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2008-02-12 \Tucson\News\Daily\Feb 12 2008\
Bill aims to boost emergency medical care (citizen-local) : Rural Emergency Healthcare http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/76
My daughter has been a trauma nurse for 11 years and has worked level 1 trauma centers in the inner city.  She says there is no way they can teach life-saving diagnosis and trauma care in a 6 hour class and frankly it sounds ridiculous to me.  That policeman ... read more

2008-01-09 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 09 2008\
RTA databases to be released (starnet-local) : Excellent! Open records, transparency, election integrity win http://pol.moveon.org/paper2008/o.pl?id=
Thanks to all who went to the meeting to defend our elections!  Lets hope that the US Congress votes to require paper ballots in 2008 (see URL)"

2007-12-17 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 17 2007\
Michael is being bullied (starnet-local) : Become a Big Brother or Big Sister http://www.tucsonbigs.org
I haven't done the big sister thing but before I had kids I used to volunteer in group homes, and it was a really rewarding and learning experience.  If you have time and can make the committment please give it a shot!

2007-10-26 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 18 2007\
Educator/felon is teaching in TUSD (starnet-local) :
It's interesting that this guy was hired by TUSD DESPITE the background checks we all have to supposedly go through before we're offered a position.  Maybe I'm just bitter because Canchola was my "Legal and ETHICAL Issues in Education" prof right before ... read more

2007-10-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 25 2007\
"That's 30 days of income they don't have for their families"
When we say we are 'Proud to be Americans' , is this what we are proud of?   Imprisoning people who are willing to risk their lives to feed their family?  

Yet this is what the policy supporters are saying.   Another supporter, Neville Cramer ... read more

2007-10-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Sep 11 2007\
Department of Justice 2nd Year ADA Compliance Report (city) : test Is this why playgrounds all have wood chips?
Several years ago, I asked the Parks & Rec dept in Pasadena,CA why they were replacing sand with wood chips in all the parks.  The answer they gave was 'ADA'.  But, wood chips aren't all that accessible in reality (my husband is in a wheelchair), and ... read more

2007-10-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Sep 11 2007\
Department of Justice 2nd Year ADA Compliance Report (city) : Is this why playgrounds all have wood chips?
Several years ago, I asked the Parks & Rec dept in Pasadena,CA why they were replacing sand with wood chips in all the parks.  The answer they gave was 'ADA'.  But, wood chips aren't all that accessible in reality (my husband is in a wheelchair), and ... read more

2007-10-21 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 21 2007\
1,000 new trees won't be those that 'go bad' (starnet-local) : Who is getting the trees, and how do we get one? http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tuc
Here's the press release from Trees for Tucson

http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tucson.pdf

and here is one contact number:
Marilyn Hanson
Trees for Tucson
520-579-6525

Probably its too late to ask for a tree on this round, but calling ... read more

2007-10-21 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 21 2007\
1,000 new trees won't be those that 'go bad' (starnet-local) : Who is getting the trees, and how do we get one? http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tuc
Here's the press release from Trees for Tucson

http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tucson.pdf

and here is one contact number:
Marilyn Hanson
Trees for Tucson
520-579-6525

Probably its too late to ask for a tree on this round, but calling ... read more

2007-10-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 13 2007\
Desert Museum to fly both flags again (starnet-local) : Thanks to Desert Museum for standing up to terrorists!
That's what people who make death threats are: terrorists.  We should never bow to their demands.

2007-09-21 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 09 2007\
Photo radar cameras coming soon (kvoa) : Ephing extortion
Photo radar, on tucson's streets with their absurdly low speed limits, is extortion.  "

2007-09-15 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jul 18 2007\
Mentoring of troubled girls leads to some jobs success (citizen-local) : Helping Troubled Teens - Important for parents and families http://www.troubledteensguide.com/Teenag
It is always important to help girls. Your daughter should also be like your friend. Give them space to live and grow. If there is any troubled girls in your familiy the find best place for her. Some options are schools, camps, homes and summer  programs ... read more

2007-09-05 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 22 2007\
DPS K-9 "Rico" killed in line of duty (kvoa) : loss of rico
This is the 3rd k9 to died by a vehicle this year. this should not have happen, when a k9 is after suspect [he the dog ]doesnt know he is crossing a freeway,his drenalin is very high. Him partner should have put [his dog]on a long line to control his ... read more

2007-08-22 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 22 2007\
Lenders hard to check out (citizen-local) : Someone knew...
I am sure many people did see what was coming, but perhaps for fear of losing their jobs did not speak out.

This points to the need in some industries for anonymous whistleblowing.  It can also be abused, obviously, by individuals wanting to smear ... read more

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May 09 2008

'Hero' dad is home at last (citizen-local)
11-year-old wins national writing contest on immigrants (citizen-local)
6 inmates injured in fights are airlifted for medical aid (starnet-local)
Airport death leads to suit vs. Phoenix (starnet-local)
Arizona abortion providers might increase (starnet-local)
Bald eagle protection in Az reviewed (citizen-local)
Border Patrol agents seize 1,000-plus pounds of pot (starnet-local)
College to fire professor after student died in condo (starnet-local)
Cops: Man says he killed girlfriend while playing with gun (citizen-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Denogean: Ban on texting while driving needs your help (citizen-local)
Feds: Tucson company lied to get big contracts (citizen-local)
Give back, mom will tell PCC graduates (citizen-local)
Guards, not cops, to secure rail line in 2 cities (starnet-local)
I-10 frontage road in Marana closed 3 weeks (citizen-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
La Paloma Academy has open house Saturday (citizen-local)
Local firm accused of grant fraud (starnet-local)
Man dies, family hurt in interstate rollover (citizen-local)
Man gets 12 years in prison in SE Side home invasion (starnet-local)
Man killed by deputy shot 5 times (citizen-local)
Man pleads guilty in 1991 death of elderly South Side resident (starnet-local)
Man, 51, indicted in sexual exploitation of wife, 16 (starnet-local)
Mexican gets 15-year term in drug case (starnet-local)
Motorcyclist dies in crash after 100-plus mph sprint (starnet-local)
No quick fix to glut of home foreclosures (citizen-local)
No-nonsense approach, empathy get results (starnet-local)
Officers killed in line of duty are remembered (starnet-local)
Phoenix center may provide $350M boost (citizen-local)
Phone taps big part of far-flung drug trial (starnet-local)
Police: Man shot, dropped at TMC was kidnapper (starnet-local)
Redistricting advocates drop initiative (starnet-local)
Sexual assault hot line expands to serve deaf (citizen-local)
Smuggled fossils seized here returned to Argentina (citizen-local)
Speeding motorcyclist dies after hitting mailbox (citizen-local)
State's bald eagles face delisting from protection (starnet-local)
Tribute to little victim part of kids-with-cancer fundraiser (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : Handicapped transportation case (starnet-local)
Tucson man charged in theft of night goggles (starnet-local)
Tucson police seek public's help in finding S. Side robbery suspect (starnet-local)
U.S. returns fossils seized at gem show to Argentina (starnet-local)
Work to close Sahuarita dog park for about a month (citizen-local)

May 08 2008

¡Ask a Mexican! (weekly)
1,100 get free vaccinations; measles-case tally rises to 20 (starnet-local)
1,325 pounds of pot found at border; 3 held in coke smuggling (starnet-local)
23-year-old Tucsonan is in custody following girlfriend's shooting death (starnet-local)
Agents: 3 women tried to sneak in 28 lbs. of coke (citizen-local)
Agents: 3 women tried to sneak in 28 lbs. of coke (citizen-local)
Art of Redemption (weekly)
Authorities seek other victims of nude hiker (starnet-local)
Bed found in temple at the raided polygamist compound (citizen-local)
Bond set for three accused in drug cartel guns probe (citizen-local)
Book highlights poor Hispanic areas here (citizen-local)
Border Patrol assigns agents to sheriff (citizen-local)
Box-Office Weapon (weekly)
Bush proclaims Friday Military Spouses Day (citizen-local)
City Business Improvement District could double in size (citizen-local)
City Week (weekly)
Cops and Budgets (weekly)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
DPS arrests rapper/actor DMX for speeding on Arizona freeway (starnet-local)
Danehy (weekly)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Doctor Drama (weekly)
Exec: Downtown needs affordable-housing plan (citizen-local)
Failure to Engage (weekly)
Faith was in the forefront of Catholic's life (starnet-local)
First regional fallen-officer memorial slated for today (starnet-local)
For hundreds of seniors, it's graduation limbo (starnet-local)
Free measles shot clinic attracts 750 Wednesday (citizen-local)
GV water company seeking bigger pipeline (starnet-local)
Gas leak forces residents from Midtown apartments (starnet-local)
Governor calls for boost of 1 cent in state sales tax (starnet-local)
Governor signs bill targeting drop house providers (citizen-local)
Guardsman charged with selling fence metal (citizen-local)
Guardsman faces border-fencing-theft charge (starnet-local)
Guest Commentary (weekly)
Happy Endings (weekly)
Higgins to challenge Day for Board of Supervisors seat (citizen-local)
Home foreclosures up 430% (citizen-local)
Injury aftermath turned life of Wildcat athlete inside out (starnet-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Live (weekly)
Local Customs (weekly)
Mailbag (weekly)
Man fleeing BP agent badly injured in exit from truck hiding pot (starnet-local)
Man fleeing police killed in crash with semi (starnet-local)
Man held after stolen car rams house wall (starnet-local)
Man held in shooting death of girlfriend (citizen-local)
Media Watch (weekly)
Mexico ex-official: Health care should have no boundaries (citizen-local)
New Sixth Street route plan angers some (citizen-local)
Nine Questions (weekly)
Noshing Around (weekly)
Now Showing at Home (weekly)
Other Movies Coming Up This Summer (weekly)
Our Snarky Summer Movie Preview (weekly)
Pascua Yaqui school's 'Shaq attack' delivers warning of Internet dangers (starnet-local)
Patient's sex-crime report gets 4 at hospital charged (starnet-local)
Phoenix short on hospital beds for kids (starnet-local)
Pick of the Week (weekly)
Pin your allergy blame on a long list of culprits (starnet-local)
Pinal inks contract with Union Pacific (starnet-local)
Police Dispatch (weekly)
Princely Steps (weekly)
Privacy? What Privacy? (weekly)
Proposed S. Tucson initiative could crimp greyhound racing (starnet-local)
Railroad to pay $35M for crossings (citizen-local)
Rhythm & Views (weekly)
Rhythm & Views (weekly)
Rhythm & Views (weekly)
Richardson: Border more secure (citizen-local)
Sagging Saguaro Springs (starnet-local)
Shaq snares $75,000 from Yaquis for Internet safety program (citizen-local)
Slots and Meats (weekly)
Soundbites (weekly)
State panel OKs new standards for greenhouse-gas emissions (starnet-local)
T Q&A (weekly)
Taking Her Time (weekly)
The Range (weekly)
The Skinny (weekly)
Top Ten in Books (weekly)
Top Ten in Movies (weekly)
Top Ten in Music (weekly)
Tough Love (weekly)
Trap Trip (weekly)
Tucson Time Capsule : Attracting Attention 101 (starnet-local)
Tucsonan, 42, dies in rollover east of Yuma (starnet-local)
Tuttle (weekly)

May 07 2008

2 more chances to weigh in on Grant widening project (starnet-local)
AIMS may keep 570 in TUSD from graduating (citizen-local)
ATF: Drug cartels got Phoenix store's guns (starnet-local)
Agents rescue 2, lose third, find body in desert (starnet-local)
Arizona dogs hit by wave of parvovirus (starnet-local)
Bike dispute is cited as murder trial opens (starnet-local)
Census: 45.5M Hispanics in U.S. - 1.8M in Az (citizen-local)
City Council wants to keep arena cost at $130M (citizen-local)
Coalition pushing tax for roads (starnet-local)
Construction of new main fire station under way (citizen-local)
Council: Tortoise arena is dead (starnet-local)
County may buy Tumamoc Hill land (starnet-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Dems buoyed by new voter sign-ups in Az, U.S. (citizen-local)
Free summer meals for kids start June 2 (citizen-local)
Group wants 1 percent transportation sales tax put to voters (citizen-local)
I-10: We're halfway there (starnet-local)
Is it a freeway, or a really long museum? (citizen-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
Kids collect food for animals (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lawmakers approves proposed prohibition on REAL ID standards (citizen-local)
Lecture could help you survive allergy season (citizen-local)
Little Fido learns snake avoidance training a shocker (citizen-local)
Lute Olson court date postponed until June (starnet-local)
Man gets 1.5 years in gem-show robbery (starnet-local)
Mount Lemmon, gray wolf lawsuits going to U.S. court (starnet-local)
Now 6 days weekly for measles shot clinics (starnet-local)
Pound quarantines dogs; check yours for parvo (citizen-local)
Sabino teacher earns top laurel (starnet-local)
Secret Service: Report counterfeit bills (citizen-local)
TPD headquarters shut after chloroform spills (starnet-local)
Trash fee hike mulled to pay rising fuel costs (citizen-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : Heads-up fiddling (starnet-local)
Tucson in top 5 of magazine's list of best places to live (citizen-local)
Tucson native's undergrad thesis becomes book (starnet-local)
Wal-Mart mum on El Con Mall move (citizen-local)
Web site compares costs at Az hospitals (citizen-local)
Woman found dead was shot, stabbed, official says (starnet-local)
Woman indicted in crash that killed rider (starnet-local)

May 06 2008

2 arrested in kidnapping, beating in Cochise (starnet-local)
2 arrested, 3 injured in 2-car collision (citizen-local)
2 students at Estes, Keeling test negative for measles (citizen-local)
2 students test negative for measles (starnet-local)
Ann Day will face GOP challenger (starnet-local)
As Ariz. degrades, folks may leave (starnet-local)
BP agent's kin sue GM, tire maker in fatal crash (starnet-local)
Border Patrol finds body near Green Valley (citizen-local)
Border agents attacked in 3 weekend incidents (starnet-local)
Border agents nearly run over in 2 incidents (citizen-local)
Catalina family, 5 dogs, little else survive fire (citizen-local)
County asked to hold off on bond vote (starnet-local)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Driver arrested in Midtown collision (starnet-local)
Fed agent's crash death spurs suit vs. GM, others (citizen-local)
Fry's owner: Bonus for spending stimulus check (citizen-local)
Grant Road ideas may drastically alter looks of area (citizen-local)
Grants available to rid homes of lead paint (citizen-local)
Guadalupe group aims to secede from Arpaio's service zone (starnet-local)
Illegal's body found; rapes reported by 3 (starnet-local)
Kid-to-Camp fund $2,822 closer to goal (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Map: Gas prices around Tucson (starnet-local)
McNeal man held on murder count in brother's fatal shooting Sunday (starnet-local)
Memorial Service to honor 40 law officers killed on duty (citizen-local)
Missing a friend? University has got your goat (starnet-local)
O'Connor home to be moved next to museum in Tempe (citizen-local)
OV cop gets 1 day in jail, probation for DUI (citizen-local)
Oro Valley officer gets day in jail, probation in wreck (starnet-local)
Peter & Paul, Sahuarita schools win Jr. Duel event (citizen-local)
Photo: Crash scene at 22nd & Country Club (starnet-local)
Prescott Nat'l Forest faces restrictions (starnet-local)
Refugees tell students of opportunities here (citizen-local)
Science gets injection of fun (citizen-local)
Student of the Week: Debra Riegert (starnet-local)
TPD official to officers: Keep citizens out of labor dispute (starnet-local)
TUSD looks at linking up 1 troubled, 1 strong school (starnet-local)
Teacher, 550 other women honored on UA plaza (citizen-local)
Tucson Time Capsule: Training for disabled (starnet-local)
Tucson leads nation in rise of drug arrests (citizen-local)
U.S. Forest Service sued over $5 Mt. Lemmon fee (citizen-local)
U.S. to return fossils, dinosaur eggs to Argentina (starnet-local)
UA handles complexities for patients (starnet-local)

May 05 2008

10 Lumies awarded to artists, supporters (starnet-local)
2 groups offer low-cost pet sterilizing in May (citizen-local)
8,000 enjoy 100 acts at free music event (citizen-local)
Annual library book sale begins Friday (citizen-local)
Arizona on pace to break mark for annual rabies cases (citizen-local)
Brass to cops: No complains to public about city budget (citizen-local)
Charity thanks 65 donors for contributions to camp fund (starnet-local)
Citizen wins 17 citations in news contest (citizen-local)
DPS ceremony to honor 26 officers who died (citizen-local)
DPS seizes 4,100 pounds of pot headed for Philadelphia (citizen-local)
DPS: Wrong-way driver kills another driver on freeway (citizen-local)
Davidson is now a feel-good school (starnet-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Downtown businesses offered fix-up grants (with poll) (starnet-local)
Event to honor UA's gay, lesbian grads (citizen-local)
Expert: Alcohol tests flawed (citizen-local)
Expert: Tougher pollution rules will cost more but are worth it (starnet-local)
Extragalactic astronomers immerse themselves inside 'violent physics' (starnet-local)
Extragalactic astronomy: the big picture (starnet-local)
Galaxies far more prolific in hinterlands of universe (starnet-local)
Guard formed relationships with Afghans (citizen-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Man critically burned in apartment blaze (citizen-local)
McCain takes day off of campaign to watch baseball (citizen-local)
Nobel winner in chemistry to talk at UA (starnet-local)
Photo: Celebrating the cinco (starnet-local)
Retiree 'the lady who was always walking' (starnet-local)
Road Runner by Andrea Kelly: Road hogs, slowpokes drive locals up the wall (starnet-local)
Ruling sought that $40.6M is too little for ELL program (starnet-local)
Shelton to award about 6,000 degrees (citizen-local)
TFD douses unreported fire (starnet-local)
Tab for leaving county may top $100M (citizen-local)
Tucson Time Capsule: Fantasy film camp in Tucson (starnet-local)
Welfare rolls begin to slowly rise (citizen-local)
Youth-sports plan called non-viable (starnet-local)

May 04 2008

2,100 get measles shots at 3 free clinics (starnet-local)
As university term ends, so do homes for numbers of dogs, cats (starnet-local)
Climate Score Card (starnet-local)
Entrant wrecks spike (starnet-local)
Giffords No. 1 in mailings using U.S. funds (starnet-local)
How they voted (starnet-local)
List of groups that received RICO money (starnet-local)
Man injured in N. Side fire (starnet-local)
Motorcycle rally, folk festival to affect traffic (starnet-local)
Neto's Tucson by Ernesto Portillo Jr. : Tucsonan's book offers a 'Taste' of her family recipes and history (starnet-local)
On the agenda (starnet-local)
Seized funds often not used for crime war (starnet-local)
Some of the non-traditional or unexpected items local law enforcement agencies spent their anti-racketeering funds on: (starnet-local)
Star garners 28 AP awards (starnet-local)
States, feds allow assets used in crimes to be seized (starnet-local)
To cacti and critters, ironwoods stand tall habitat, report says (starnet-local)
Truck crash closes I-10 for 3-plus hours (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule: Former Defense Secretary Visited (starnet-local)
Tucson had small-town feeling for incoming TUSD superintendent (starnet-local)
Week's closures, restrictions along I-10 (starnet-local)

May 03 2008

3 educators, teen volunteer to get Crystal Apple awards (citizen-local)
AHCCCS patients get help to quit smoking (citizen-local)
Accountant convicted of theft from O'odham (citizen-local)
Are you one of Tucson's 17 confirmed measles cases? (kvoa)
Attorney in cop's trial rips witnesses (starnet-local)
Blood Donations (starnet-local)
Carlock: So what's the deal with measles? (citizen-local)
Cash-strapped city to hire clerk for mental health court (citizen-local)
City budget hearing scheduled for Tuesday (citizen-local)
City likely to scrap tortoise arena plan (starnet-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Dogfight suspect now faces several child porn counts pornography (starnet-local)
Driver in bus crash facing two charges (citizen-local)
Falling goal post kills boy, 8, at YMCA (citizen-local)
Fed tech research group boss visits UA, seeks ideas (citizen-local)
Feds, police joining forces to stop drophouse violence (citizen-local)
Get involved (starnet-local)
Her lesson plan: doing good in the world (starnet-local)
Hoarding by elderly on upswing, officials say (citizen-local)
Honduran cardinal to speak in Tucson (starnet-local)
I-10 near Phoenix to close (starnet-local)
Intelligence gathering expert talks here Mon. (citizen-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
Kristallnacht memories to be focus of 2008 Holocaust commemoration (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lawyer: Funding for ELL inadequate (citizen-local)
Man found guilty in baseball-bat attack on student (starnet-local)
Man gets $16K in suit vs. check cashing firm (citizen-local)
Man in Mexican slaying held (starnet-local)
Man's dedication to youth, church earns him a Ben's Bell (starnet-local)
Measles outbreak stretches health care resources (citizen-local)
Murder victim's son arrested in case (citizen-local)
No early release for journalist's killer (starnet-local)
Phoenix Mars Mission topic of UA 'science cafe' (starnet-local)
Political Notebook by Daniel Scarpinato : Oien quits MADD after its overture to Glassman (starnet-local)
RICO funds pay for LaWall report (starnet-local)
Rally, talks on poverty set today (starnet-local)
Report: Tucson ranks No. 6 for clean air (citizen-local)
Small school helps at-risk kids discover their potential (starnet-local)
St Mary's, Congress impacted by work (citizen-local)
State panel rejects clemency for killer of reporter Don Bolles (citizen-local)
Study looks at TEP youth baseball (citizen-local)
Tribal accountant guilty of embezzlement, tax dodge (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : Animal-loving actress visits (starnet-local)
Vet: Being obstinate helped him survive camp (citizen-local)
Victim's son arrested in S. California (starnet-local)

May 02 2008

19 heavy air tankers await fires (starnet-local)
2 immigration rallies Thursday 'very peaceful' (citizen-local)
3 charged with starting fire near Grand Canyon (citizen-local)
94 of 110 dogs seized in Feb. are euthanized in one day (starnet-local)
AZ legislators balk at plan for funding 3 universities (starnet-local)
Bolles' killer seeks clemency (starnet-local)
City holds off on hiring a police chief for a year (citizen-local)
Closed meetings could lead to budget (citizen-local)
Corrections (starnet-local)
County tries to slow measles outbreak through shot clinics (citizen-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Denogean: From tagging to legitimate artwork (citizen-local)
Flow of crossers is slowing (starnet-local)
Food bank struggling to deal with demand (citizen-local)
Governor lobbies lawmakers for colleges (citizen-local)
Group opposing illegal immigration starts drive to recall Phoenix mayor (starnet-local)
High wildfire threat persisting, expanding (starnet-local)
Immigrants giving up sooner (citizen-local)
Investigators call death of woman on SE Side a homicide (starnet-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
La NiƱa wetter than normal, but rainfall here low this winter (citizen-local)
Lawsuit: Border fence blocks jaguars (citizen-local)
Legislator has heart surgery (starnet-local)
Measles outbreak fits pattern, doctor says (starnet-local)
Napolitano pitches university projects at Legislature (citizen-local)
Napolitano signs sexual predator measure (citizen-local)
Rats crash Internet service (starnet-local)
Rosemont mine may expand CAP pipeline (starnet-local)
Sanctions-law changes signed, but it's not over (starnet-local)
Texas trio charged in wildfire that burned 2,000 AZ acres (starnet-local)
Truck crashes into Vail home (citizen-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : A Black Crowes singalong (starnet-local)
Tucson police are well paid, report finds (starnet-local)
Weighing in on immigration (starnet-local)
Woman found slain; homeowner's son not seen for two days (citizen-local)

May 01 2008

¡Ask a Mexican! (weekly)
'Green' groups sue feds over wolf policy (citizen-local)
A day to plant a tree (starnet-local)
Across the Threshold (weekly)
Agents fire at speeding truck headed toward them (starnet-local)
Archaeologists still sifting through the sands of time (starnet-local)
Ariz. planners give roads wildlife-friendly design (starnet-local)
Arizona adds more Hispanics than all other groups combined (starnet-local)
Art With a Thin Crust (weekly)
Arts helping the elderly deal with dementia (starnet-local)
Astronaut, THS alum to address grads at UA (starnet-local)
BUsiness Calendar (starnet-local)
Big bikes get big showroom (starnet-local)
Blue vs. Gray at Manzanita (starnet-local)
Boomer Tales (weekly)
Border agents aid illegal duo after bee attack (starnet-local)
Burns decides against running for fourth term in state House (starnet-local)
CALENDAR (starnet-local)
CALENDAR (starnet-local)
Calendar (starnet-local)
Candlelight gathering set for missing woman (citizen-local)
Citing big vote, Pima hires firm to mail early ballots (citizen-local)
City Deputy Director Elected To National Board (city)
City Week (weekly)
Colony Creations (weekly)
Coming Sunday (starnet-local)
Coming soon: Theaters near you on South Side (citizen-local)
Community notes (starnet-local)
Community notes (starnet-local)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
Danehy (weekly)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Derby day at rillito track (starnet-local)
Desert in bloom (starnet-local)
Development co-existing with antiquity (starnet-local)
Donated gown beats thief, so here comes the bride (starnet-local)
El Rio may offer online records (citizen-local)
End of the Line (weekly)
Enhancing math, science skills (starnet-local)
Environmental Services Hosts "Road-E-O" May 3 (city)
Ex-astronaut Borman UA grad speaker (citizen-local)
Expansion of suit, $40B sought over anti-war T-shirts (starnet-local)
Expenses Up; Revenue Down (weekly)
Free Screening Of City Youth Film About West Side Neighborhoods May 4 (city)
Fundraiser yet another 'Victory' gala (starnet-local)
Funk-Rock Mashup (weekly)
Grown-up kids share Fun Day (starnet-local)
Guest Commentary (weekly)
Hair and Feelings (weekly)
Hash Rehashed (weekly)
His pics are out of this world (starnet-local)
If you needed educational help, then Jim Gibson was your man (starnet-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
Kentucky Derby to reign at Rillito (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lack of opt-out provision stops bill in Arizona House mandating recess (starnet-local)
Lawmaker blames governor for not warning of DUI veto (starnet-local)
Library information (starnet-local)
Library information (starnet-local)
License plates now have 7 characters (citizen-local)
Live (weekly)
Mailbag (weekly)
Man gets 6 years in fatal home invasion (starnet-local)
Marana council members fire the town's magistrate (starnet-local)
Marana road work update (starnet-local)
Measles outbreak not subdued; don't take immunity for granted (starnet-local)
Media Watch (weekly)
Mesa's White eliminated from 'Idol' (citizen-local)
Mexican man gets 5-plus years in weapons-purchase attempt (starnet-local)
Mining company to pay for water study? (citizen-local)
More than 570K recent vets eligible for services (citizen-local)
Morlock: Pronounce Dupnik's career as a long one (citizen-local)
Nature vs. Security (weekly)
New hoops team already winners (starnet-local)
Nine Questions (weekly)
No holiday today, TUSD reminds parents (starnet-local)
Noshing Around (weekly)
Now Showing at Home (weekly)
O'Sullivan (weekly)
OV Police Department demonstrates its skills (starnet-local)
Off-Road Ruckus (weekly)
Offering tip on animal fight can pay off (citizen-local)
On the Border (weekly)
Pancake breakfast stacks up fine (starnet-local)
Party On! (weekly)
Pick of the Week (weekly)
Police Dispatch (weekly)
Police Reports (starnet-local)
Police Reports (starnet-local)
Rally on family issues will be held Saturday (citizen-local)
Rhythm & Views (weekly)
Rhythm & Views (weekly)
Rhythm & Views (weekly)
Session Superstar (weekly)
Soundbites (weekly)
State agencies bracing for increase in hoarders (starnet-local)
State budget-deficit fix may be insufficient (starnet-local)
Sunstone selling 13 of its 14 acres (starnet-local)
Sunstone selling 13 of its 14 acres (starnet-local)
T Q&A (weekly)
TUSD may resort to unpaid furlough days (starnet-local)
The Range (weekly)
The Skinny (weekly)
Three get prison; bought machine guns (citizen-local)
Top Ten in Books (weekly)
Top Ten in Movies (weekly)
Top Ten in Music (weekly)
Tucson Time Capsule : brand-new PCC Campus Center (starnet-local)
Tucson man to get 22 years in '06 stabbing death (starnet-local)
Volunteer Connection (starnet-local)
Volunteer Connection (starnet-local)
Volunteer Connection (starnet-local)
X Fire marks the spot where firefighters gain upper hand (starnet-local)

Apr 30 2008

1,200 Guard members toil along border (citizen-local)
3 Southwest Side schools get stranger-danger alert (starnet-local)
3 kids hurt when they lose control of ATV and it rolls on top of them (starnet-local)
3 public meetings scheduled on Grant widening (citizen-local)
3 tons of pot, 51 entrants seized; heart victim aided (starnet-local)
4 targeted TUSD schools stay open, for now at least (starnet-local)
7 area HS seniors win National Merit bucks (citizen-local)
Activist 'Dirty Hands Caravan' in Tucson (starnet-local)
Clothing brings arrests of pair in bank robbery (starnet-local)
Come Downtown for the Folk Festival May 2, 3, 4 (city)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Documentary showing diabetes link to Tohono O'odham to air (citizen-local)
Dupnik set to deputize 2 officers from Border Patrol (starnet-local)
Gas Meter Fire in Midtown (kvoa)
Giffords wraps up trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan (starnet-local)
Gov. vetoes bill on drunken driving (citizen-local)
Interest shown in MacArthur site (citizen-local)
Investors secret as theme park bill advances (citizen-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lawsuit centers on counterfeit bills (citizen-local)
Man, woman arrested in bank robbery (citizen-local)
Measles Outbreak in Pima County (kvoa)
Metro area marks bicycle gold rating with May 15 event (citizen-local)
Motorcycle crash claims Ft. Huachuca firefighter (starnet-local)
N. Side pupil might have the measles (starnet-local)
Napolitano vetoes gun bill; Pearce angry (starnet-local)
Natural-gas fire leads to evacuations from four Midtown homes (starnet-local)
No schools closed in TUSD, for now Schools survive TUSD closure attempts (citizen-local)
Northwest firefighters say bye to 'Big Shirley' (citizen-local)
O'odham ex-finance reviewer on trial (starnet-local)
Objection prompts veto of DUI package (starnet-local)
Online-learning backers protest proposed 20% funding cut (citizen-local)
Photo: Midtown natural-gas fire (starnet-local)
Platinum bike-friendly award eludes region (starnet-local)
Plea deal is weighed in case where Tucson woman died (starnet-local)
Police take spat with city to the airwaves (starnet-local)
Police union rips hiring plan; city cites sales tax shortfall (citizen-local)
Proclamations cover a lot of ground; and a lot of events; and ... (starnet-local)
Programs praised for slowing diabetes on O'odham Nation (citizen-local)
Sales tax for Eloy park is revived (starnet-local)
Science Cafe to discuss Phoenix Mars Lander (citizen-local)
Slayings of 3 homeless men unrelated, investigators say (citizen-local)
Suspected measles cases at school, hospitals (citizen-local)
Tot nearly drowns in whirlpool spa (starnet-local)
Trial opens in attack that paralyzed grad student (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : A trio with brio (starnet-local)
Unit leaves Huachuca for mission in Mideast (starnet-local)
Work to slow Sabino Canyon Road traffic (starnet-local)

Apr 29 2008

10-year-old dies after weekend crash (citizen-local)
115 more donations are made to send boys, girls to camp (starnet-local)
15 at checkpoint arrested on suspicion of DUI (citizen-local)
7 local seniors are Merit honorees (starnet-local)
8 years in prison for seller of meth (starnet-local)
A celebration for the ages (citizen-local)
A day of good deeds by Border Patrol (starnet-local)
A house divided by border wall (citizen-local)
Agents search for driver in rollover that killed 4 (starnet-local)
Arizona law called debatable (starnet-local)
Bill to require state review of railroad projects advances (starnet-local)
Brush fire contained near Oracle (starnet-local)
Checkpoint delivers 15 DUI suspects (starnet-local)
Classroom at SW Side school is vandalized (starnet-local)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Denogean: Hoping there's no distress call on May Day (citizen-local)
Driver sought in crash that killed four immigrants (citizen-local)
Former legislator wins kids' advocate award (citizen-local)
Fuel prices subject of new movie (citizen-local)
Girl, 10, dies a day after SW Side collision (starnet-local)
Group pushes statewide tax for roads (citizen-local)
Hopes are to save a popular artwork (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lawmakers tweak sanctions law (citizen-local)
Man badly wounded by gunfire from car (citizen-local)
Man given 16 years in prison in girlfriend's fatal stabbing (starnet-local)
Man hit below heart in drive-by shooting Sunday on South Side (starnet-local)
Man with pot gets 11 years; tried to run down agent (starnet-local)
Oldest known Pima County resident (citizen-local)
Photo: Art museum's mural in peril (starnet-local)
Photo: Vietnam remembrance in Phoenix (starnet-local)
Program for Az inmates tackles culture of violence (citizen-local)
Sanctions-law revision would bar retroactivity (starnet-local)
Senate to get bill on railroad reviews (citizen-local)
Social workers group honors Tucson's Ryan (citizen-local)
Stretch of Silverbell to close in Marana (starnet-local)
TUSD school closures: Vote expected tonight (starnet-local)
Teed off by golf-reservation system (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : Desert Museum wolf (starnet-local)
Tucson brothers accused in killing (citizen-local)
Tucson man wins Pick, will receive $1.1M (starnet-local)
Tucsonan gets 16 years for slaying girlfriend (citizen-local)
Two brothers face charges in killing (starnet-local)
UA expert to hunt quasars with grant (citizen-local)
Wider immigration role for cops vetoed (starnet-local)

Apr 28 2008

2 Nogales-area fires nearly contained (citizen-local)
4 die, 27 injured in Pinal rollover (starnet-local)
Arts and crafts are duo's faves (starnet-local)
Bill axing state bake-sale rules passes (starnet-local)
Bill would make school recess mandatory (starnet-local)
Boy, 15, killed, 3 hurt in Glendale rollover (citizen-local)
Camp fund donations are nearing $130,000 (starnet-local)
Conference to unite teachers, researchers (citizen-local)
D.C. touchdown for Mars Lander model (citizen-local)
Dirt roads may be there to stay (starnet-local)
Ex-Mexico health chief will speak at UA series (citizen-local)
Family escape plan saves 2 kids, dog from deliberately set fire (starnet-local)
Feds' consultant hire at issue (starnet-local)
Few complaints filed under employer sanctions law (citizen-local)
Four killed in crash near Arizona City (citizen-local)
Getting water-affluent from use of effluent (citizen-local)
Group fills water barrels for migrants (citizen-local)
Groups diligent in refilling water barrels for illegals (starnet-local)
Hispanic activists want governor to veto 'divisive' bill (starnet-local)
ID plan may make it easier to fly (citizen-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Male au pairs make inroads in child-care role, but slowly (starnet-local)
Maricopa towns irate over 'sweeps' (starnet-local)
McCain: Obama out of touch on taxes (citizen-local)
Midtown bank robbed; cops look for man, woman (citizen-local)
Napolitano challenges Dems to take back the House (citizen-local)
OV police seek shooter in '06 death (starnet-local)
Phoenix home fires displace 19 residents (citizen-local)
Practicing how to control fires with fire (citizen-local)
Road Runner by Andrea Kelly: Too many Tucsonans asleep at the wheel (starnet-local)
Rock-roll park back on agenda (starnet-local)
St. Gregory students off to Kenya (citizen-local)
TUSD board meets Tues. on closures of schools (citizen-local)
Tucson Time Capsule: Kerr bed auctioned (starnet-local)
Weather Service seeks spotters to relay conditions (starnet-local)
Woman seriously hurt in boating accident (citizen-local)

Apr 27 2008

BLM memo warns of damage by fence (starnet-local)
BP agent's kin proud, now, of what he does (starnet-local)
Clerics: Media miscast pastor linked to Obama (starnet-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Double-digit budget cuts could force ASU to limit enrollment next year (starnet-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
Lakeside Ariz. town seeks to curb growth of 'floating' vendors (starnet-local)
Lawmakers pass bill easing DUI rule (starnet-local)
Mini-golf fans make a straight shot for Magic Carpet for one last game (starnet-local)
Neighbors briefs (starnet-local)
Neto's Tucson by Ernesto Portillo Jr.: Air Force a big presence here, but Army's left a big mark, too (starnet-local)
Nogales cop faces trial in sex assault case (starnet-local)
Ochoa families rally to support school (starnet-local)
On the agenda (starnet-local)
Patient advocacy growing as a business (starnet-local)
Prof on leave after his student dies in condo (starnet-local)
Send a Kid to Camp fund grows by another $10,739 (starnet-local)
The Way Home (starnet-local)
This week's I-10 construction-related road, lane closures (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule: Watergate figure in Tucson (starnet-local)

Apr 26 2008

'Funraiser' supports San Xavier with a true Southwestern vibe (starnet-local)
2 held in arson fire admit starting blaze (starnet-local)
2 teachers leave $2.5M to UA for research (starnet-local)
24 illegal immigrants injured in van crash (citizen-local)
3 lose dwelling in North Side mobile-home fire (starnet-local)
85 years fail to dim Steward's vision (citizen-local)
ACC to feds: Kill 200-mile power line (citizen-local)
Arson causes $1M of damage at plant (citizen-local)
BP agents have busy 3 days finding entrants, narcotics (starnet-local)
Blood Donations (starnet-local)
Buckley: Vargas' performance sizzles (citizen-local)
Carlock: Geologist: 1; Bobcat: 0 (citizen-local)
County gets more help to handle measles outbreak (citizen-local)
Different planes, but same high spirits (starnet-local)
Doctor's byword is 'compassion for all' (starnet-local)
Drugs gone from crime lab; supervisor resigns (starnet-local)
El Rio gets $200K grant for health data project state project (citizen-local)
Estranged wife tries using media to hurt his reputation, Olson says (starnet-local)
Get involved (starnet-local)
House OKs bill to quit No Child Left Behind Act (citizen-local)
In the clubhouse, he always went to bat for the players (starnet-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lane closures on Speedway at I-10 through the weekend (citizen-local)
Lecture's focus is safe exercising in the heat (citizen-local)
Let them eat paint part of Border Patrol's plan (citizen-local)
Lute and Christine Olson divorce battle spills onto airwaves (kvoa)
Manslaughter charge for driver in rollover (citizen-local)
Missing O.V. man had been kidnapped (citizen-local)
Mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, and You (city)
New fire breaks out as border blaze contained (citizen-local)
Pima gets $50K in state funds for measles control (starnet-local)
Plan to go after illegal workers could cost bosses $1B annually (citizen-local)
Police union verbally attacks City Hall (starnet-local)
Political Notebook by Daniel Scarpinato : Rhetoric heats up in 8th District over origins of campaign money (starnet-local)
Prescott Valley man dies in I-10 rollover east of Tucson (citizen-local)
Regents OK $90M for UA computers, ask $6M cut (starnet-local)
Registration open for environmental forum (citizen-local)
Sahuarita man enters race for supervisor seat (citizen-local)
Soccer fans pitch track plan to county (starnet-local)
TPD to eliminate school-based officer program (starnet-local)
This week's road-work traffic changes (starnet-local)
Travel insurance grows in popularity (citizen-local)
Two fairs next week for city summer jobs (citizen-local)
UA med school in Phoenix will have its own dean (citizen-local)
UA's budget hit could top $11 million (citizen-local)
Utility work to affect traffic on Toole Ave. (citizen-local)
Warehouse near I-10 up in flames; $1M damage in deliberately set fire (starnet-local)
Worth of radiant barriers questioned (citizen-local)

Apr 25 2008

'09 county budget plan has tax cut (starnet-local)
10-year-old boy in poison case out of school (starnet-local)
2 teens charged in $4M NW side blaze (citizen-local)
Ariz. border enforcement gets 21 more prosecutors (starnet-local)
Arizona getting 21 new federal prosecutors (citizen-local)
Audit: Many ELL programs lag (citizen-local)
BP finds body of entrant; 1,125 pounds of pot seized (starnet-local)
Beehive Fire torches 300 acres, could affect I-19 (starnet-local)
Bill would create infections-study panel (citizen-local)
Carroll, Day offer alternative budget (starnet-local)
Cops to set up DUI checkpoint Friday but won't tell where (citizen-local)
Cops: Kidnapped man shot in escape try (starnet-local)
County budget could drop by $22M (citizen-local)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
DUI checkpoint tonight (starnet-local)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Denogean: Hey, Phoenix, we've got first dibs on UFOs (citizen-local)
Downtown 2-way traffic switch (starnet-local)
Driver held in fatal crash (starnet-local)
Dupnik to be feted for half-century of policing (citizen-local)
Ex-TPD staffer's cases get 2nd look after coke theft (citizen-local)
Funding board for state schools dissolved (citizen-local)
Help a tortoise find a home, though they carry their own (starnet-local)
House approves tougher penalties for DUI (citizen-local)
Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local)
LOTTERY (citizen-local)
Lorraine Lee Walk on Sat. to benefit youth (citizen-local)
Man dies in rollover on I-10 (starnet-local)
Man guilty in child-sex case (starnet-local)
Money woes plague states (citizen-local)
Next step: Revise desegregation plan (citizen-local)
One last round at Tucson landmark (citizen-local)
Origins suspicious in NW Side fire (starnet-local)
Public input sought on carbon monoxide (citizen-local)
Regents seek $1.4B for construction at state campuses (starnet-local)
Regents support stimulus plan (citizen-local)
Retrial opposed in '84 slaying of girl, 8 (starnet-local)
School accountability bills go to gov. (citizen-local)
Sides in ELL case ask judge to drop threatened fines (citizen-local)
South Side man shot in attempted break-in (starnet-local)
Stores limiting sales of imported rice (citizen-local)
TPD to set up DUI checkpoint Friday night (citizen-local)
TUSD free of desegregation order (starnet-local)
Tucson Time Capsule : ROTC cadet honored (starnet-local)
UA sheds light on bacterial infections (starnet-local)
Weekend promises to be hot, but sneezy (citizen-local)
West Side man shot in foiled home invasion (starnet-local)

Apr 24 2008

$10K gifts to GOP hopeful raise questions for Dems (starnet-local)
¡Ask a Mexican! (weekly)
100-plus from Huachuca set for Mideast mission (starnet-local)
2 Border Patrol busts net 1,700-plus pounds of pot (starnet-local)
ATV violators getting a talking-to (starnet-local)
AZ department posts maps of land fissures (citizen-local)
Alcohol is linked to fatal crash (starnet-local)
BUsiness Calendar (starnet-local)
Bandwidth and Elbow Grease (weekly)
Bombers of yesteryear (starnet-local)
Bonnie Henry at book signing (starnet-local)
Border Brush (weekly)
CALENDAR (starnet-local)
CALENDAR (starnet-local)
CALENDAR (starnet-local)
CDO showcases student talents (starnet-local)
City Week (weekly)
Cold case cops arrest woman in '06 slaying (citizen-local)
Community notes (starnet-local)
Community notes (starnet-local)
Concealed-weapon bill goes to governor's desk (starnet-local)
Controlled Experiment (weekly)
Cops: Man in fatal traffic accident drunk (citizen-local)
DEATHS (citizen-local)
Danehy (weekly)
Davis-Monthan Alternative Energy Solutions Task Force Report (city)
Deaths (starnet-local)
Desert Saint (weekly)
Economic Divide (weekly)
Endless good humor and a friend to all (starnet-local)
English mandates are found challenging (starnet-local)
Ex-UA athletic official Ashcraft dies (starnet-local)
Ex-parishioner's suit accuses priest of attack (starnet-local)
Father Kino-based poetry creates a sensation (starnet-local)
Fighting Fun (weekly)
Full containment of border fire near (starnet-local)
Gardeners stock up at plant sale (starnet-local)
Get Bonnie's two books for $50 (starnet-local)
Get both of Bonnie's books for $50 (starnet-local)
Get involved (starnet-local)
Getaway driver gets 13.5 years in death (starnet-local)
Guest Commentary (weekly)
He finally 'gets' Old Marana's beauty (starnet-local)
Hear the grito, the trumpets, the singing ... it's mariachi time (citizen-local)
High-Price Housing (weekly)
Hikers kill attacking rabid bobcat (citizen-local)
Hispanic coalition: Veto migrant measure (citizen-local)
Hispanics Make Their Mark (weekly)
Hits and Misses (weekly)
How to Get Involved (weekly)
Hundreds attend fundraiser for kids (starnet-local)