Basha has moved up quickly. The Bears went 8-2 in 4A in 2004, then reached the playoffs last season in their first year at 5A, but return only one starter on offense.

Outlook: Chandler coach Jim Ewan might have been lucky the lights went out on the Wolves shortly after Westwood grabbed a 14-0 lead last week.

Basha has moved up quickly. The Bears went 8-2 in 4A in 2004, then reached the playoffs last season in their first year at 5A, but return only one starter on offense.

The way Tucson singer/songwriter Kevin Pakulis tells it, despite the fact he’s been a fine guitar picker since the age of 14, he never thought much about writing songs and singing them until just a few years ago.

TUCSON - If the Chrysler Classic of Tucson fares as well as it did during Wednesday’s Pro-Am, when approximately 10,000 fans soaked up the sun, then it is safe to predict that golf’s "Last Roundup in the Old Pueblo" will have yet another great week since the PGA Tour left it for dead in 1998.

Local leaders want to give their communities the chance to grieve and show their support for the victims of the Tucson shooting earlier this month.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will travel to Tucson on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for the victims of last weekend's shooting rampage.

Nighttime vigils are being held in Tucson and Phoenix for Arizona Congressman Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of the shootings Saturday in Tucson.

Two people have been taken in to custody in connection with the slaying of a woman whose body was found in a South Tucson home last month.

TUCSON - A 44-month low in the median price of a house in Pima County means many homeowners owe more than their house is worth, according to data from the Tucson Association of Realtors.

TUCSON - Tucson police say they have made an arrest in connection with a deadly shooting early Sunday.

TUCSON - At first, it looked like a 2-year-old boxer mix, bloody and found in a Tucson construction site had been hit by a car.

President Bush has arrived in Tucson, where he'll spend the night before attending a fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Tim Bee this morning.

 Instead of waiting for lab results to confirm measles, the Pima County Health Department is responding quickly to suspected cases in an effort to control a measles outbreak that has grown to 16 confirmed cases since mid-February, health officials said.

Scottsdale-based Greenbrier Southwest Corp., Cottonwood Properties of Tucson and Ritz-Carlton said Thursday they will develop the 850-acre Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain in northwest Tucson.