Billboard Baron Karl Eller Is Trying To Budge The City Council.
By Dave Devine
KARL ELLER, A 1946 graduate of Tucson High School, has
made millions in several businesses during his professional career.
He s so successful the University of Arizona recently named
its Business School after him but that might have more
to do with the $10 million donation he gave the UA than with the
fact that he built a convenience store empire. When he purchased most of Tucson s billboards last year,
Eller apparently thought he had enough clout to end the often
bitter legalistic battles between the City of Tucson and local
Olympian Abdi Abdirahman racing Father Time
Abdi Abdirahman will compete in his fifth Olympics
and last updated 2021-06-30 22:13:25-04
TUCSON, Arizona â Abdi Abdirahmanâs career has turned into a marathon.
The Somalia born distance runner, who attended Tucson High School, Pima College, and the University of Arizona. competed in four straight Olympics. However, he was unable to compete in the 2016 games due to a calf injury. It was very difficult, said Abdirahman. Itâs not the easiest. Itâs something that you work every four years as an athlete, and I didnât get to the starting lineup. It was a real disappointment/
Cox, Arizona School District Partner to Expand Broadband
Sunnyside School District is partnering with Cox Communications to expand high-speed Internet services to more than 1,000 households in the neighborhood located about 2 miles south of the Tucson airport.
May 25, 2021 • (TNS) Sunnyside School District is partnering with Cox Communications to expand high-speed internet services to more than 1,000 households in the neighborhood surrounding Summit View Elementary, about 2 miles south of the Tucson airport.
The neighborhood has historically not had access to broadband services, which created challenges for remote learning over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a news release said. Cox also awarded the elementary school $10,000 to support digital equity efforts and programs to help students over the summer and into next school year.
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When Tucson once thrived as a top moviemaking location for Hollywood
Tucson was a major player in the film industry in the 1970s and 1980s. The Old Pueblo reached its height of Hollywood productions in the 80s.
By: Pat Parris
and last updated 2021-05-11 10:10:29-04
TUCSON, AZ (KGUN) â There was a time when the city of Tucson was the backdrop for a number of major motion pictures.
From
Major League, Tucson played a prominent role in the movies of the 1980s.
But it was a famous line in the 1974 movie
Alice Doesn t Live Here Anymore that introduced moviegoers to Tucson.