By Robert Samuelsen Pale and shaking, he stood there holding the “stop” sign at the beginning of the road construction site on this remote section of highway. As I stopped, the flagman approached me to show me a bullet hole in his sign, shot by the vehicle’s passenger immediately before me. The shooter had stuck his head and rifle out the window...
Monsoon moisture moved in very early this year. In fact, if the National Weather Service were using the “old” method of calculating when the monsoon starts, it would have been the 5th earliest start, June 21. June 21st was the first of three days in a row where the Dew Point was at least 54 degrees. Now, the National Weather Service defines the...
Divine Providence is probably one of the most misunderstood concepts in Jewish thinking. Properly appreciating this principle is so important that it must become a point of focus in every Jew’s life. The more one is attuned to it, the easier one’s life can be; the less one understands it, the more random, the more complicated, and the more...
By Fiona de Young Rincon Valley Fire wants to make it as easy as possible for you to take advantage of our services, which is why we recently launched our new customer service site, available on our website at www.rinconvalleyfd.org. This free service allows you to create an account and track your request from start to finish in a fully digital...
Sixty percent of American adults report feeling stress every day, according to a national Gallup survey. Managing stress through healthy lifestyle habits – and sometimes professional help – can help lessen your risk of developing serious conditions like high blood pressure, heart disease, dementia and stroke. First, though, it’s important to know...
Living under the worry of debt can feel paralyzing and almost impossible to escape. According to Debt.org, the average U.S. household carries an average debt of $145,000. With the cost of living rising, U.S. households are spending more on everything from food and transportation to rent and medical care, so it’s easy to see how quickly debt can...
Vail Unified Governing Board Candidates 2022 Each election year, The Vail Voice supports Governing Board candidates speaking in their own voice directly to voters in the district. Total word count for each response (excluding the question itself) is to be no more than 300 words. I am grateful for each candidate’s participation! The answers...
By Steve Christy Most of the past six months has found your District 4 Supervisor’s office busy addressing many varied issues. Busy may not adequately describe the situation; feeling as though we’ve been playing Whack-A-Mole is probably more appropriate. The list of county business that has come before the Board of Supervisors is extensive: COVID...
By Nikki Lee The Tucson summer is upon us and as the temperatures rise, we hope for monsoon rains. With Lake Mead, Powell and the Colorado River shortages in the news; we are all trying to find ways to be good water stewards in our homes. I encourage you to review the Smart Home Water Guide at www.smarthomewaterguide.org or request a printed copy...
Dear Editor, Your latest issue of the Vail Voice had suggestions for conserving water: after all we do live in the desert. Those of us that have been here for many years do not have to be reminded that water conservation is just part of life here. We’ve always been concerned about how much water is “down there.” Now we are seeing...
