old real estate executive from Tubac, Arizona, will compete in three consecutive Ironman triathlon events November 20-22 with the purpose of raising funds and awareness for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and promoting positive role models for today's youth.

An impressive lineup of world music acts is scheduled to play in Tubac next week, starting with Chirgilchin and the Lian Ensemble next Thursday at the Tubac Plaza main stage.

ARIZONA STATE PARKS: For Immediate Release Managing and conserving Arizonaa s natural, cultural and recreational resources for the benefit of the people, both in our Parks and through our Partners.

The group had a rotating cast of members , but Bazan was a constant. Now a solo act, Bazan is playing clubs and private house shows in support of his new album, "Curse Your Branches." He's driving to performances in his new touring van, which he bought after a fundraiser where he sold "I helped Bazan Buy a Van" T-shirts on his Web site, ...

In order deal with a 26% reduction in the in the department's ongoing operating budget compared to July 2008, Arizona State Parks will be reducing parks operations and hours.

Tubac goes Scottish tonight as the sibling Celtic quartet GiveWay plays at Tubac Plaza.

The October 2009 issue of Budget Travel Magazine has named Lexington as one of America's Coolest Small Towns.

Opponents of a proposed permanent Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 19 have seized upon a federal report as proof that such an inspection station would be ineffective.

Stephen Strom has been photographing the deserts of the American Southwest for thirty years, creating arresting images of forbidding, breathtaking landscapes containing geological formations and striking colors like nothing else on earth.

The Government Accountability Office released its report today on Border Patrol checkpoints.

Some residents in the Tubac area say illegal immigrants and smugglers are going around the I-19 checkpoint and bringing crime into their neighborhoods.

A draft government study found the Border Patrol isn't measuring how its checkpoints along the border affect the quality of life in surrounding communities.

Private business owners from the twin border cities of Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Sonora, have agreed to create a formal alliance to address issues affecting the economic development within the U.S.-Mexico region, particularly to improve its image.

Drug violence and swine flu have keep people on both sides of the border from traveling north & south.

TUBAC a ' A popular Nogales, Sonora, restaurant that closed last year because of a devastating drop in business has moved north of the border to Tubac.

2. Santa Cruz River below Nogales WWTP: 211 invertebrate and seven fish species, including four native fish species, found from 1961 through 2005.