Tombstone might be the only town with the same actor to citizen ratio as Hollywood. Nearly half of the population is employed full time in the arts industry, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. To put that in perspective, 33 percent of the population in Los Angeles is employed in the arts and entertainment industry….
As a high school freshman, she formed her school’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America and served as president. By her sophomore year, she had landed her first job, working at Baskin Robbins because, as she recalled, she wanted to earn her own money. Two years later, she was managing the store and hiring…
Video rental stores are dead. We hear it all the time. With the increasing popularity of mail-rental and movie-streaming services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, many believe driving to video stores is an unnecessary inconvenience. So what accounts for the success of Casa Video, a large, independent video store near the corner of Speedway Blvd….
Arizona State University’s athletic department is much more flush, now that president Michael Crow’s proposal to bring in an additional $10 million in funding from student fees has been approved during the Arizona Board of Regents Meeting. Crow proposed every A.S.U. student pay a mandatory $150 athletics fee each year, regardless if the student goes…
Agriculture is still the predominant user of water in Arizona, but data show that conservation efforts have led to a decline in the amount of water being used by Arizona’s agriculture industry. the reason: Farmers are becoming better at conserving water. Arizona gets water from four major sources: The Colorado River, surface water (including lakes…
