The Arizona Game and Fish Department will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions at all department wildlife areas effective Wednesday, May 22.
 
Stage 1 restrictions mean that no open fires are allowed -- including campfires and charcoal-burning barbecues. Smoking is prohibited except within an

This is a long holiday weekend for many, and a kickoff to the summer travel season.  In Arizona this year that means a break from construction-related closures.  The Arizona Department of Transportation has not scheduled any construction closures on major highways in the state. 

ADOT is reminding holiday travelers to prepare ahead of

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now)- In a few short hours the
City of Tucson will decide how it is going to spend resident's tax dollars.

The final budget should be
approved at a meeting later this evening, with a final budget estimate of $1.3
billion.  The public will be able to add
their comments on this final budget, at a public meeting before city officials
vote on it.

According to the City of
Tucson, all full time city employees will get a $0.55 per hour raise; some 911
dispatch operators, as well as police and fire employees will get a larger
raise.  All of this is to try and keep
the city jobs competitive, however there are many shortfalls looming in the
future.

These include an increase
in pensions, and a deficit in the general fund that gets larger through the
years.  City leaders say revenues will go
up, but it will take time.