The announcement came after the Citizen's owner, Gannett Co., announced plans to reduce costs by cutting 3 percent of its workforce in its Community Publishing division, which includes most of its newspapers except USA Today, said Jennifer Boice, the Tucson

Fort Huachuca residents refer to the constant marching as "soldierization," an initiation into the Army by sweat.

The drop, from May 2007 to May of this year, was even more severe than the 18 percent decline from April 2007 to April 2008, and the first-ever double-digit decline of 13 percent from March 2007 to March 2008.

US Airways ' non-stop flight from Tucson to Charlotte, N.C., will become a daytime trip on Tuesday.

The utility said it will buy a total of 800 megawatts of renewable energy — enough to power 239,000 homes each year — from subsidiaries of Hayward-based OptiSolar Inc. and San Jose-based SunPower Corp.

For the second straight year, Matthew Bryson, 12, staked a claim to the top slot among his age classification at the USA Karate National Championships held in late July. He also snared a position on the USA Junior National Team

This is a really long line for this time of the morning," said Gullotta, who has been selling twice a week since June. "It shows the desperation."

What it is: Summer movie classic: "The Blob." (Originally released in 1958.)

Here's a chance to support community radio and hear some fine, fine music:

Living with results of not drilling

Tucson Police Department officials said the arson was meant to conceal a burglary at the home in the 2400 block of South Cottonwood Lane, said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a police spokes-man.

Organ Pipe officials issued a 17-page report this week detailing how the 15-foot-high wire mesh fence halted the natural flow of floodwater during a July 12 storm that dumped 1 to 2 inches of rain in 90 minutes around the

Re: the June 2 article "Tax credits for solar up in the air."

Before they became career football men, Tim Kish and Bill Baker knew what it was to be draft eligible.

The programs in question began in 2006 and provided $2.5 million for vouchers to students with certain disabilities and $2.5 million for children who had been in foster care. Vouchers are tax money that families are allowed to use to

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Friday he is sending aletter to Merrill Lynch & Co. notifying the bank thathis office will file suit against it as part of aninvestigation into the collapse of the auction-rate securities market. Earlier

The airline industry is aggressively pushing for homegrown alternativesto petroleum-based jet fuel, while leaning on customers with a varietyof new travel charges to help control a projected $61 billionindustry-wide fuel expense this year.

The surging cost of gasoline and a desire for a greener commute areturning more people to electric bikes as an unconventional form oftransportation. They function like a typical two-wheeler but with abattery-powered assist, and bike dealers, riders and experts say