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2024 Arizona football season countdown: 15 days to kickoff
A LOOK BACK — NO. 15 JEFF HAMMERSCHMIDT. With it being the 15th day until kickoff between the Lobos and Wildcats, the best player to wear No. 15 for Arizona is safety Jeff Hammerschmidt, who played for Arizona from 1987-90. He was a four-year letterman and three-year starting safety at Arizona. A first-team All-Pac-10 safety in 1989, he was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award that same season as a senior, before earning his bachelor’s degree in sociology. He signed as a free agent with the LA Rams (1991) and spent the 1992 season playing for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League. Hammerschmidt had many coaching stops as a special teams coach or assistant coach, including at Arizona, Syracuse, Colorado State, Stanford, Indiana and Montana on the college level. Hammerschmidt was also the New York Jets’ special teams assistant under former Wildcat linebacker Brant Boyer for five seasons. Hammerschmidt is now an executive with ETeamSponsor.com, a fund-raising platform for high school athletics and youth sports.
Most Influential Women: Taylor Perkins, CHASSE Building Team
Az Business and AZRE magazines announced the publications’ lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona of 2024, including Taylor Perkins, director of business development for CHASSE Building Team. In celebration of the Most Influential Women program, azbigmedia.com is profiling one of the Most Influential Women of 2024 each day leading up to the Most Influential Women of 2024 dinner and reception.
AZ Briefing: Legislator faces inquiry after school leader's complaint; Fate of AZ's environmental legislation; Phoenix's best french fries
Good morning, Arizona. Here's what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day. A legislator is under investigation after the Tolleson Union High School District superintendent filed a complaint. After the sexual harassment complaint was filed against the Governing Board president, the board met to discuss...
Aligned Hospitality Management rebrands Arizona hotel
Third-party hotel management company Aligned Hospitality Management has completed a rebrand of the 112-room Tuxon in Tuscon, Ariz., formerly a Design Hotels property, into a Voco by IHG. Now known as Voco The Tuxon, this hotel is the first Voco in Aligned’s portfolio. The brand transition took 90 days...
Judge reject’s motion to dismiss charges in Jana Giron’s distracted driving trial
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - As the prosecution rested its case Friday, Aug. 16, in the distracted driving trial of Jana Giron, her defense filed a motion to dismiss all charges. Her attorney said that Giron didn’t know the consequences nor was she responsible for the crash that killed 21-year-old Caitlin Festerling and 22-year-old Paul Garcia.
Grant from the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation to Support Expansion of College’s Rural Health and Primary Care Initiatives
Phoenix, Arizona – the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation has awarded the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix a generous grant to be distributed over four years, paving the way for exciting strategic initiatives in rural health and primary care. Currently, Arizona is facing a severe...
A Shady Laundry Deal Scandalizes a Major Migrant Shelter in Arizona
Earlier this year, southern Arizona was staring down a crisis—“homelessness on steroids,” as Pima County’s top official described it. Federal funding for the state’s migrant shelters was about to run dry as near-record numbers of migrants were entering the state from Mexico. Diego Piña Lopez, then the executive director of one of the state’s largest shelter operators, was among the leading voices warning in local and national media about the dire local consequences of the budget fight in Washington.“I think that’s going to lead to a lot of chaos, and a lot more cost across the board for folks to...
Phoenix had 136 extreme heat days in 1976. Here’s that total now
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Arizona Projects 08-16-24
1. Abrazo West Campus broke ground on its Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital, a 27KSF space in the Abrazo Litchfield Medical Building under construction in Goodyear. The 24-bed hospital is expected to be completed in September 2025. 2. The City of San Luis announced the groundbreaking of a two-million-gallon water storage tank...
Arizona Archer Brady Ellison Captures Silver Medal at Paris Olympics
Five-time Olympic archer Brady Ellison narrowly missed winning the gold medal Sunday. However, for his wife, Toja Ellison, and his devoted supporters in Arizona, he remains a champion. Brady, an Arizona native, has represented his country on the world stage numerous times in his career. This summer, he brought home...
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