Witness of execution from WVLT team talks what happened inside Christa Pike’s death chamber
Christa Pike is ‘conscious, speaking,’ nearly a week after she survived what should have been two lethal injections.
Arizona misses out on second top-40 recruit in two days
In arguably the worst recruiting week of Tommy Lloyd's career, the Arizona Wildcats struck out on a high profile target for the second day in a row. One day aft
Once You Taste The Huevos Rancheros At Tucson’s Baja Cafe, Ordinary Breakfast Feels Boring
Some breakfasts fill you up, and some breakfasts quietly ruin plain toast for you forever. On the east side of Tucson, a small cafe has been doing the second kind every morning at 6 am. People line up outside on weekends, and they stand there patiently for a reason. The...
This Arizona Restaurant Claims To Have Invented The Chimichanga And Still Serves The Original...
Some kitchen accidents get cleaned up. This one ended up famous. The family behind this longtime Tucson restaurant has credited its founder with accidentally creating the fried burrito in the 1920s. Other origin stories exist, but Arizona has been happily holding onto this version for generations. The restaurant itself
Legendary Tucson restaurant chain up for sale
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Legendary Tucson restaurant chain El Guero Canelo is up for sale. According to a posting on LoopNet.com, the three locations are available along with an office building. The deal includes the three restaurants in Tucson -- 2480 North Oracle Road, 5201 South 12th Avenue, and...
Pairings blends Tucson music, culinary arts
Food and music will share the spotlight at the Fox Tucson Theatre as local chefs and songwriters turn a common theme into original dishes and songs during the third annual Pairings · Music & Morsels fundraiser. The Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation will host the event at 6 p.m. Wednesday,...
Fear and fun at Old Tucson’s Nightfall
The honorable Judge Blackwood is holding court for the 34th year of Nightfall, and all must rise, even the dead. The event, which takes place every October, is a frightful reimagining of Old Tucson, the city’s historical old-west film set turned family entertainment park. As the sun begins to set, the frontier town fil
Leonardo Electronics US Awarded $30.1 Million Army Contract Modification for Tucson Laser Research
TUCSON, Arizona (Oct 7, 2026)— Leonardo Electronics US Inc. has been awarded a $30.15 million modification to an existing U.S. Army contract for research and development involving semiconductor diode laser arrays. The work will be performed in Tucson, with an estimated completion date of March 29, 2029. Announced Septe
Tucson adopts new action plan for Prosperity Initiative
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Tucson Mayor and Council adopted a new action plan for the city’s Prosperity Initiative during a study session Tuesday, marking the next phase of a program created in 2022 in partnership with Pima County to end poverty. The decision follows years of research into...
Tucson botanicals, fragrances company turns 45
Kuumba Made began in a 36-foot outrigger canoe. Inside the boat: Denise Kuumba Piazza, age 19, a Bostonian. Hard on the heels of a New England winter she’d toughed out in a teepee, now set afloat in the tepid, turquoise waters of the Caribbean. She learned how to make...
