Mesa Community College fighting to keep Red Mountain Campus open
A decline in enrollment at Mesa Community College's Red Mountain location has faculty fighting to keep the 15-year old campus from closing. (Video by Kendall Bartley/Cronkite News)
School district broadcast teaches students how ice cream is made
Ice Cream Factory, a four week-long live broadcast, teaches Paradise Valley School District first graders every step in the ice cream making process while featuring experts from local companies.
Most school funding bonds and overrides appear headed for victory
In a reversal from last year, the majority of school bond and override proposals in Arizona appear headed for victory in preliminary results of Tuesday’s municipal elections. There are still a few races too close to call.
Arizona’s three earthquakes originated from Black Canyon City
Nov. 2's earthquakes originated from Black Canyon City and gave Arizonans in the Valley slight rumblings. | StoryMap: Significant seismic activity in Arizona
Developers turn historic Welnick Marketplace in downtown Phoenix into adaptive reuse project
The historic Welnick Bros. Marketplace building in downtown Phoenix has sat vacant for the past decade. But now, developers plan to restore it as an adaptive reuse project with restaurant, retail and entertainment space.
Bomb threats at Valley schools may be connected to outstate threats
Three Valley elementary schools received computer-generated bomb threats on Tuesday. Police are looking into them.
Green homes being built for needy families in the Valley
Students and volunteers with Youth Build are constructing three homes.
Rio Salado College earns innovation grant
Rio Salado College is one of seventeen colleges nationwide to receive the “First in the World Grant” from the U.S. Department of Education. With the $2.6 million they received, they plan create an innovative program for students to follow that will offer support and planning as they work toward degrees.
New tech making a difference in Tempe classrooms
Tempe elementary schools are stepping up technology in the classrooms, integrating it into curriculum and having students use it throughout the entire day.
Officials, Phoenix Mercury out to engage voters of tomorrow
The 2014 primary election in Arizona saw the lowest voter turnout since the state began keeping track, with only 27 percent of registered voters participating. Turnout for the general election was 48 percent.
