Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

As the desert gets hotter, rattlesnakes lurk {With ASNS Highlights video}

As the desert gets hotter, rattlesnakes lurk {With ASNS Highlights video}

Lauren Shores April 24, 2014

  [Story by Vianca Cao; Video by Jade Nunes] As the blazing summer months quickly approach and the temperatures rise above 90 degrees even in the spring, evidence of rattlesnakes can be seen and...

The song in Tucson:  Take Me Out of the Ball Game

The song in Tucson: ‘Take Me Out of the Ball Game’

Lauren Shores April 24, 2014

Tucson is now the largest city in the United States without a professional baseball team. Since the Tucson Padres packed their bats and bags and balls and relocated to El Paso over the winter, Tucson...

Is this Walmart, all over again? The plight of the independent gas station

Lauren Shores April 23, 2014

The defunct Speedway Racing Gas station on Speedway in Tucson is abandoned and surrounded by a chain link fence. Signs reading “unleaded” and “diesel” are still on display to the busy streets,...

In views on native vs exotic plants, Phoenix and Tucson are 100 miles and 100 years apart {With ASNS slide show}

In views on native vs exotic plants, Phoenix and Tucson are ‘100 miles and 100 years’ apart {With ASNS slide show}

Lauren Shores April 9, 2014

  TUCSON — Before going to work as the assistant dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona, Richard Wiedhopf wakes up just a little bit earlier than he otherwise would need to...

Mount Lemmon ski season shot to hell, with slim chance of freezing over

Mount Lemmon ski season shot to hell, with slim chance of freezing over

Lauren Shores March 18, 2014

SUMMERHAVEN, Ariz. -- If you’ve been waiting patiently for local ski season to finally start this year, it may be time to put your boots and poles back in the shed. Sure, there’s a little snow on the...

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