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KIDCO fees will triple, to $300 a school year
Parents will have to shell out three times as much to keep their kids in the city’s KIDCO after-school program next school year. The City Council approved the increase this month to help balance the budget. Full Story;
UA student gets the ‘dream’ invite to Obama speech
A University of Arizona freshman who spent the summer as a White House intern will be a special guest of first lady Michelle Obama’s for the president’s State of the Union address tonight. Full Story;
Idle building downtown weighed as UA class space
University of Arizona students could be taking classes in a downtown Tucson architecture and urban design studio as soon as this fall. Full Story;
TUSD to quadruple its Internet speed at a cost of $500K
For years, TUSD has been plagued by slow technology, but on Tuesday night the Governing Board approved spending more than $500,000 to improve Internet speed across the district by fourfold. Full Story;
They head for washes, camps, parks for tally
Leslie Carlson spent part of Tuesday night driving around Tucson’s south side searching for those who live on the streets. Full Story;
Collectors warned on sales of ‘rare’ $2 bills here
Arizona collectors are being cautioned about an advertisement for “rare” Arizona $2 bills. Full Story;
Tucson man gets 22 years in ’08 park shooting
A Tucson man who shot and killed a man walking his dog in a city park in November 2008 was sentenced to 22 years in prison Tuesday by a judge who blasted the gunman for his account of what happened that day and his courtroom apology. Full Story;
Unions, councilman propose city cutbacks
Sell Randolph North Golf Course. Tax University of Arizona students for parking and textbooks. Spin off the city’s parking garages into a separate parking authority. Full Story;
UA to combine media, theatre arts programs
Citing state budget cuts, the University of Arizona will combine its media arts program with its theatre arts program. Full Story;
GOP’s ‘ticked-off’ 4 tell why they want to replace Giffords
About 350 people filed into a high school auditorium in Vail Tuesday night to see the four Republicans trying unseat U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords square off. Full Story;
Political Notebook : GOP elated at yearly meet; Dems? Um, not so much
It’s that time of year. The state Democratic and Republican parties held their annual “Where do we go from here?” meetings in Phoenix on Saturday. And my, how quickly times change. Full Story;
The city’s two police radar vans are scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations today, according to the Tucson Police Department: Full Story;
Another Pacific storm will move through Southern Arizona and northern Mexico, bringing a chance of showers to our area by this afternoon. These showers will move out on Thursday for a nice weekend. Another storm system may give us a chance of showers Sunday night and Monday morning. Full Story;
The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available. Full Story;
Tucson Time Capsule : Chapel stood for 50+ years
A look at the Dillinger Days Festival at Hotel Congress on Jan. 23, 2010. Full Story;
Inmate, 22, found dead in his cell Full Story;
School board braces for cuts in Sahuarita
The Sahuarita Unified School District Governing Board is expected to make $760,000 in cuts to programs and eliminate 31 positions at its meeting today. Full Story;
Panel backs official ‘Grand Canyon’ usage
PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to officially declare Arizona “The Grand Canyon State,” and do it quick, before Nevada claims the title. Full Story;
Twin Buttes mining may restart
Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan has bought the long-closed Twin Buttes Mine site, near Sahuarita, for $200 million and may mine it once again, company officials said Monday. Full Story;
Ruling to alter how OV does business
Although an Arizona Supreme Court ruling issued Monday should not affect existing sales-tax revenue-sharing agreements, it will change how Oro Valley treats new subsidy pacts, the town attorney said. Full Story;
After beating cancer, she wins award
In a kindergarten classroom, it’s expected that tears will be shed from time to time — but normally it isn’t the teacher doing the crying. Full Story;
Sentence is 5.25 years in border agent rape case
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who was convicted of raping a fellow agent last year was sentenced to slightly more than five years in prison Monday after first being denied a new trial. Full Story;
Mom of 6 gets 21 years in prison for knife assaults
A Tucson mother of six was sentenced to 21 years in prison Monday for repeatedly stabbing a pregnant woman and the woman’s daughter last year. Full Story;
Bill to keep payday loans may be dead
PHOENIX — Efforts by the payday-loan industry to remain in Arizona after June 30 were dealt a serious — and potentially fatal — setback Monday when a key Democratic lawmaker said he won’t support what the lenders want. Full Story;
Tucson High students seek $8,000 for Haiti
Tucson High Magnet School students are raising money to benefit the earthquake victims of Haiti. Full Story;
An Angolan boy does flips on the beach at sunset in Luanda, Angola, Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Bull City Rising: Biweekly recycling collection, four-day trash …
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The Ironton Tribune | County commission approves dog tag increase
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