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Guests include Arizona Pollster Mike Noble, the Quarterly Consumer Alert with the Better Business Bureau’s Irene Coppola and Denisse Alvarez and Dr. Mark Sykes, CEO of the Planetary Science Institute.

Carlos Valles, executive director of the Sahuarita and Marana food banks and community resource centers, shares recent figures on need and talks about expanded services with guest host Dan Shearer. Then, Weekend Watch with 101.7 The Drive sends us into … Continue reading →

Tim Steller of the Arizona Daily Star guest hosts. Guests include Steven Zylstra of the Arizona Technology Council who talks about Arizona’s booming data-center business and its environmental impacts, as well as Melissa del Bosque of the Border Chronicle who … Continue reading →

Guest host Jim Nintzel is joined by Anne Hoffman, an assistant director at the Pima County’s Health Department, to talk about preventative health screenings, and Richard Grant, author of A Race to the Bottom of Crazy: Dispatches from Arizona

Ben Buehler-Garcia guest hosts with the weekly update from financial advisor Shelly Fishman and Stand Up for Kids Executive Director Kim Sisson.

U.S. Postal Inspector Dan Grossenbach discusses elder-fraud prevention. Then guest host Dan Shearer catches up with Dr. Jennifer Key and Favin Gebremariam of Casa de los Ninos, one of the busiest non-profits in the Tucson area.

Sahuarita Mayor Tom Murphy talks about the challenges and opportunities that come with the town’s tremendous growth, and its bid for a multimillion-dollar bond package. Weekend Watch with 101.7 The Drive.  

Arizona Daily Star’s Tim Steller guest hosts. Guests include Tom Litwicki, CEO of Old Pueblo Community Services, and Deb North, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Master Gardener.

Ted Maxwell, CEO and President of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, guest hosts with a conversation with Nicole Barraza, Director of Governance and Outreach for the Southern Arizona Leadership Council.

Ben Buehler-Garcia guest hosts. Guests include conversations with Shelly Fishman and Michael and Bonnie Quinn, Founders of the “Rockin for Heroes” Fundraiser.