Tag - The Vail Voice

Tucson Home Market

By Rob Hallberg As a REALTOR®, I have avoided posting articles on Real Estate as I wanted to focus on other areas of interest, and we already have an ad on the same page as our articles. But the Tucson market has had fewer homes for sale in at least the last 15 years and the demand has caused prices to rise at a pace unseen since 2005. And it is...

Pet Parlor for October 2021

My family , husband and daughter had been thinking about getting me a dog. I had spoken to a friend who had moved and couldn’t keep him anymore. He was a year old and we fell in love. His birthday is 11/19/09. He’s very smart, and he’s my buddy. We have a cat, they act just like Garfield and Odie!!!!Linda Bilbrey We thought we...

Minimum Wage Increase – What are the true costs?

By Brad Anderson The Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce represents businesses and business interest throughout the entire southeast Pima County area. Many of these businesses will be affected if Proposition 206, Tucson’s Minimum Wage Initiative, passes The Chamber is bringing this debate straight to its members during its monthly breakfast on...

August 2021 Climate Report

By John Simpson Last month I reported that July 2021 was the wettest month I have recorded since I have been taking records the past 11 years. I also reported that July 2021 was the wettest month the Tucson Airport (official location) has ever recorded and that location has well over 100 years of data. August 2021 is now my second wettest month as...

What to expect financially when you’re expecting

By Hughes Federal Credit Union The arrival of a new family member is a momentous event that comes with both new responsibilities and additional expenses. While it’s important to celebrate the great news, it’s also wise to familiarize yourself with the additional costs so that you can better prepare yourself and start building a financially secure...

Tucson frights

By Patrick Whitehurst There’s no better time to explore those things that go bump in the night, and those topics that make us lock our doors at night, than the month of October. Tucson’s scary tales range from the hard to beilieve to the police blotter.Tales that truly happened, such as the Pied Piper of Tucson, have shaken the...