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During a Town Council budget discussion, Oro Valley Mayor Paul Loomis tried to secure a one-time bonus for employees.

Before exercising, it's best to warm up, and last week the students at Desert View Middle School got loosened up with their Mini-Relay for Life, making their walk three days before Friday's 2010 Relay for Life of Tucson/Vail at Empire High School.

Entering its ninth year, Primavera Cooks! and Tucson Originals continue the fundraising event that offers new opportunities for culinary adventurers and important support to the Primavera Foundation. Cox Communications is the event's title sponsor.

About 50 walkers and runners gathered last week at Boston's pizza in Arizona Pavilions to run, walk and even push strollers along a 2 1/2-mile course in an effort to promote exercise, meet new friends and support local businesses.

Entering its ninth year, Primavera Cooks! and Tucson Originals continue the fundraising event that offers new opportunities for culinary adventurers and important support to the Primavera Foundation. Cox Communications is the event's title sponsor.

The sultry Lavay Smith belted out notes and wooed the crowd Sunday at Jazz Under the Stars.

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona's 2010 Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration will honor community members and groups at 7 p.m. May 13 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road.

Pinal County Manager Terry Doolittle plans to retire in October 2010.

What recession?

Without leaving town, Tucsonans got a glimpse and taste of Asia Friday and Saturday at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road.

Fifth-graders at Lyons Elementary School have only had musical instruments in their hands for four months, but with practice and direction, they can now play a few tunes.

University of Arizona junior Suzanna "Squeak" Defriez started to question her sexuality during her senior year at a Phoenix charter school, so she skipped prom.

Canines and their human companions greeted one another with hugs, kisses and sniffs Friday at the 12th Annual Puttin' on the Dog! fashion show and auction fundraiser for the Humane Society of Southern Arizona.

A county street construction sign became a political sign Wednesday morning after the message it displayed was changed to support Arizona's new immigration law.

A Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy is facing drug-trafficking and weapons charges after he was accused of smuggling cocaine through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, authorities said.

Oro Valley's mayoral campaign is embroiled in controversy over a candidate's unauthorized use of the town seal in his campaign literature.