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Famous writers scheduled to appear at Tucson Festival of Books

The Tucson Festival of Books is one of our city’s more unique events, featuring a panoply of children’s events, author interviews, writing workshops and panels.... Read more»0

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Local expert predicts busy rattlesnake season

This year’s cold, rainy weather may delay rattlesnake season a bit, but it ultimately will mean more snakes when they surface in full force, probably the beginning of April.... Read more»0

Health care debate

Sebelius: Opposition to health care reform works against insurers

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told an audience of insurance industry professionals Wednesday “that opposing President Obama’s health-care agenda and letting premium hikes continue would eventually hurt the health-care industry.’... Read more»0

A return to Taliban days in Afghanistan?

The “Morality and Knowledge Association” recently established in Herat wants to ban women’s voices from the airwaves, remove the “corruption” of foreign movies and soap operas from Afghans’ nightly viewing, and generally bring the media back into line with what they consider “Islamic principles and Afghan culture.”... Read more»0

Notable poets read at Tucson Book Festival

The Tucson Book Festival, in cooperation with the UA’s Poetry Center and American Indian Language Development Institute, will be hosting some of America’s best living poets this weekend. These are the Sentinel’s selections of the best of the festival’s poetry roster.... Read more»0

Music review

Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, inside and out

The Tucson Chamber Music Festival offers free open rehearsals on the mornings of concerts. It’s an opportunity to watch seasoned professionals practice their craft in ways that are not always obvious in concerts alone.... Read more»0

Tucson Unified School District

Wrightstown Elementary to close after 96 years

This will be the final year for 96-year-old Wrightstown Elementary School. The TUSD Governing Board voted unanimously Tuesday to merge the East Side school with Henry Elementary effective this fall.... Read more»0

St.Patrick's Day

'I, Hugo,' or how the Irish founded Tucson

Hugo (or Hugh) O’Conor is considered by many to be the Old Pueblo’s founding father. He is especially embraced by members of the large Irish community who dwell in Tucson today.... Read more»1

Access Tucson, Channel 12 to share facility

The city’s Channel 12 will move to Access Tucson’s downtown facility, and both operations will be funded equally, the City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday.... Read more»0

'Undercover Muslim'

Author goes undercover to study radical Islam

Theo Padnos now admits that he was indeed a “fake” Muslim who converted to Islam at a mosque in Yemen, in front of witnesses.... Read more»0

Comic: Seventeen Words For Snow

Go ask Alice (when she's 20,000 leagues under)

With all the hype surrounding Tim Burton’s new film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, I felt that I should get in on the game. Perhaps TucsonSentinel.com will gross more than the movie.... Read more»0

Comic: International trade

Brazil goes nuts over U.S. export subsidies

Capping a nine-year trade dispute over U.S. farm export credit guarantees, Brazil announced it would impost a broad range of sanctions on U.S. imports.... Read more»0

Industrial Spanish town opts for the arts

Rising out of tidal terrain reclaimed from generations of pollutant industries, the outer structure of the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center promises a brighter future for those living in this secluded land of Spain’s north.... Read more»0

No contest: Miller on track to buy East Valley Tribune after 2nd bidder pulls out

The publisher of the Northwest Explorer appears poised to take over the East Valley Tribune after his main competition to buy the Mesa newspaper - a failed bidder for the Tucson Citizen last year - dropped out of the contest.... Read more»1

Inmates hunger strike for immigration detention reform

Inmates in a South Texas detention facility began a series of hunger strikes in January, hoping for better conditions and fewer transfers, as advocates pleaded for the government to come through on promises to reform the immigrant-detention system.... Read more»0

Traffic

Tangerine closed for railroad repairs Wed-Thurs

Tangerine Road will be closed at the railroad tracks directly east of I-10 for emergency repairs by the Union Pacific Railroad.... Read more»0

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