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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Bolo ties hanging up.

Comeback Season: The Bolo Tie

Zoe Wesley May 2, 2018

This festival season, the bolo tie is getting a makeover. The bolo tie gained immense popularity throughout the southwest in the early 30s and became the official neckwear of Arizona in 1973. The...

Burt y Dorothy Devere se sientan bajo el arbusto rosa más grande del mundo. Foto por Jireh Jimenez

World’s largest rose tree can be yours for $1.6M

Jireh Lopez Jimenez September 27, 2017

  The Lady Banksia Rose. The world’s largest rose tree. Thousands of blooms each spring. Yours for $1.6 million. The Shady Lady -- labeled by Guiness as the World's Largest Rose Tree --...

Members of the Arizona Rangers Tombstone Company pose for a picture before starting foot and mounted patrol down historic Allen Street. From left to right: Duty Sgt. Dan Fischer, Lt. Mike Gross, Ranger Jim Politi, Ranger Geno D'Ambrose, Maj. Kenn Barrett. (Photo by: David Mariotte/ Tombstone Epitaph)

Rangers return: Volunteer officers bring back Old West

David Mariotte February 11, 2016

Rounding the wooden barricade outside the Bird Cage Theater, the ranger stopped mid-strut at a call for assistance. “We’re stuck,” said a man in his 40s, motioning across the street to his...

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