Education may not be perceived as a business, but with statewide funding an issue, Cochise County Schools Superintendent Jacqui Clay is attacking academics with a new approach toward pushing southeast schools into the 21st century. How is she doing that? By approaching education in economical terms, boosting the local gross domestic product. Clay is visiting…
Tombstone could face some trouble over the next few years as Wild West loving generations age out and millennials take over. Millennials don’t enjoy the same activities as their parents and grandparents once did, and Wild West culture is an example of that. Tombstone lacks the technological advances that younger generations crave in order to…
When major league baseball spring training left Tucson in 2010, it left questions for how the town would fill the void. Now, Major League Soccer’s sixth year training here in Tucson that is bringing in the money. FC Tucson, an American semi-professional soccer team, is stationed out of Kino Sports Complex and is hosting two…
By GABRIELLA VUKELIC Arizona Sonora News It was a news release guaranteed to get the attention of any local news-assignment editor: As the economic jobs picture improves nationally, Tucson was ranked No. 3 nationally, with 4.2 percent employment growth in July, according to federal government data. You may have read that, but here’s the follow-up….
Commencement ceremonies, diplomas and job applications. Those things are leaving college seniors with a mix of angst and excitement as they begin a new chapter in life. “It can be really stressful at times,” said Liam Palmieri, a business senior at the University of Arizona. “Worrying about finishing school and preparing resumes and applications for jobs…
