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Tempe school highlights student’s success amid …

4/17/2024

Eighteen-year-old Dagny Moore is a passionate high school senior who’s always excelled in school, but it wasn’t until the sixth grade she finally felt at ease heading to school once she found her perfect fit at Banner Academy in Tempe.

Learning more about ‘forever chemical’ PFAS

11/21/2023

With media inquiries and questions from the public as well as the continued evolution of the science around the “forever chemical” known as PFAS, officials at Arizona Department of Environmental Quality are working to raise awareness about contamination and its potential health risks.

Learn environmental conservation at Cave Creek Desert …

10/25/2023

The Desert Foothills Land Trust will host the 11th annual Desert Discovery Day, a free event aimed at fostering environmental awareness and promoting conservation of the desert ecosystem.

Breast cancer exams dipped during pandemic, but still …

10/15/2023

Tracy Lloyd wasn’t going to get checked. Lloyd, who works in outpatient imaging at Banner Health, always made a point of getting a routine mammogram — especially after her sister, …

Tempe sees efforts for suicide awareness benches at …

10/12/2023

Tempe’s Parks, Recreation, Golf and Double Butte Cemetery Advisory Board plans to focus on possible ways to implement memorial benches around local parks and near schools that help bring awareness to suicide loss and prevention.

Valley Mexican restaurant to donate proceeds to breast …

10/9/2023

Throughout October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, local, family-owned restaurant Mesquite Fresh Street Mex will donate a percentage of proceeds from all burrito and merchandise sales to breast cancer nonprofit Susan G. Komen.

Avondale Fire to host Fire Prevention Week open house

9/28/2023

In honor of Fire Prevention Awareness Week, Avondale firefighters will welcome the community into their “house” with an open house event.

Peoria-based foundation advocates for suicide …

9/25/2023

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and the Peoria-based Brandon Caserta Foundation is urging increased awareness of the Brandon Act and its inclusion in the curriculum of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs in public schools across the United States.