The annual Fourth of July extravaganza over "A" Mountain took place July 4, 2026, Tucson, Ariz., for the last time. The city is converting fro…
Kelly Presnell
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Staff photographer with the Arizona Daily Star since 2003. Winner of a few awards, loser of many more. Ex-goalkeeper.FC Tucson drop in-state rivals Stars FC 4-1 in a pre-Fourth of July USL League 2 match up, Tucson, Ariz., July 3, 2026.
Armory Park, closed for nearly nine months for a $1.71 million upgrade, renovation and improvement, reopened with a concert, circus arts, food…
Several volleys rise up over “A” Mountain during Tucson's Fourth of July fireworks show. The city has said it is switching from fireworks to d…
A wildcat firework goes up from Barrio Sin Nombre, just west of downtown Tucson, just after the end of the annual “A” Mountain Fireworks show.
Fans at Playground watch the shorthanded US get an insurance goal late to win 2-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and advance in the World Cup …
Circus Sanctuary’s Quynn Sweeney performs on the lollipop lyra under the new bandshell Thursday evening during the reopening celebration at Ar…
Drummer Winston Watson performs with Chicha Dust, the headliner of the night for the celebration of the reopening of Armory Park on July 2, 2026.
Gabriel Sullivan, right, flourishes a strum while playing with bandmate Brian Lopez during Chicha Dust’s rollicking concert celebrating the re…

