By Anne Gibson Vail Pride Day (VPD), a Vail School District (VSD) event, celebrated its twentieth anniversary on Saturday, February 16th at the Pima County Fairgrounds with cheers and...
Category - Outdoors
They’ll See You Before You See Them
By Alisha Brewer If you are one of the few people to have spotted a mountain lion, consider yourself lucky! I know some people...
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AZ Adventures Outdoors: Sabino Canyon Crawler
By Rob Samuelsen For thousands of years, people have flocked to Sabino Canyon to use and enjoy the water because water is the...
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Highways & Byways for June 2021
By Tom Howard Houghton/I-10 InterchangeCrews have completed the switch of all the on and off ramps. Work continues the bridge...
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Looking Up – Tucson Mountain Ranges
By Rob Hallberg The Tucson area mountains are spectacular and very few US cities can boast they are “surrounded” by them. You can...
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January, Snow, Snow, and Snow
By John Simpson The new year welcomed the Vail area with snow, and quite a bit of it. A storm moved in on New Year’s Eve and rain changed over to snow. By New Year’s morning, around 1-2...
Picacho Peak
By Rob Samuelsen There may not be a more visible or iconic hike than summiting the 1,500-foot-tall Picacho Peak. Formed from ancient volcanic flows and eroded to its current monolithic...
ReSources’ Growth Depends on Volunteers
By Susan Summers In the two short years since its incorporation as a 501c3, Greater Vail Community Resources has seen tremendous growth in its operations as a grassroots local...
A New Park Comes to Del Lago
By Article Author Next to Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School is a new park called “Rancho del Lago Community Park.” The park has a playground equipment, a covered sitting area, and open space...
Vail Pride Day 20th Anniversary
By Article Author The Vail School District’s district-wide program Vail Pride Day will celebrate its Twentieth Anniversary on Saturday, February 16th at the Pima County Fairgrounds. The...
Inmate Labor in Southern Arizona
By Trent Thomas Every work day, anywhere from 200-300 inmates from the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson prepare for their jobs outside the prison walls. The inmates don their...
Local Vail Resident Climbs High Again to Support Our...
By Article Author Two years have passed since local Vail resident Chris Cobb undertook a mission to support military families in their time of need by undertaking a climb to the top of Mt...
Major Road Construction Projects Coming to Vail
by Tom Howard The Arizona Department of Transportation has announced a bid for a project that will affect Vail/Colossal Cave Road and SR 83, Mountain View Interchange. The project is set...
December and Full 2018 Weather Report
by John Simpson December was relatively warm and wet. For December, I recorded 1.34 inches of rain, which is just below my eight-year average of 1.48 inches. The Tucson airport recorded 1...