| 2009-02-07 10 monitors of felons on probation to lose jobs (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279294.php Ten surveillance officers who monitor people convicted of sex crimes, felony domestic violence and aggravated driving under the influence will be laid off by April 1. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Arizona food-stamp requests rising at twice U.S. rate (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109562.php Arizona has added 123,000 food-stamp recipients since the recession began in December 2007. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Arizonans worried about possible park closures (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109584.php ORACLE — To many people living in southeastern Pinal County, the Oracle State Park is a hidden environmental gem that draws the local rural communities together. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 As jobless lose health care, it's often devastating, 'scary' (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279271.php Forty-three-year-old Ruben Alvira's last day of work in Pima County's Development Services Department was Jan. 17. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Ask the Astronomer (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109587.php Q: At around 9:15 p.m. I'm looking above the southern horizon of the night sky and I see a bright, multicolored star. It twinkles lots of colors. But after 20 minutes it never gets any higher into the night sky. It's amazing to look at but what is it? | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Az attorney general orders furloughs for those paid more than $50K (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109570.php PHOENIX - Attorney General Terry Goddard announced Friday that his office is implementing a limited furlough program to help cover new budget cuts that earlier forced 20 layoffs in the office. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Bashas' closing Ike's in Oro Valley, 4 other Az stores (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109569.php Bashas' Family of Stores is closing Ike's Farmer's Market in Oro Valley and four other stores in Arizona. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Blood donations (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279235.php The American Red Cross will be seeking blood donors at these times and places next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Brewer vents over budget troubles she's inherited (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109575.php PHOENIX - Republican Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday she was "very angry" about Arizona's budget troubles when she took office last month after Democrat Janet Napolitano resigned. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Bus tour connects struggling Arizonans with Rx aid (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109596.php PHOENIX - Uninsured and financially struggling Arizonans might not be aware of programs that could provide discounted or even free prescription drugs, something that state lawmakers and pharmaceutical research companies are trying to change. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Carlock: Porn, pink slips and extreme makeovers (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109568.php Isn't it ironic? Subscribers to Comcast's high-definition service didn't get to see in vivid detail the porn clip regular customers caught in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl Sunday. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 City eyes layoffs, department mergers (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279285.php The city may lay off 30 employees and merge several departments to save $2 million in the next budget year. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Compassion is hairstylist's strength (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279281.php The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Bryan Ewing, a hairstylist whose chair-side manner and home visits have endeared him to many clients, including one ailing woman and her family. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Creating, filling jobs on council agenda (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109574.php Tuesday's City Council meeting will be dominated by discussion about jobs: green jobs, construction jobs and a finance director job the city just can't seem to fill. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Deaths (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109592.php Compiled by Antonio Garcia. For information call, 573-4561. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Deaths (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279236.php The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Derby season gets rolling this weekend (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109571.php The lives of a Tucson family revolve closely around the spinning wheels of roller derby skates. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 El Rio Health Center settles with drug makers for $181K (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109563.php El Rio Community Health Center has received $180,970 of an $800,000 settlement with two pharmaceutical companies in 2008. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 For MS Society volunteer, it's personal (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279209.php Madeleine Murray is no fairy godmother, but she believes that volunteering for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Arizona Chapter might eventually transform the dream of a cure into reality for her daughter and others living with multiple sclerosis, or MS. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Foreclosures driving down new home starts (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109586.php Tucson homebuilders now are in competition with foreclosure sales, not each other, a local expert says. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Freeze on new laws, rules sought to help businesses (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109565.php Legislatures have enacted state holidays. They've done tax holidays. Now, Arizona's Legislature wants a regulatory holiday - an extended holiday. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Get involved (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279197.php Browse hundreds of volunteer opportunities online at www.volunteersoaz.org, the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona's Web site. For personalized assistance or more information on any of the volunteer opportunities listed here, call 881-3300. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Goddard orders furloughs for more than 450 on staff (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279237.php Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard has ordered nearly half of his staff to take eight unpaid days off between now and June 30 to help absorb some of the $2 million lawmakers slashed from his budget last weekend. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279243.php Two separate strong storm systems are expected over the next four days. The first will bring widespread valley rain and mountain snow, and much cooler weather Sunday. A second storm system is scheduled for Tuesday, bringing even lower temperatures and a slight chance of snow for Tucson. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Local-produce market stays open for now (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279228.php The banner beneath the brightly colored Local Harvest Marketplace sign says "Grand Opening," but on Monday door signs offered a 25 percent discount on groceries for the market's closing sale. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Man arrested in connection with TV thefts at resorts (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109561.php A man accused of stealing flat-screen TVs from North Side resorts was arrested Thursday evening, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Monday is deadline to register to vote in March 10 elections (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109573.php Monday is the deadline for registering to vote in March 10 elections for South Tucson, Marana and Sahuarita. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Monday open house focuses on SW Side impact fees (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109581.php Development impact fees for a Southwest Side area projected to explode with growth will be discussed at a Pima County Transportation Department open house Monday. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Navy: SEALs' own errors led to chute deaths (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279284.php Two seasoned Navy SEALs who died during parachute training near Marana last year made mistakes that hurled them to their deaths, military investigators have determined. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Porn site capitalizing on Super Bowl clip (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109572.php The porn site whose content interrupted Comcast's broadcast of the Super Bowl for 30 seconds is using its 15 minutes of notoriety as a marketing tool to lure new subscribers. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Quick Read (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279229.php Man accused of firing at police officers dies | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Radar van locations (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279195.php The city's police radar van is scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations this weekend, according to the Tucson Police Department's Web site: | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Road restrictions for next week (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109595.php Road restrictions related to the Interstate 10 reconstruction for next week: | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Stamps mark Abe's 200th (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279225.php Alex Lutgendorf is gearing up for a memorial celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday and the first-day issuance of the Lincoln series postage stamps on Monday, three days before his Feb. 12 birthday. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 State could dump photo radar, but it will have to pay (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279275.php PHOENIX — The future of photo radar in Arizona may depend on how much it costs the state to get out of its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Students can win 100 for pro-graduation posters (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109591.php Three local students - one each in elementary, middle and high school - will have a chance to win $100 in a poster contest this month. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Students praised for reporting license plate number of flasher (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/109566.php Three students who reported a man masturbating in a car near an elementary school Wednesday were savvy enough to remember the license plate, the Flowing Wells School District superintendent said Friday. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Suspect in 2008 sex case may have died (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279280.php A 54-year-old Tucson man arrested in January 2008 on sexual-exploitation charges has apparently died. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Suspect in resort break-ins linked to fossil-mineral thefts last year (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279265.php A man arrested in connection with a number of resort burglaries has also been linked to the theft of thousands of dollars in fossils and minerals. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Tucson Time Capsule: At home with Will Rogers Jr. (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279238.php Will Rogers Jr. planned to spend a lot of time on the road in 1979. It was the 100th anniversary of his father's birth, and there would be lots of Will Rogers celebrations to attend. Relaxing at his Tubac home on Feb. 7, 1979, Rogers told a reporter that it was actually his brother, Jim, who inherited their father's storytelling skill. | add comment |
| 2009-02-07 Vet is seeing more owner neglect of horses; she blames the economy (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/279234.php When veterinarian Ann Pearson responded to an equine euthanasia request, she expected to find a horse that was near death as a result of injury or illness. | add comment |
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