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...
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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Good News! Houghton Road Improvement Plan
by Supervisor Steve Christy This month’s Vail Voice column allows me to announce some terrific news. I’ll begin by sharing some information directly from the Pima County administrator’s...
Out and About in the Southwest by Mike Lavelle
By Article Author I have written previous articles about local southwest places to visit. Along these lines, (with a big difference) is traveling to Mexico, specifically to Rocky Point...
2018 – A Successful Year for Education by Stacy...
By Article Author 2018 proved to be a successful year for education in Vail. Here are some of the top highlights: 95% of schools in the Vail School District received an A rating from...
New Saguaro National Park Fees
January 1, 2019, Saguaro National Park will increase their fees by 5 dollars. This means that the 7 day private vehicle fee will go from 15 to 20 dollars, and for motorcycles, from 10 to 15...
Student Gardeners Rock by Elizabeth Smith
There is a special group of gardeners making a big difference in the Rita Ranch Community Garden: Students! Our student gardeners are making lots of great things happen in their garden beds...
Construction Zone Summary for 2018
January 2018 RTA Valencia/Kolb intersection project begins. Houghton Over the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks – concrete being poured. I-10 and Wilmot – The temporary bridge is being...
November, Mostly Dry and Cool by John Simpson
by Article Writer November was relatively cool and dry. The only day with recorded rainfall was the last day of the month. Most of the Vail area received 0.1 to 0.4 inches. I recorded 0.23...
Holiday Hiking
by Rob Samuelsen The Ghost of Christmas Past is alive and well in Arizona. Taking Ebenezer Scrooge on a quick tour of Arizona’s past, the ghost guides Scrooge to the December 25th, 1847...
September and Full Monsoon Report
by John Simpson Rainfall for the month of September varied greatly, as expected, across Vail and Tucson. For Vail, Corona was the big winner with well over 3 inches reported. Civano...