The Arizona Board of Regents has approved tuition increases at the state’s three public universities.

The Mountain Pointe football program is headed to Nevada to open the season.

Area athletes will sign the dotted line for football, field hockey, soccer, track and field, cross country and water polo on Wednesday as the national signing day is here once again.

The presidents of the state’s three universities came to the Capitol Tuesday hoping to salvage at least some of the funds they told the governor and lawmakers they need.

The presidents of the state's three universities came to the Capitol Tuesday hoping to salvage at least some of the funds they told the governor and lawmakers they need.

The presidents of the state's three universities came to the Capitol Tuesday hoping to salvage at least some of the funds they told the governor and lawmakers they need.

Gov. Jan Brewer is proposing an $8.9 billion spending plan for next year, a 4.8 percent increase over what lawmakers approved for this year.

I am a registered Republican and I vote in every election. I own a swimming pool maintenance company, and have had a 47-year career, to date, in the residential pool industry: new construction, maintenance and repair, mostly right here in the Valley of the Sun. I am a Phoenix native.

Following a national search and recruitment, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has announced the hiring of Dr. Osaro Ighodaro as its new vice president of student development.

A 2010 Desert Vista High School graduate and Northern Arizona University junior, Katharine Boelter, sings, dances and acts in a Broadway-style production at the new Grand Canyon Dinner Theater (GCDT).

Two Horizon Community Learning Center alumni are entering their first year as teachers at their former school, and it seems to run in both of their families.

If nothing else, the first few weeks of summer vacation have proved that Desert Vista is pretty good at tug-of-war and Mountain Pointe is a heck of a touch football team.

If nothing else, the first few weeks of summer vacation have proved that Desert Vista is pretty good at tug-of-war and Mountain Pointe is a heck of a touch football team.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) are teaming up to offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in business administration on the SMCC campus, 7050 S. 24th St. in Phoenix.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) are teaming up to offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in business administration on the SMCC campus, 7050 S. 24th St. in Phoenix.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) are teaming up to offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in business administration on the SMCC campus, 7050 S. 24th St. in Phoenix.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) are teaming up to offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in business administration on the SMCC campus, 7050 S. 24th St. in Phoenix.

Spring football practice is what it is.

Spring football practice is what it is.

Scientists say Arizona’s overcrowded forests are affecting the natural processes of a healthy ecosystem. Past studies have shown that much of Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests have hundreds of trees more per acre than existed prior to 1900.

Scientists say Arizona’s overcrowded forests are affecting the natural processes of a healthy ecosystem. Past studies have shown that much of Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests have hundreds of trees more per acre than existed prior to 1900.

When they open their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News review found.

When they open their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News review found.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) are teaming up to offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in business administration on the SMCC campus.

On one hand, Mitch Nay had done this thousands of times before.