The Aspen Fire in 2003

Leroy Day and his wife, Jeanne Mayer, both firefighters with the Mount Lemmon Fire Department, rebuild their home in 2004 after the Aspen Fire. In the background is their neighbor's home. Many homes along North Ajo in Summerhaven were destroyed by the Aspen Fire.

Arizona State Museum celebrates 120 years

The Arizona State Museum building on the UA campus.

Notable passings of 2012

In this July 29, 1964 file photo, Richard Zanuck, 29, is shown as production manager at Twentieth Century-Fox studio in Los Angeles. Zanuck, the son of Darryl F. Zanuck, has been schooled by his father in all phases of the business. According to his publicist, Richard D. Zanuck has died at a…

New firm to offer 100s of local jobs

Aris' Duane Armijo, second from left, made the announcement with Sandra Watson, left, and Supervisors Sharon Bronson and Ramón Valadez.

New firm to offer 100s of local jobs

The Aris Integration Insulated Panel System combines the strength of steel framing with the thermal properties of rigid cellular insulation.

New firm to offer 100s of local jobs

Hundreds of new construction jobs are planned for Tucson, but they won't involve swinging a hammer.

Presidential elections and transfers of power

With hardly an inch of space to spare, this giant wave of humanity spread over Broadway, in the heart of New York City's Theatrical District on election on Nov. 8, 1932 in New York. It was a happy crowd, shouting, cheering, and tooting their horns as the night grew on and more election retur…

Weekend fire damages building at Pinal Airpark

A fire that caused an estimated $400,000 in damage to a building at Marana Aerospace Solutions over the weekend remains under investigation.

Democratic National Conventions: A look back

As demonstrators are placed into police vans, Chicago police form a battle line against thousands of others during a melee in Chicago on Aug. 28, 1968. The police are lined up and looking north on Michigan Ave. at the Conrad Hilton hotel, the headquarters for the Democratic National Conventi…

Aspen Fire recovery

Customers and well-wishers mill around shortly after the grand reopening of the Mt. Lemmon General Store & Gift Shop in Summerhaven, AZ., Saturday June 19, 2004. Photo by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

Burger Night at Steak Out features $6 steaks

Downtown Tucson

Photo courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society - Congress Street, shown in the 1930s, may be an early focus of a survey to see which Downtown buildings are eligible for the federal historic status.

Criterion Shoe Shop

The Criterion Shoe Shop on 27 East Congress Street in downtown Tucson, Ariz., unknown year, but probably around 1914. Arizona Historical Society ref# B89325.

Home & Patio Show puts ideas on display

Next weekend's Southern Arizona Home Builders Association Home & Patio Show promises to be educational and entertaining with enough intriguing products to spur a little action on those spring projects.

Letters to the editor

Property assessments are akin to thievery

Blood donations

The American Red Cross will seek blood donors at these times and places next week. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-448-3543.

Tucson Time Capsule : Boring big shots

Listening to speeches by Mayor Lew Murphy and Sen. Barry Goldwater apparently wasn't exactly Jayson Patton's idea of fun. On Oct. 31, 1974, Jayson, then 4, was attending the dedication ceremony for the new federal building at 301 W. Congress St. The eight-story building included offices for …

Tucson Time Capsule : Boring big shots

Murky 'Soldiers of God' raising a violent profile in Iran

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Seven years ago, a little-known group called Jundallah emerged in Iran with claims to fight for the rights of minority Sunnis in the unruly tribal areas near the border with Pakistan.