All aboard the celebration of Tucson’s railroad heritage
BY ALEXIS WRIGHT Arizona Sonora News Chug, chug, chug, chug. Whoosh. You can hear a rumbling beast in the distance. Children enjoying warm a Saturday afternoon run to catch a glimpse of it as it speeds...
View ArticleIn Tombstone, memories of a famed clown who was sad, not ‘creepy’
(Illustration by Mikayla Mace / Arizona Sonora News) By KYLE KOCHEVAR Arizona Sonora News We’ve had a lot of “creepy clown” news since the end of summer. In a craze spreading through the country,...
View ArticleUSS Arizona monument dedicated on UA mall for Pearl Harbor 75th anniversary
By KYLE KOCHEVAR Arizona Sonora News UPDATE: The USS Arizona memorial on the University of Arizona mall was dedicated on Sunday, Dec. 4, as the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack arrives on Dec. 7....
View ArticleThe Space Race of the past launched astronomy’s future in Tucson
By MIKAYLA MACE Arizona Sonora News On July 20, 1969, 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon and say, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Little did...
View ArticleIn Southern Arizona cowboy country, the seasons and years add up
Peggy Rowley, with her husband Jon, discusses the life of a rancher on the Santa Lucia Ranch. (Photo by Sydney Richardson / Arizona Sonora News) By SYDNEY RICHARDSON Arizona Sonora News A cowboy, at...
View ArticleA relative of the desert haboob: The less predictable dust-channel
By MIKAYLA MACE Arizona Sonora News (Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Everyone in Arizona knows what haboobs are: A towering wall of dust, sometimes a half-mile high and a...
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