If you haven’t already activated your full-access subscription to the Star, here are a few reasons you should:
- Ensure unlimited access to all of our content in print and digital, including Tucson.com, the e-Newspaper, and the Star’s smartphone and tablet apps.
- Read the e-Newspaper, which is a replica of the printed newspaper. If you favor the format and organization of the print edition, the e-Newspaper is the best way to read the Star on your tablet, computer or smartphone when you are away from home. The e-Newspaper stores 30 days of past editions.
- Watch the Star’s seven regular video programs. In the past few days, Dr. Peter Rhee, chief trauma surgeon at University Medical Center, was interviewed on “Newsmakers” by host Sarah Garrecht Gassen. On “Greg Hansen’s Video Notebook,” the topic was why the UA’s second-chance football players will be crucial to success this season. On “The Fitz Report,” cartoonist David Fitzsimmons shared a humorous lesson on how to draw President Obama.
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- Enjoy 78 additional comics on Tucson.com. There’s “Mutts,” “Mother Goose & Grimm” and “Grin & Bear It,” to name just three.
- Check comprehensive TV listings on Tucson.com. These cover programs for the next two weeks.
- Read our 23 blogs. The topics range from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to gardening and from politics to education. Find them at tucson.com/news/blogs
- Attend the Star’s monthly reader classes. The August topic, led by sports editor Ryan Finley, is “How to Watch a Football Game.” In September, blogger Susan Billings will talk about fall and winter vegetable gardening. These classes are free and exclusive to Star full-access subscribers.
- See hundreds more photos every week than we have room to include in the print edition. Among the slideshows from the past few days is one on comedian Doug Stanhope in Bisbee and another on high school football players to watch this fall.
- Read the live monsoon blog. When there’s weather in Southern Arizona, the blog pulls in official weather advisories, a radar map and tweets about what is happening in specific areas. On Tucson.com, we have hour-by-hour and seven-day forecasts. Find those by clicking on the weather icon at the top of Tucson.com
- Win an Apple iPad. All subscribers who activate their digital account at Tucson.com between July 13 and Dec. 31 will be entered in a drawing to win one of nine tablets.
It’s easy to activate your full-access subscription. Go to Tucson.com and click the big blue “activate your full access” button on the right. The form that pops up will ask for two pieces of information: the ZIP code where your printed paper is delivered and the telephone number you provided when you subscribed to the Star.
Email circulation@tucson.com with questions about activation. Or call customer service at 1-800-695-4492 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturday; and 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sunday. From the menu of options, say that you are calling for “help with our digital products.”

