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Dean Herkenrath created Deckiez, a caffeine alternative to nicotine pouches, when he was in high school. (Photo courtesy of Dean Herkenrath)

From baseball to business

Ava Rose Turowski, Reporter April 10, 2025

When he was playing baseball for his high school in Idaho, Dean Herkenrath saw his teammates slipped little nicotine pouches in their gums in the dugout. It was not uncommon for athletes, from high...

Student Milestone Funding winners holding checks from Startup Night on March 18, 2025. (Courtesy of Julie Bularzik)

New Student Milestone program gives UA students low-barrier funding opportunity

Olivia Parisi, Reporter April 10, 2025

Startup Wildcats is hosting its third “Startup Night” on Tuesday, April 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the Environment and Natural Resources 2 building. Students can pitch an entrepreneurial idea for a chance...

A decade of empowerment

Sedona Hartley, Reporter April 9, 2025

  When Alex's fifth-grade class was taking a field trip to Humphreys Peak in Flagstaff, he was told he had to stay behind. Alex has autism and is non-verbal, which was the reason his mother...

Agave grows wild in Tucson including in the Mission Garden.

Tucson’s Agave Heritage Festival about much more than margaritas

Delaney Penn, Reporter April 9, 2025

The Agave Heritage Festival returns April 10–13, adding a little more energy to Tucson's already lively food scene. There will be a lot going on in the city that celebrates the agave plant's long history...

A member of the Christian Motorcyclists Association stops at Faith Christian Fellowship of Tucson after riding around and praying over the city during the Jericho Ride on Saturday, March 22, 2025.

Motorcycles, leather jackets and prayer? Some local Christian groups break stereotypical molds

Krisalynn Hayley Turman, Reporter April 8, 2025

Motorcyclists lined up at local churches around Tucson on Sunday, March 22, interrupting the still morning with a chain of engines roaring to life. One by one, kickstands went up and a variety of leather-jackets...

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