Tucson Time Capsule : Kino statue dedication

From the Tucson Time Capsule, Jan. 13, 2009: When Father Eusebio Francisco Kino first rode into the Santa Cruz Valley around 1700, he never could have imagined that someday a 2 1/2-ton, 15-foot-tall likeness of him would stand at the north end of a parkway bearing his name. But on Jan. 13, 1…

Battle at Miracle Valley

Contrasting views on what to do about dwindling water

The Central Arizona Project canal, shown here as it snakes across the Avra Valley to Tucson Water's storage site, carries 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Arizona each year.

US, Colombia OK accord widening American access to military bases

BOGOTA — In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers signed a pact Friday giving American personnel expanded access to military bases in this drug-producing country, a deal that Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region's security.

Floods, winds menace South after West's major snowfall

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Residents of some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow. Meanwhile, heavy rain and winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving three people dead.

Floods, winds menace South after West's major snowfall

GV woman found alive 2 days after crash; husband died

A Green Valley woman survived two days of frigid temperatures at the bottom of a 300-foot embankment following a rollover crash near Safford that killed her husband, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.