Tucson Unified School District is the largest district in Tucson and doesn’t have a parent notification system. The TUSD Governing Board voted to approve buying the ParentLink system for the district, which will cost 72,000 per year. Director for Communications for TUSD Cara Rene said the lack of a notification system was a problem for the…
Jeremy, a young American Bulldog mix, has called the Tombstone Small Animal Shelter home for about two years. He has seen dogs and cats come and go since he first arrived as a rambunctious, 6-month-old puppy. Nearly 140 dogs and 41 cats passed through in his first year; 75 dogs and 71 cats were adopted…
Tombstone High School and Walter J. Meyer Elementary School installed covered parking in parts of their parking lots that is helping power the schools. The covered spaces, created in 2012, are topped with 100 and 300-kilowatt solar panels that generate power for the schools as part of the Arizona Public Service Schools and Government Program,…
The USDA will provide low-interest emergency loans to farmers, ranchers and residents affected by severe drought in Cochise County. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack designated Cochise and five other Arizona counties as primary natural disaster areas because of extreme drought. The designation brings with it financial help to farmers, ranchers and small businesses under…
Set to become the first member of his family to attend college, 17-year-old Joseph Vasquez attributes his ability to move forward in his education to Sunnyside Unified School District’s One-to-One Computing program. “My parents were in shock that I could do so well in school,” Vasquez, a senior at Sunnyside High School, said. “My mother is…
