Catalina News

Part of the landscape at Catalina State Park is in ruins. Not to worry. We're talking about an archaeological site a ' not environmental damage.

PHOENIX a ' The decision by lawmakers last month to take funds from the parks system means some will be closed later this year, the director of the agency said Thursday.

The Department of Juvenile Corrections says overcrowding will likely happen as a result of the closure of the Eagle Point Juvenile Correctional Facility in Buckeye.

One last storm before the year ends? Could be, according to the National Weather Service.

Tree rings are marked with landmark and historic human events. Some trees in Catalinas exceed 500 years of age UA tree-ring dating puts other firs older than that; good location plays key role By Doug Kreutz Arizona Daily Star Published: 12.27.2009 Here's a fascinating nugget of natural history you might not have known: Some of the Douglas fir ...

The back road from San Manuel to Oracle has been paved for a while now. It has even had its first fatal auto accident, at least the first one since it was paved.

These are some of the things Androuw Carrasco learned at the University of Arizona: Less privilege doesn't mean less potential.

And she's a cutter. The scars from her self-abuse are visible on her arms and legs.

In my neighborhood: $8.2M Oracle Rd. wildlife paths OK'd . Mountain lions, mule deer and black bears won a victory Thursday when a regional transportation agency agreed to spend $8.2 million to build three wildlife crossings across a heavily traveled section of North Oracle Road in the Oro Valley area.

Snow covered the higher elevations of the Santa Catalina Mountains Tuesday, as seen looking north from Houghton Road near Catalina Highway.

Plans would let large fires work their benefits in Southern Arizona By Tom Beal Arizona Daily Star Published: 12.06.2009 Here's the prescription for our catastrophically burned forests: Burn them again ... and again.

Members of the Gutierrez family, from left, son Alex, daughter Isabel and mother Robin holding youngest son Andres stay dry as light rain falls near Brandi Fenton Park in the Catalina Foothills.

Sedona, AZ: The unrivaled Widforss legacy of landscape realism is highlighted in the Museum of Northern Arizona's newest exhibit, Gunnar Widforss - Painter of the National Parks, that opened in November in Flagstaff; the exhibit will show through June 1, 2010.

The victim from yesterday morning's house fire at 228 N. Country Club has been identified as 23 year-old Alexander Wanamaker.

Nearly all of Arizona's secure juvenile corrections institutions could be shutdown, according to a proposal obtained by 12 news.

Ten homes were evacuated as a result of a police situation near Catalina and Fairmount.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department placed a restriction on Mt Lemmon Highway as a result of snow and ice conditions on the roadway.

You better watch out! You better not cry! You better not pout! I'm telling you why! Santa Claus is coming to town! Santa has a busy schedule this season and is looking forward to a much needed vacation.

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A 16-year-old is carried to a helicopter after being rescued from Pima Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.