Sharon Hess is a contributing editor for Patch Media, covering Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. While she has worked in other fields, journalism is the only career she ever really loved. She worked several years as a freelance journalist and copy editor for the community-based SanTan Sun News, and as a technical magazine editor at OpenSystems Media. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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ADOT’s Tucson conference aims to give owners of small or disadvantaged businesses an edge when it comes to competing for highway work.
A Phoenix motorcyclist was killed as he collided with a car in the same lane headed the opposite way. The car's driver was charged with DUI.
With Columbus Day approaching on Monday, Tucson residents might be wondering what's open or closed that day. Here's what we found out.
With Indigenous People's Day on Monday, Phoenix residents might be wondering what's open or closed that day. Here's what we found out.
A Tucson student has been presented with a 2019 Phi Kappa Phi "Love of Learning" award.
While Halloween is filled with trick-or-treating and fun, it might also be a time for Tucson parents to find out who's living nearby.
While Halloween is filled with trick-or-treating and fun, it might also be a time for Phoenix parents to find out who's living nearby.
The new Uber Pet service, starting in Phoenix Oct. 16, will allow animal lovers to ride in an Uber alongside their beloved household pet.
Patch invites you, our Phoenix readers, to post your holiday events on Patch.com, starting with Halloween and going through New Years.
Patch Media invites you, our Tucson readers, to post your holiday events on Patch.com, starting with Halloween and going through New Years.
Opened in July, Italian restaurant/Brooklyn-style sandwich eatery Brooklyn Rolls closed its Sixth Street doors at the end of September.
The Arizona State Fair is trading on-site six-can food donations for free admission to the fair Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m.
Update: Rayden Ginsburg, 6, has died after he and two adults were struck by a pickup Tuesday as they crossed 75th Avenue in the crosswalk.
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Tuesday hosted a roundtable addressing veteran "suicide crisis" prevention and mental health initiatives.
Former AZ Cardinals owner Bill Bidwell was laid to rest after his Phoenix funeral Tuesday. Hundreds of Cardinals team associates attended.
A $4 million grant to the City of Tucson will be used to protect kids younger than age 6 from lead-based paint and other home hazards.
A U of A study aims to find out if eyeglasses can really help astigmatic toddlers improve their cognition, language and motor development.
About 2,400 Americans have died in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.
Border Patrol agent Robert Hotten was found unresponsive Sunday in the area of Mt. Washington while on patrol. He died shortly thereafter.
Phoenix PD has identified 49-year-old Alexander Brown as the suspect who locked customers and staff inside a Circle K, then died later.
