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- Jasmine Creighton
This July 4th is your last chance to see the fireworks over "A" Mountain. The show, switching to drones, could be moved to a new site next year, as well.
- Kelly Presnell
Fans at Playground watch the shorthanded US get an insurance goal late to win 2-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and advance in the World Cup Finals, July 1, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
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FC Tucson drop in-state rivals Stars FC 4-1 in a pre-Fourth of July USL League 2 match up, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2026.
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FC Tucson drop in-state rivals Stars FC 4-1 in a pre-Fourth of July USL League 2 match up, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2026.
- Kelly Presnell
Armory Park, closed for nearly nine months for a $1.71 million upgrade, renovation and improvement, reopened with a concert, circus arts, food trucks and a car show July 2, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
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There are specific dates, times and places where you can set off fireworks in Arizona.
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Mission Garden, the agricultural museum at the base of A Mountain, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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PHOENIX — Backers of comprehensive changes to the state's system of taxpayer-funded vouchers for education submitted more than 400,000 signatures Thursday, setting the stage for what could be an expensive campaign.
July 4, 1776, marked the beginning of the American experiment, but it was just another hot summer day in the small, Indigenous village that would give rise to Tucson.
A new new display at that opens July 4 at the Arizona History Museum in Tucson called "Arizona Histories, American Stories," uses artifacts from around the state to highlight key periods in the nation's history.
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A California man who sent ransom messages to the family of Nancy Guthrie following her disappearance from her Tucson home is likely to get probation when he is sentenced here in September.
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Armory Park reopened Thursday evening after months of renovations.
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For the month of July, guests can watch animals crush, roll, lick and engulf watermelons during Watermelon Wednesdays at the Reid Park Zoo. Summer hours are 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. daily.
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Armory Park, closed for nearly nine months for a $1.71 million upgrade, renovation and improvement, reopened with a concert, circus arts, food trucks and a car show July 2, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
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