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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Anne Fritz completes a kettlebell swing with her fellow members Gloria Lopez-Sugden and the two new members who were trialing the class in Resilient Fitness in Tucson, Ariz. on April 15, 2025. The kettlebell swing is a fundamental movement that is in all of RF’s programming, and something that long-time members have worked to master.

Balance & Power: Strengthening bodies, creating bonds

Emma LaPointe May 13, 2025

8:55 a.m. - Early birds Class members trickled into class at Resilient Fitness, 2900 E. Broadway Blvd., catching up on life, cracking jokes and starting to warm up in between the small talk. On one...

1925 Tucson Rodeo Parade. Photo Courtesy of Herb Wagner.

A century in the saddle: Tucson’s rodeo parade turns 100

Jimmy Furcini, Reporter February 5, 2025

As the Tucson Rodeo Parade celebrates its 100th anniversary, the community is coming together to honor a tradition that has endured for generations.  The parade, the largest non-motorized procession...

Joe Gauci of Malta Joe's Baked Goods holds up some freshly baked pastizzi.

Pastizzi Perfection – Tucson has the only pastizzi factory in America

Reese Anderson, Reporter November 4, 2024

Sometimes, good things just land right in front of you.  For Joe Gauci, it was his mother's pastizzi recipe.  “It was Christmas time and I had just finished baking a bunch of Maltese cookies...

The VOTEriaAZ and Grita Canta Vota teams are actively working to register new voters. Courtsey of @empoweraz on Instagram.

VOTEriaAZ aims to register 40,000 voters

Zoe Montaño, Reporter September 11, 2024

Arizona is weeks away from the Oct. 7 voter registration deadline and the Arizona Center for Empowerment is pushing to register 40,000 new voters with its VOTEriaAZ campaign. Last March, ACE launched...

Desert View High School teacher Samuel Mendivil introduces his students to a new topic.

Sunnyside teachers rack up hundreds of PTO hours

Refugio Del Cid, Reporter April 29, 2024

Sunnyside Unified School District has 200 teachers who have each accrued more than 400 hours of accumulated paid time off and district officials are trying to come up with a plan to balance the books.  That...

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