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- Elks take to court for shootout: Hoop Shoot set for Saturday in San Manuel
The San Manuel Elks Lodge is teaming up with Community Schools in hosting Elks Hoop Shoot, 2009.
- Guest Comment: Three obstacles to water sustainability in the Green Valley/Sahuarita region
Editor's Note: This is part two of a two-part series. Part one appeared in the Wednesday, Dec.
- Border Issues Fair to be held Jan. 17 in Sahuarita
The Santa Cruz Valley Border Coalition's Fifth Annual Border Issues Fair, "Why Deaths in the Desert?," will be held on Saturday, Jan.
- News News Editorials
A new batch of New Year's resolutions New Year's Day isn't only a day to hang up a new wall calendar.
- Letters: Fixing our parks
January 02, 2009, 1:24 p.m. Great idea, but money doesn't grow on trees Kevin Dahl wrote that it's time to fix our parks .
- Ailing economy puts hospitals on critical list
Representatives of Tucson-area hospitals said they, too, are suffering financially.
- Guest Comment: Three obstacles to water sustainability in the Green Valley/Sahuarita region
Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series. Part two will appear in the Sunday edition of the Green Valley News and Sun.
- Crime Log : Burglars make off with fur coat, car
A Green Valley home in The Acres development was burglarized last week and the thieves also made off with the homeowner's brand new Cadillac, Pima County Sheriff's reports said.
- Mulch ado: TreeCycle repurposes real Christmas trees
The city of Tucson's TreeCycle program was launched in 1997 with three drop-off sites.
- Firetruck struck at I-19 accident scene
A firetruck helping at a pair of accidents on Interstate 19 just north of Sahuarita was struck by a rubbernecking driver Thursday afternoon.
- Green VALLEYa S Holiday Traditions
Some of my family's Christmas traditions have changed over the years, but the important ones remain the same.
- Talk of the Town: Leta s all be Santaa s helpers this year
The season is under way with loads of parties and lots of good will toward men...and women,... and children! Let's give a big round of applause to the Country Fair White Elephant which gave away $1.3 million ...
- FICO and others seek greater mine input
FICO and other opponents of the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in the Santa Rita Mountains are seeking a process to increase public participation in the decision on whether to allow the mine.
- For control of births, addicts to get $300
A national group is offering drug addicts and alcoholics in Tucson $300 if they agree to get permanent or long-term birth control.
- New license plate fine can be avoided
An amended motor vehicle state law that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2009, comes with a fine of $133 if the vehicle's license plate holder covers or blocks the visibility of the word 'Arizona' on the license plate.
- Lamb on the Run: Sahuarita a Western boom town, says a Nightlinea
Sahuarita a boom town?Television network ABC must think soWednesday night on "Nightline," Sahuarita and Rancho Sahuarita were introduced as a boom town in the desert while the economy founders in many parts of ...
- GV Sav, Sahuarita a VIPSa to welcome new graduates
The public is invited to a graduation ceremony next week honoring the newest class of Sheriff's Auxiliary Volunteers.
- 'Failing' schools get short shrift on...
Samantha Whitewater , 10, and Miguel Andrade, 10, talking with instructor Ernesto CaA ez, play jai alai at Maldonado Elementary during a physical education class.
- Locals say area would gain if it dumps Pima for SC County
People wanting to change Santa Cruz County's boundaries to include Green Valley and Sahuarita could be collecting signatures on petitions "by this time next year," says a proponent of the idea.
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City DescriptionSahuarita (Saw wah ree ta) is a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Sahuarita is located south of the Tohono O'odham Nation and north of Green Valley, 15 miles (24 km) south of Tucson. The population was 3,242 at the 2000 census; in 2007, it was estimated at 16,153.
Sahuarita was founded in 1911 and incorporated in 1994.
The first known human inhabitants of the Sahuarita region were the Hohokam people, which may be the ancestors of the modern day Tohono O'odham nation. The Hohokam were known for their highly innovative and extensive use of irrigation. The Hohokam were a very peaceful people, they had extensive trade routes extending to mesoamerica, and showed many cultural influences from their southern neighbors.
The Sobaipuri were possibly related to the Hohokam, and occupied the Southern portion of the Santa Cruz, with the Pima to their North and South. While Coronado passed just East of Sahuarita in 1521, it wasn't until Eusebio Kino's 1691 journey along the Santa Cruz River that he met the leaders of the Sobaipuri people. Kino was a true champion of the indigenous Indians, opposing forced labor in mines by Spanish overseers. Kino would later go on to found the Mission ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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