Mountain lion struck by car NW of Tucson dies

A mountain lion was killed Thursday morning on Picture Rocks Road in Saguaro National Park West, park officials said.

Mountain lion warning issued for Patagonia-area preserve

A mountain lion has been spotted several times in the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve in southern Arizona and visitors are being warned to be careful.

Fitz Blog: Welcome back UA Students

Most students entering the U of A this fall were born in 1994. This means ten things:

PepsiCo in gender flap over a new iPhone app

PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men "score" with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests.

PepsiCo in gender flap over a new iPhone app

Principal's enthusiasm leads Navajo students to proficiency

TOHATCHI, N.M. — Fifth-grader Darius Yazzie's after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a bus 15 miles each way through the rolling hills of this impoverished corner of the Navajo Nation.

Principal's enthusiasm leads Navajo students to proficiency

Greg Hansen : Memories keep alive Sahuaro's '70 titlists

This is the irresistible story that Dick McConnell tells from 40 years out: It was the fall of 1969 and the bricks and mortar of Tucson's newest high school, Sahuaro, were still settling. A young man with an imposing presence, 6-foot-5-inch senior David Henry, approached McConnell in a hallway.