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Downtown Tucson is about to lose one of its more ambitious taprooms. Brick Box Brewery, the community hangout that took over the old Thunder Canyon Brewery space on East Broadway Boulevard, has announced it will close on Nov. 29. The brewery is inviting customers to come in over the next month for one last round.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Cavett Elementary and consolidating it with Utterback Middle School — the 13th and 14th schools named as part of recommendations to right-size Southern Arizona’s largest school district. The two schools are among the 14 so far, of the...

Joe Fennel is 7 years old, and in Tucson he is being called a hero. When his mom had a seizure at home, the boy called 911, stayed on the line with the dispatcher and kept his 2-and-a-half-year-old brother calm until help arrived. Tucson firefighters recently honored Joe with a...

At The Treasury 1929, models sashayed up and down the runway with the aim of keeping one of Tucson’s essential affordable housing organizations alive. "I think we are becoming a force in the community, in the aim of affordable housing,” said Christie Lee, president and CEO of TMM Family Services, which hosted its second annual Runway to Resilience event on Oct. 21. “And it is so critical to have affordable housing for every business owner. At the end of the day, I would like to say to a restaura

Oro Valley is prepared to adopt zoning code amendments regulating data centers, to include a prohibition of all “large-scale” data centers using 20MW of power or more. If adopted, Oro Valley “will be the only jurisdiction” among 13 researched in Arizona “to prohibit large-scale data centers,” according to a staff report from Bayer Vella, Oro Valley’s town planner.

What began as a heartfelt tribute to the first responders who cared for one family’s son during his final battle with cancer has now grown into Southern Arizona’s largest free outdoor rock concert. The sixth annual Rockin’ 4 Heroes Concert is slated for Sunday, Nov. 8, at James...

Tucson Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo addressed the public for the first time since announcing the potential closure and consolidation of schools across the district.

Marvin Thomas, father of former Canyon del Oro standout Jordan Thomas, has started a GoFundMe fundraising drive to help with expenses after Jordan suffered a severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down in a Fort Lewis (Colo.) College game Saturday. The injury occurred in a...

Sprouts Farmers Market, a grocery store chain headquartered in Phoenix, is opening three new locations throughout Arizona over the next two weeks. Two of the stores open their doors to customers on Friday at 7 a.m. One is located near Houghton and Old Vail roads in Tucson, and the other is in Scottsdale off Scottsdale and McDowell roads.

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Authorities responded to a shooting near Stone and Drachman in Tucson on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Tucson Police Department said there was a confrontation and shooting in the parking lot of a nearby business around 3:30 p.m.m, and the suspect and victim likely knew each other.