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SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Grant Supports Reading at Bejarano Elementary in Miami
The teachers and administrators of Dr. Charles A. Bejarano Elementary School in Miami, Arizona are dedicated to implementing innovative programs to help their Pre-K through second grade students become fluent readers. For the 2023 to 2024 school year, the school received a $3,000 grant from SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) to support family literacy nights that were part of the school’s “Reading Through the Seasons” program. These events were designed to motivate 250 students to read fiction and nonfiction books and encourage their families to be actively involved in their child’s education. The grant funds were used to purchase new books for the students, food and supplies needed for activities completed at the literacy events and materials used to advertise the events.
Cathy’s Little Free Libraries: A Love Where You Live Initiative
The Cathy Sanchez-Cañez Memorial Foundation’s five Little Free Libraries have brought over 10,000 books to the children in the Globe-Miami region in honor of Cathy’s life. As the fifth anniversary of her passing in a flash flood approaches, her mother was asked how Cathy’s family and friends turned such a heartbreaking tragedy into a wonderful gift to the community.
Globe Business Opportunities: Creating a community for residents and visitors to love
The City of Globe has made significant economic progress in the past six years, and empty storefronts are beginning to fill with a variety of new businesses and restaurants, creating a sought-after destination and giving residents access to a wider range of goods and services. Efforts to clean up blight...
Arizona community college program training thousands for film jobs
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It’s been two years since a new Arizona law was signed to lure moviemakers to film in the Grand Canyon State instead of Los Angeles, and in recent months, there has been a lot of buzz on what’s on the way. Since the Motion Picture...
Arizona judge rejects wording for a state abortion ballot measure. Republicans plan to appeal
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected an effort by GOP lawmakers to use the term “unborn human being” to refer to a fetus in the pamphlet that Arizona voters would use to weigh a ballot measure that would expand abortion access in the state. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten said the wording the state legislative council suggested is “packed with emotion and partisan meaning” and asked for what he called more “neutral” language. The measure aims to expand abortion access from 15 weeks to 24 weeks, the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb. It would allow exemptions to save the woman’s life or to protect her physical or mental health. It would also prevent the state from adopting or enforcing laws that would forbid access to the procedure. Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, a co-chair of the legislative council, said the group will appeal the court’s decision to the state Supreme Court.
The First Public Teacher in Arizona Only Lasted 6 months!
The school year is beginning in Arizona. As you pick up the annual list of school supplies, consider for a moment what school might have been like when Arizona wasn't even part of the United States. Funding issues and other challenges impact our education system to this day, and it...
Get Ready To Mask Up Again Arizona
Remember going to the store in mid-2020? Social distancing your way through isles, wearing masks that just seemed to get bigger and bulkier, and treating someone who coughs in public like they're patent zero in a zombie film. That's all finally behind us, or so we thought. Slowly but surely,...
Kelly could be Democrats’ secret weapon to blunt criticism of ‘border czar’ Harris
As Vice President Kamala Harris and her team race to vet potential running mates following President Joe Biden’s departure from the 2024 race, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is emerging as an asset who could help counter one of Harris’s biggest weaknesses: the administration’s handling of the border crisis. Sources have confirmed Kelly is being vetted […]
NC Fast Facts: US census to conduct test runs throughout South, West, including NC
Six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years before the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds. Residents of western Texas, tribal lands in Arizona; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Western North Carolina; Spartanburg, South Carolina;...
Existing home sales continue to slide in Arizona, nationwide
Existing U.S. home sales slipped 5.4% to an annualized 3.89 million — the lowest level since December 2023 — after falling 0.7% in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. This is the fourth-straight drop amid high mortgage rates and low affordability, which have undermined home demand,...
Utah officials deny clemency for Arizona man set to be executed for 1998 killing of his girlfriend’s mother
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah officials denied clemency Friday to a man who is set to be executed for the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s mother in 1998. The decision regarding the fate of Taberon Dave Honie, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Aug. 8, was announced in a one-paragraph notice from Scott Stephenson, chair of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.
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