By Vice Mayor Richard Fimbres – Ward 5 The Cherrybell Post Office community and business survey ended on June 30, and I am proud to announce that there were 1,759 responses from people and businesses from Tucson, Green Valley, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, Nogales, Bisbee and points across Southern

By Steve Kozachik | CM WARD 6 On Sunday the 21st, KGUN ran a piece reporting that a trainer out at Tucson Greyhound Park had been suspended and fined after her dog had tested positive for steroids. You may recall that the City of Tucson passed an ordinance I proposed banning the use of those […]

By Ramon Valadez Pima County Supervisor Dist. 2 Most years, the crafting of the annual Pima County budget is when we decide on our priorities for the coming year. This year, the state of Arizona inserted its priorities into our budget. Normally, the state and the county negotiate a reasonable amount the county will agree […]

By Francisco García Pima County Health Department Medical Director Spring in the desert brings warm days, cool nights and a kaleidoscope of color from our desert plants in bloom. We enjoy this time because — as desert dwellers — we know that just around the corner are the hot days of summer that begins in […]

Tucson-Mexico Sister Cities Association delivered an ambulance to the Dialysis clinic in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. The ambulance was generously donated by Rural Metro-Southwest Ambulance. On June 19, 2015, a group of 17 Tucson-Mexico Sister Cities members made the trip to Puerto Peñasco to celebrate the delivery of the much needed ambulance to city officials. In […]

This month brings a new City Manager to City Hall. Martha Durkin, who has served as Interim City Manager since August of last year, returns to her position of Deputy City Manager. Michael Ortega takes over as City Manager July 1. I’d like to take a moment both to thank Martha and to welcome Michael. […]

Welcome to your new position as Postmaster General. I am writing regarding your recent decision to consolidate the Tucson Processing & Distribution Center at Cherrybell and strongly urge you to reconsider. This proposed consolidation has caused widespread concern in our region because of the negative economic impact to the State of Arizona. The Tucson Postal […]

By Steve Kozachik Ward 6 Last summer, at the height of which Border Patrol and ICE were dropping off migrant families at the Greyhound station, I teamed up with dozens of volunteers and faith based groups to form a coordinated response to the needs we saw. I’ve shared in previous editions of Arizona Bilingual how […]

TUCSON, DC – Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) released the following statement today after the U.S. Postal Service changed the planned July 11, 2015 shutdown of the Processing and Distribution Center in Tucson/Cherrybell to a “To Be Determined” status. “I welcome news that the Cherrybell Processing and Distribution Center will likely not shut down in July, […]

With a 300-year tradition of vineyards, orchards and livestock ranching, and centuries of Native American agriculture before that, the production and preparation of food has long been an important part of life in Tucson. Commission on Food Security, Heritage and Economy Recently, local residents, including Community Food Bank staff and City of Tucson employees, recommended