This year's graduating cohort of medical students at the University of Arizona had the highest number of Native American students in the college's history. In recent years the College of Medicine had zero or one Indigenous graduate per class, but…
Pima Community College and the self-driving truck company TuSimple are training people to be specialists in operating an autonomous vehicle and other parts of the emerging autonomous transportation industry. They announced a first-of-its-kind certificate program today for drivers to learn…
When Dario Alvarez walked into a room full of reporters and guests, he was surprised to see what was happening. He knew he was attending a scholarship event, but he didn’t know that he was going to be awarded a…
The information highway is on the verge of creating a new turn-off that leads directly to Apache County schools and libraries. Soon to follow is another new ramp leading right to the Heber-Overgaard School District. According to Apache County Schools…
Arizona is in danger of losing out on a new congressional seat if the Trump administration is successful in adding a citizenship question to the U.S. Census, according to a new study and analysis. The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics…
The Yuma Union High School District governing board heard an update on the master plan for a forthcoming high school in Somerton during their monthly meeting Wednesday.
Gov. Doug Ducey signaled he will push next year to allow Arizona taxpayer dollars to be used at out-of-state private schools, beginning with students on Indian reservations — indicating the state's Republican establishment will continue to pursue its years-long effort…
The Peoria Unified School District will repurpose the old Arizona Challenger Space Center building while the museum is set to move to Paradise Valley.
With arts classes, maintaining class sizes and nearly 10 percent of its operating budget on the line, the Payson School Board voted this week to seek a voter extension of its budget override. If voters in November balk at continuing…
Gov. Doug Ducey wants to expand Arizona’s voucher program to allow Native American students to spend public monies outside the state’s borders.
Two Peoria residents, Owen Wilson and Blake Wise, overcame the hardships plotted against them when they graduated from high school in May. Wilson and Wise were diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, or Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder, as children. Both ended…
Tombstone Unified School District board members approved a resolution at Wednesday’s governing board meeting that calls for a special $10 million bond election that will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot for voter approval.
GuideStar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information, has awarded Arizona-based Teen Lifeline with its highest level of recognition, the 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency. The GuideStar platform contains a profile for each of the more than 1.8 million nonprofit…
The Arizona Board of Regents held a closed-door legal meeting with University of Arizona's president to discuss the latest developments in the men's basketball team "pay-to-play" scandal. "We are committed to having the kind of programs that are squeaky clean,…
Grand Canyon University fired a vice president over the weekend after learning about a sexual assault claim against him at a previous job. Bob Romantic, communications director for the private Christian college, told KTAR News 92.3 FM in an email Thursday…
