by LeAnn McRae No one thought Thomas would be King. He stood fifth in line. He received no special recognition for his place in line, no royal lessons, only a tutor, Professor Carter. One...
Category - Local
Hello Vail!
Hello Vail! Recently, Lucretia Free, publisher and owner of The Vail Voice, met and chatted it up about the newspaper/journalism...
Read MoreThe Vail Chorale Welcomes You for the Spring 2024 Season!
The Vail Chorale Welcomes You for the Spring 2024 Season! The Vail Chorale is excited to invite new and returning singers to join...
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Love Vail!
By now, everyone in Vail should have noticed the Love Vail signs spread throughout our community. The Love Vail campaign and...
Read MoreIncorporation Is Not a Done Deal!
The silencing of Vail residents has been happening for months behind the scenes and will continue to happen if Vail is...
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Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society (TCSC) to the...
by Bill Thornton As conservationists, we have worked to protect our unique and biologically rich Sonoran Desert from the relentless march of sprawl development. We’ve scored some notable...
Construction Zone
Medical Cannabis Cultivation Facility A 40,000 square foot medical cannabis cultivation facility is being built next to the Rita Ranch Car Wash on Rita Road. Phase 1 planned opening is...
RTA Roadway Construction Will Ease Mobility and...
The east side of Tucson currently is seeing heavy construction activity from voter-approved Regional Transportation Authority projects. The RTA’s 20-year plan is in its 12th year and will...
District 4 Update – The latest from Pima County...
Since last February, members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors have been struggling over accepting, rejecting, and ultimately terminating a federal grant from the U.S. Department of...
Willie’s Corner
by J.J. Lamb of the Vail Preservation Society Six-year-old Willie ran excitedly into his new home at Marsh Station. The beautiful wooden shingle roof had been painted green, it came to a...
Upcoming Propositions Related to Education
by Stacy Winstryg The Vail Parent Network recently co-hosted a community town hall on September 17th to inform citizens about the growth in Vail, as well as give information on Prop 468 and...
Bridal Wreath Falls
by Rob Samuelsen Douglas Spring Trail in the Rincon Mountains is a popular hike on the northwestern flank of Saguaro National Park East. The intermittent Douglas Spring is a long 16.6 mile...
Vail, Rita Ranch, and Corona Construction Updates
by Tom Howard Road Construction Update Houghton Road/Over Union Pacific Railroad The Southbound approach and bridge are taking shape. Crews are backfilling the new road and bringing it up...
Remembering a Vail Pioneer
by Barbara Mayer On July 25th, 2018, our storyteller, our collector of Vail memories, our dad, the patriarch of our family, Fred Mayer, passed away. His family had a small house in Vail so...