Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:36 AM The El Tour de Tucson is coming up this Saturday and this year more than ever, organizers are focusing on race safety.

Pinal County Sheriffs Deputy Jeff Parkhurst was injured Monday in a car accident while on duty.

The Oracle Elementary School District Governing Board has a vacancy due to the resignation of Board Member David Bowersock.

Cyclists mass at the starting line for 2008's El Tour de Tucson. Look for a similar scene downtown next weekend for this year's race.

Tucson and Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. have agreed to a deal to take down 110 billboards around the city, ending more than 20 years of litigation.

During my working life I have been fortunate to have lived and worked on all the continents.

Emergency crews are on the scene of a serious three vehicle crash at the intersection of River and Oracle in Tucson.

Contrary to what you may have heard, most Arizona State Parks are open for business.

Mankind has been utilizing stones for construction purposes for thousands of years.

A freeze warning has been issued for a good portion of southeast Arizona for overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said.

Families hoping to cut vacation costs by taking their kids camping in Arizona may soon not have the option.

As a young man in 1969, I worked at a summer Salvation Army camp in Peppersauce Canyon near Oracle.

Traffic from Highway 77 was routed through Oracle for two hours Sunday night while Arizona Department of Public Safety officers and other emergency personnel worked to save the lives of two accident victims.

Damn The Economy! Oracle OpenWorld Sails On An estimated 43,000 Oracle customers and partners swarmed into San Francisco last week for the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 show.

I had planned to attend Oracle Open World 2009. Not that anyone had suggested that my duties as java.net editor might require that.