Hello Friends, Since designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981, every 21st of September the world celebrates International Day of Peace. In honor of this year’s holiday, we will be installing a peace pole outside the Ward 4 Council Office dedicated to the people of Tucson. International Day of Peace is a day devoted to furthering...
Residents Say They Look Forward to Having Hospital, Provider Offices Nearby Residents of Vail, and Tucson’s eastside and surrounding areas will have easier access to healthcare, when Northwest Medical Center Houghton officially opens for business, right in their neighborhood this winter.The new hospital buzz is not lost on the residents who have...
Dear Editor, My husband and I are both Tucson natives and we moved to Vail about 20 years ago. When we first arrived in Vail we could really feel the sense of community. This feeling of community and belonging has continued over the years, even as the area has expanded. The community members and variety of restaurants and stores have made it an...
Cookie Hog is a new family owned cookie business in Vail. They deliver to the Vail and ITA Ranch areas every day and Corona de Tucson on Wednesdays. To place an order:
Samantha Alamo is on Wichita State University’s Dean’s Spring Honor Roll. Congratulations, Samantha!
Vail’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs provide students with opportunities to gain job skills, certifications, and even employment out of high school. And, the programs certainly set students up with a launching pad to pursue advanced certifications, degrees, and professions. Vail’s CTE programs are an integral part of helping...
By Liana Hicks Thank you to the Albertsons Safeway Foundation and our local Vail Safeway store. Greater Vail Community Resources has been selected again to receive donations toward the foundation’s annual “Nourishing Neighbors” campaign, aimed at ensuring children and seniors in Vail have access to healthy breakfasts. During the month of...
By K. Nepsa As we experience one of the best monsoon seasons in recorded history, many people have witnessed the raging waters running through the Pantano Wash. The Pantano Wash runs through our community of Vail and its seasonal waters act like an intermittent heartbeat for our local ecosystems. The section of the Pantano Wash we see in Vail is...
By Rob Samuelsen Historically, the Grand River originated from the continental divide in Colorado and flowed southwesterly across the Colorado Plateau to the confluence of the Green River. The conjoined river formed the Colorado River just south of Moab, Utah. For whatever reason, in 1921 Congress renamed the entirety of the Grand River to the...
July 2021 saw record rainfall throughout southern Arizona. In Vail, one of Pima County’s reporting stations near Cienega High School tallied 6.57 inches of rain in July. In contrast, this station has reported an average of 3.69 inches in July since 2000! The rain is a much-needed resource for our parched desert, but it also means that subterranean...
