By: Mitch Quesada Cronkite News (Tempe, AZ) – Expansion of student populations across Arizona’s three major universities is underway as the Arizona Board of Regents approved a new metrics goal for the year 2025. The goal is to add more than
By Emily Achondo | Cronkite News | Thanksgiving Thursday. Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday. These days mark some of the busiest shopping times of the year. With retailers opening their doors earlier every year, many people flock to stores,
(Phoenix, Ariz.) — The city of Phoenix Street Transportation Department has launched Bike Safe Phoenix – a multi-media public awareness campaign to encourage motorists and bicyclists to share the road responsibly. “Look Twice for Bikes” and “Follow the Rules of the
By: Amy Edelen Cronkite News (Phoenix, Ariz.) – Americans are expected to spend $2.5 billion alone on Halloween costumes for adults, children and their pets this year, according to the National Retail Federation. And although analysts expect Halloween spending to drop
By: Brittany Schmus | Cronkite News A confrontation between students became deadly early Friday morning on the Northern Arizona University campus. Police said a freshman pulled out a gun and shot four students, killing one and injuring three. After news of
By: Amy Edelen and Devin Conley Cronkite News (Mesa, Ariz.) – If it seems there is a salon or spa around every corner, it may be true. The spa industry generated more than $15.5 billion in 2014 – a 5.3 percent
By: Stefan Modrich Cronkite News (Phoenix, Ariz.) – Officials representing three companies – Home Depot, FacilitySource and Stitch Fix – cited three key reasons that spurred the expansion of their businesses to the region: competitive wages, availability of workforce and ample
By: Jesse A. Millard Cronkite News This week’s landmark announcement that the surface of Mars has liquid water links back to a University of Arizona laboratory where students and faculty monitor images from an orbiting camera. In 2010, Lujendra Ojha, then
By: James Anderson Cronkite News (Glendale, Ariz.) – Lisa Marsh and Diane Gordon spent this morning sitting outside a recreational center here and asking registered voters to help recall Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas. Marsh and Gordon have been gathering signatures
By: Carla LeonCronkite News (San Ysidro, CA) – At the Puerta Este border crossing, U.S. citizens and other foreigners walking into Mexico must now show their passports. “I do business in Baja California, and I do business here in California,
