Month: August 2020
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Cathie Batbie-Loucks
The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that Cathie Batbie-Loucks, KVOA-TV News 4…
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Pima Community College Receives High Honor for Annual Financial Report
For the 28th consecutive year, the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to Pima Community…
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UArizona Announces $5 Million Endowment to Honor Dr. Fayez Ghishan
In honor of Dr. Fayez K. Ghishan‘s 25th anniversary as director of the Steele Children’s Research Center at the University…
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Pima County Celebrates 19th Amendment Centennial in Lights
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women in the United States the right to vote, Pima…
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TEP Wind Turbine Project to Provide Clean Energy by November
Crews installed the final blade on wind turbines at a major project in New Mexico that will begin providing clean…
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Tucson Jazz Festival to Move Forward with 2021 Event
Jazz In January, the non-profit entity and organizer of the HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival (TJF) announces plans to move…
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Jeremy Storton
Employee-owned Barrio Brewing Company, the oldest craft brewery in the state of Arizona, announced the hiring of Jeremy Storton as…
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Gary Fritze
Employee-owned Barrio Brewing Company, the oldest craft brewery in the state of Arizona, announced the hiring of Gary Fritze as…
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UArizona Teams With Harvard, MIT and Yale to Develop Quantum Networks – The Internet of Future
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey today joined University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins and leading scientists from the new University…
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Tucson Metro Chamber Announces Copper Cactus Award Finalists
The Tucson Metro Chamber’s annual Copper Cactus Awards, presented by Wells Fargo, will celebrate Southern Arizona’s outstanding small businesses in…
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Pima County Partnership Helps Create Downtown Outdoor Cafes
A plethora of restaurants will soon be offering alfresco dining thanks to a new grant program made possible through a…
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GUEST COLUMN: New COVID-19 Measures at Tucson International Airport – Danette Bewley President and CEO, Tucson Airport Authority
Dear Traveler, I hope this newsletter finds you and your family in good health. Danette Bewley, A.A.E.President/CEOTucson Airport Authority The team…
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Construction Begins on Phase 3 of Downtown Links Project
On Monday, August 24, 2020, Downtown Links Constructors (DLC), under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and…
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St. Elizabeth’s Health Center Merges with El Rio Health
For the past nearly six years, El Rio Health and St. Elizabeth’s Health Center have shared a partnership to assure…
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Dolores Durán-Cerda
Pima Community College Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dolores Durán-Cerda, Ph.D., is one of 26 Fellows selected…
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El Rio Health Plans New Integrated Health Center
One of the annual processes at El Rio Health is the completion of a community assessment—identifying where people need improved…
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Arizona Theatre Company Names Winner of National Latinx Playwriting Award
Eliana Pipes, a playwright, actor and filmmaker, has won Arizona Theatre Company’s 2020 National Latinx Playwriting Award for Dream Hou$e, which…
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UArizona Welcomes Most Diverse Class in its History, Most Flinn Scholars
The University of Arizona’s newest class of Wildcats, which begins classes today, will be its most diverse class ever. Nearly…
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Tucson Association of Realtors Donates $25,000 to Community Food Bank
The Tucson Association of REALTORS® through their 5013C Foundation, the Tucson REALTORS® Charitable Foundation have donated a second time since…
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Banner-University Medical Center Receives National Stroke Care Award
Nine Arizona and Colorado Banner Health hospitals have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold…
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38th El Tour de Tucson Postponed until April 10, 2021
After carefully monitoring the ongoing public health concerns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and an abundance of caution for…
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New Tucson Luxury Residences to Boast Private Tunnel Entrance
Saguaro Property Development, LLC development partners Scott Lundberg and Brian Peschel recently reached an agreement with Tucson-based homebuilder Miramonte Homes to offer luxury residences at…
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Governor Ducey Appoints Cecilia Mata To Arizona Board Of Regents
Governor Doug Ducey today announced the appointment of Cecilia Mata to the Arizona Board of Regents. Mata, who founded a…
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Priscilla Casper
KVOA-TV announced that mid-day anchor, Priscilla Casper, will continue to anchor the weekday broadcasts of “News 4 Tucson, Live at…
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Amanda Gomez
KVOA-TV announced that morning anchor, Amanda Gomez, will soon join John Overall at the News 4 Tucson anchor desk for…
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Terri Gilligan
Terri Gilligan joined RCM as a tax manager in 2015 and became a partner in 2020. Terri is a graduate…
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UArizona Launches New Covid Watch App to Track Exposures
University of Arizona students, faculty and staff can now download and opt in to the Covid Watch exposure notification smartphone app, which…
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Tucson Electric Power Sponsors Online Leadership Forum for Businesses
Turbulent times demand strong leaders. Tucson Electric Power is proud to sponsor an online leadership program designed to help business…
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Accelerate Diagnostics Gets FDA OK for COVID-19 Antibody Test
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX) and BioCheck, Inc., a privately-held San Francisco-based company focused on in vitro diagnostics, today announced that the U.S. Food…
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BeachFleischman Makes List of Top 200 Largest U.S. Public Accounting Firms
BeachFleischman has been named to Inside Public Accounting’s (IPA) list of the “Top 200” largest public accounting firms in the…
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Dina Fenili Niekamp
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announces the appointment of Dina Fenili Niekamp as Director of Brand & Marketing, Miraval. In this position,…
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MAP: Tucson Economy Holds Steady, Poised to Recover
The long-term economic impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have is yet to be determined. However, it is becoming evident…
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Cari Burson
Local philanthropist Ross H. Potoff worked for the prestigious College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona for 40…
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Northwest Medical Center, Tucson Hospitals Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report has released its annual Best Hospitals rankings, and Northwest Medical Center was ranked the best…
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Tucson Electric Power Promotes New Smart EV Charging Program for Businesses
More than two decades ago, Bookmans Entertainment Exchange was among the first businesses in Tucson to embrace EV technology when…
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RightSure Named a Top Insurance Workplace in 2020 by Industry Magazine
RightSure is honored to be recognized as a Top Insurance Workplace for 2020 by Insurance Business America (IBA). This premier…
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2019 HALO Report ranks Desert Angels #1
The 2019 Halo Report is based on an analysis of 2,492 transactions across 2,444 companies – all completed in 2019. We…
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Ready for Asteroid Touchdown in October
NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft completed its second successful sample collection rehearsal on Aug. 11 and is now ready for the…
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Six Tucson Companies Named to Prestigious Inc. 5000 List
Inc. Magazine has announced that six Tucson companies are ranked in its annual Inc. 5000 list for 2020, the most…
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Crystal Kasnoff
TucsonER & Hospital is proud to introduce Crystal Kasnoff, our new Director of Marketing, Communications and Public Relations. Kasnoff brings…
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W. Mark Clark
Pima Council on Aging’s President & CEO W. Mark Clark will represent the Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) in Arizona…
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Head of Fennemore Craig’s Tucson Office Lauds Merger with Dowling Aaron
As part of a merger that is slated to go live on October 1, 2020, nearly 100 legal professionals from California-based…
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UArizona Scientists Offer Climate-Smart Model for Desert Food Production
As the National Weather Service warns that a heat wave spreading across the southwestern United States is of a “magnitude…
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Santa Rita Landscaping Expands to Include Arbor Care
Santa Rita Landscaping announced their new Arbor Care Department this month. The award-winning landscaping company is expanding their Landscape Maintenance…
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Roche Gets FDA Approval on Diagnostic Breast Cancer Assay Developed in Tucson
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the new VENTANA HER2 Dual…
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Pima Community College Joins National Network to Reskill Workers
Pima Community College has joined the state’s community colleges and numerous Arizona businesses and government organizations in the Reskilling and Recovery…
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Sundt Foundation Awards $23,000 to Tucson Charities
The Sundt Foundation awarded grants to nine Southern Arizona nonprofits during its third-quarter disbursements. The Foundation awards grants each quarter to…
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The Trinity Offers Modern Building Concept with COVID-19 Measures in Mind
The Trinity is a recently completed 25,035 square foot, modern Class “A” office building, located at 434 E. University Boulevard.…
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Tech Launch Arizona Funds Unique Student Inventions
What if your smartphone could track literal bumps in the road to aid with highway maintenance? Or, what if you…
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Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona Goes Virtual Until 2021
The Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona announced it has moved out of its physical office at 1661 N. Swan and…
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Tucson Pops Offers Recorded Concerts In Lieu of Live Performances
This week the Board of Directors of the Tucson Pops Orchestra made the difficult decision to cancel the fall season…
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Jeremy Bigelow
Santa Rita Landscaping has promoted Jeremy Bigelow to Senior Design Consultant. Jeremy has been with Santa Rita Landscaping for five…
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Tavi Meketon
C-Suite Impact has recently appointed Tavi Meketon, MBA, SPRR, PAFM as V.P. of Strategy and Execution. C-Suite Impact is a…
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Preeti Choudhary
Research on the prevalence and consequences of waiving audit adjustments conducted by Preeti Choudhary, associate professor of accounting, was recently referenced in an August 3 Forbes article. The article discusses…
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UArizona Receives $26 Million Grant to Architect the Quantum Internet
The University of Arizona has been awarded a five-year, $26 million grant from the National Science Foundation, with an additional…
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City of Tucson Awards Contract for Phase 3 of Downtown Links Project
Granite (NYSE:GVA) today announced that the joint venture team Downtown Links Constructors, comprised of Granite and Borderland Construction, has been…
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Pima Federal Credit Union Wins Diamond Award for Stellar Marketing
Pima Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce they are the recipients of a Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Diamond…
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Downtown Tucson: Rebound Grants Still Available
Grant dollars are still available through the Downtown Rebound and Outdoor Café Grant Programs made available through a partnership agreement…
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Pima Community College Ceramics Artist Marks Hiroshima Bombing
Pima Community College Ceramics Department Head Hirotsune Tashima’s most meaningful and personal work to date is a tribute to his grandfather,…
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R&A CPAs Named a Top Firm in 2020 For Third Consecutive Year
R&A CPAs announced today that it has been named a Top 400 Firm for 2020 by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA).…
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Richard Boorom
After a national search, Richard Boorom, PhD has been selected to lead Tucson’s Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA). Dr.…
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Rosemary Bright
The Greater Vail Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to “Influence Vail’s Future,” has announced a new Board of Directors…
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Darcy Mentone
The Greater Vail Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to “Influence Vail’s Future,” has announced a new Board of Directors…
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Nancy Heiser
The Greater Vail Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to “Influence Vail’s Future,” has announced a new Board of Directors…
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Phil Larrabee
The Greater Vail Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to “Influence Vail’s Future,” has announced a new Board of Directors…
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Startup Tucson Launches New Digital Resource Guide to Drive Innovation
Entrepreneurs and small business owners in Tucson have a new online tool at their fingertips. The Tucson Startup Ecosystem Guide…
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UArizona to Create Nonprofit, Online Global Campus to Expand Access
The University of Arizona announced its intention to create a new nonprofit entity — University of Arizona Global Campus —…
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Raytheon, Israeli Defense Company to Build Iron Dome Production Facility
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (RTX: NYSE) business, and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., an Israeli-based defense technology…
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties Expands to Gallery Row
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties is expanding its operations in Tucson with a move to one of the city’s most…
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Flores Eateries Reopen with Robust COVID-19 Protections
After much careful thought and preparation, Tucson family-owned Flores Concepts restaurants have all opened for both takeout and dine in.…
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