Tucson's Gloo Factory prints for the community
The Gloo Factory, a union print shop in Tucson, has spent nearly two decades printing protest signs, banners and yard signs for activists, indigenous groups and community organizations — often for free.
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Tucson volunteer seeks justice after ICE encounter
A Tucson rapid response volunteer was pepper-sprayed by an unidentified man at an April ICE traffic stop in South Tucson and spent weeks trying to file a police report before finally getting a case number.
Arizona's Tele Jennings goes from reserve to cleanup
Arizona softball's Tele Jennings spent most of the season waiting for her chance. When it came, she hit her way into the cleanup spot and onto the All-Big 12 second team.
Tucson’s market scene thrives on community support
Tucson makers, artists and food vendors share what it really takes to run a small business through local markets, from pre-dawn setup to weeks of preparation, and what makes a market worth showing up to
Meet your LD17, LD20 candidates June 10 in Tucson
Tucson Spotlight and the Arizona Luminaria are hosting a free, nonpartisan meet and greet with state house and senate candidates from Legislative Districts 17 and 20 on June 10 in Tucson. RSVP required.
Pima County's Mission Library is back after two years
The Richard Elías-Mission Library on Tucson's south side has reopened after a two-year renovation, featuring a 5,000-square-foot expansion with a new children's area, teen space and seed library.
Tucson Summer Reading Club for grown-ups returns for year 2
Tucson Spotlight's adult summer reading club returns with Pima County Public Library. Get your reading tracker at a local branch starting June 1 and earn prizes all summer.
Tucson's Sosa-Carillo House reopens as heritage museum
The Sosa-Carillo House, a historic adobe home that survived urban renewal and a case of mistaken identity, has reopened in Tucson as a Mexican American heritage museum after a $2.3 million renovation.
Tucson nonprofit launches mobile shower for unhoused
God's Vast Resources celebrated the launch of a new mobile shower unit May 7, giving unhoused Tucson residents access to free showers, funded by a UnitedHealthCare community grant.