By Steve Brown I believe the Rosemont Mine, if allowed to proceed, would have a significant adverse effect on the economy of the tourist industry in the vicinity of the Santa Rita Mountains. Hudbay says they will create “hundreds of jobs.” But how many jobs will they destroy? Here are some facts from the Arizona Office of Tourism: In 2017, there...
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By Hunter Fuenning of Cottonwood Elementary School Do you like buying things online? Well, go to amazon.com. There are many things to buy on Amazon, and they are coming to Tucson! I got to visit the new building. It is 1 mile long and ½ mile wide; a total of 1.7 million square feet. Actual Amazon trucks can off load and reload in the 86-truck...
To the editor: Though my note to the Vail Voice is addressed to the general readership, it is in response to the recent guest editorial by Andre Lauzon. I’m hopeful that my thoughts lend greater light to Mr. Lauzon’s recitation of no less than “11 Wins” for all who live within the shadow of Hudbay Minerals’ beneficent plan for the greater good of...
By Linda Lee Smith The American Legion Post 109 family meals will be served as usual during the month of June. Calendars giving dates and times of meals will be available in the dining room and lounge. The dining room will be closed for the months of July and August, and the non-smoking lounge will be open to legion family members and invited...
By Article Author As a part of the “Adopt a Roadway” program, the friends of Vail Realty recently completed a clean-up along Colossal Cave Road. Pictured are Rick Bennon, Emily Grace Newkirk, and Phil Watson, all are real estate agents at Vail Realty.
By Article Author Twenty-one members of the Del Lago Men’s Golf Club participated in the annual club championships the weekend of April 13th and 14th; and when the final results were in, John Blumenshine, Bill Camp and Bob Sanchez were crowned as the victors in their respective Gross Flights. Brandon Tibbetts, Stuart Katz and Hugo Keyner were the...
To the editor: An editorial, by definition, is an opinion piece. Why then did you publish a news item about a public event which occurred, the April 13 protest in downtown Tucson against the proposed Rosemont Mine, and label it as a “guest editorial”? I have now read this news article several times and for the life of me I can’t find any opinions...
Dear Claire, I have a lot of dreams that have bears in them. The dreams aren’t specifically about the bears, but the bears are present or in the background of the dreams. Where the bears show up depends on the dream. For example, one time I was dreaming that I was shopping in the grocery store, and I looked over and there was a bear casually...
By Article Author Tech Parks Arizona held the eighth annual Racing the Sun, a high school solar go-kart competition, this past Saturday, April 27th, 2019, at Tucson’s Musselman Honda Circuit. The competition challenged high school students to design, build, and test solar go-karts using basic engineering and science concepts over the course of a...
By Nikki Reck The triple digit temperatures will soon be here. The Pima Animal Care Center encourages community members and pet owners to take extra precautions to keep their pets safe and cool during the summer months ahead. Every year, PACC’s Animal Protection Service officers respond to hundreds of calls involving pets suffering from heat...