Oracle News Archives

Here, guests experiment with the Heartbeat Machine. Courtesy of Jeff Smith More Photos : If you go a What: Glow, a nighttime art experience.

People keep telling us it's fall but, wearing tank tops and shorts, we don't really believe it.

Rancho Linda Vista Barn Gallery at the historical artists community is open to the public.

The Oro Valley Town Council last week unanimously decided to pursue buying property along North Oracle Road to protect wildlife.

Lori Shewey is the new Postmaster of the Oracle Post Office. Oracle Post Office has a new person at its helm.

Representing the San Manuel High Marching band are from left to right: Angel Medina, Danielle Chavez, and Sylvia Roan; Jessie Mortenson, Preston Casillas, Andrew Saunders, Rudi Romo, and Brianna DeChamp.

A full-size model Phoenix Lander has landed at Biosphere 2 before it heads, ultimately, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C "When we send Viking to Mars , or Voyager outside the solar system, they are envoys of our biosphere," Jayne Poynter wrote in her 2006 book "the Human Experiment," the intriguing tale of her 1991-93 experience ...

Tucson Police have arrested 24-year-old Leslie De Jesus Moreno-Clark in connection with an early morning carjacking, which resulted in a police pursuit down I-10. Early Tuesday morning at 5:40 a.m., officers responded to the area of Prince Rd.

In his "Guide to the Arizona Trail," Tom Jones describes the walk on the Black Hills stretch, 28 miles from just north of Oracle to Freeman Road, as moderate.

A state park north of Tucson is shutting its gates for the indefinite future. A shrinking state budget means on October 1st, Oracle State Park will close.

Big cuts to Arizona state parks. Workers are losing their jobs and one southern Arizona park is even being shut down.

PHOENIX a ' The Arizona State Parks Board made reductions Friday that include layoffs, limits on park operations and moving forward with an entrance-fee proposal next spring in an attempt to bridge a $1.5 million budget gap.

In an attempt to bridge a $1.5 million budget gap, the Arizona State Parks Board made "sobering and substantial" reductions on Friday that include layoffs, limits on park operations and moving forward with an entrance-fee proposal next spring.

Facing a $1.5 million shortfall, state parks officials are recommending curtailed hours at several sites and higher fees to go to those when they are open.

Enjoying their time together, the Feagan women relax and reminisce after a surprise party for Mom at the Hill House at Triangle L Ranch in Oracle.

The proverbial fat lady is gearing up for her final aria at the Oracle State Park.

For many people Sept. 11, 2001 has faded into memory. But not for Dan Creed. He doesn't dwell on 9/11, but he also doesn't forget his brush with history that day.

Three Estrella Mountain Elementary School teachers are bringing what they learned in Biosphere 2 this summer to the classroom.