Dogs n Denim brings service dogs to Tucson runway
University of Arizona fashion students designed denim coats for service dogs and dogs with disabilities at the free Dogs n Denim show Thursday, Oct. 29.
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Tucson marks Indigenous Peoples Day as border wall nears
Tucsonans gathered in Old Pascua for Indigenous Peoples Day with workshops, dancers and a Kids’ Corner as the border wall nears Tohono O’odham land.
Rio Nuevo board adds two members, eyes new downtown mercado
Rio Nuevo’s board welcomed two new members and heard a $112,500 request to turn downtown Tucson’s Betty Gay Building into a mercado.
Wildcats fans dream big at McKale exhibition
Arizona fans gathered for the Wildcats’ final exhibition game, an 85-54 win over Eastern Washington, hoping for another deep run after reaching the Final Four last season.
Propuesta 422 busca extender el impuesto de ventas para Reid Park Zoo
Los votantes de Tucson decidirán el 3 de noviembre si extienden, hasta el año 2047, el impuesto sobre las ventas del 0.1% que financia el zoológico Reid Park; hasta el momento, no ha surgido ninguna oposición organizada.
UA mural honors Tucson activist Lorraine Lee
A new mural at the University of Arizona honors Lorraine Lee, the Tucson activist who led Chicanos Por La Causa and fought TCE groundwater pollution.
Free orchestra concert spotlights new composers in Tucson
Four early-career composers will hear their new music played by an orchestra at a free EarShot Readings concert at UA’s Crowder Hall on Oct. 28.
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