One of Vail Parent Network’s advocacy priorities has been the full restoration of funding previously provided by the state for classroom furniture and supplies, facility repairs, and...
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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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A Drop in the Bucket
The smiling fourth-grade student said, “There were two big hurricanes and lots of people need our help, and more hurricanes are coming!” Nadine, and her friend Karla, wanted to do...
Highways and Byways
Houghton Road at I-10 Traffic Signals The traffic signals have been activated and are now in full effect. Use caution in the area as everyone gets used to the new signals. All barricades...
Resourceful Thinking
Look for the helpers. That’s what I tell my three little ones when they are discouraged by all the events taking place around us. At 2, 4, and 6, their access to television is still...
Along a Desert Trail – The Last Great Arizona...
By the mid-1880s the days of long cattle drives over hundreds of miles to market were past. In southern Arizona, the Southern Pacific Railroad’s main line and reasonable shipping rates made...
Pima County Public Library: We Recommend
Here are stories of people who braved difficult circumstances and fears, in their journey for justice. As we near the celebration of Veterans and those who have served America, try this...
Interview with Author Michael Lavelle
Questions for you: How old were you when you first started writing? My writing generally came first from academic papers for postgraduate degree programs. Years later, I also wrote monthly...
Vail Welcome & Heritage Center – Coming Soon!
Stories surround us, they connect and inspire. Many of Vail’s defining moments have taken place in and around the 1908 Old Vail Store & Post Office. This simple adobe was the hub of...
A Sense of Community
During this past month’s chamber breakfast, a current resident and future chamber member shared these words with me, “We came (to Vail) for the schools and we stayed for the community!”...
Is Your Family Ready For Flu Season?
From cooler temperatures to pumpkin pie, we welcome many things that come with the fall season, but the flu is not one of them. Dr. Katherine Leitner, a Vail pediatrician and mom, provides...