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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Prison closure leaves Florence residents uncertain about town’s future

February 26, 2020

By Priya Jandu/Arizona Sonora News Florence, Arizona, is known for a few things: the annual County Thunder music festival, a few  triathlons, an annual motorcycle run and, most notably, the prison...

700,000 Arizonans use SNAP benefits to buy basic food items every month.

SNAP cutbacks coming to Pima County

Ashley McGowan March 31, 2016

Beginning this month, unemployed SNAP recipients in Pima County will have 90 days to find employment or risk losing their food assistance. As many as 40,000 Arizonans will be affected by this time...

Arthur Griffith (left), CEO of Desert Owl Games, talks with a University of Arizona business partner about a new video game created for mining safety, called "Harry's Hard Choices," in their new office in Tucson, Ariz. on Monday, May 5, 2015. Photo by Rebecca Marie Sasnett / Arizona Sonora News Service

Video game development on the rise in Arizona

EShanhan June 8, 2015

The video game industry is leveling up in Arizona.The number of video gaming industry employees in the state increased by 11 percent in Arizona from 2009-2012, according to the latest report by the Entertainment...

Tourists watch the daily Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on a sunny February afternoon.

Tourism Boom Could be Dwindling

Maci Hidalgo February 20, 2014

    As the tourist season begins in Tombstone, business owners and shop workers have mixed feelings about the effect of the economy on commerce in the town. “This year is the slowest year...

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