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PUSD board denies $198M bond vote, would have funded …

5/12/2017
PUSD board member Beverly Pingerelli speaks during a Peoria Unified School District board meeting Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Peoria Unified Administration Building in Glendale. Ms. Pingerelli voted …

Cactus senior wins transit design contest again

5/11/2017
Cactus High School Senior Sofia Garcia created this winning design in Valley Metro’s Design a Transit Wrap Contest.. She is the only student to win this contest twice, winning in 2015 as a …

Slow start stifles Sunrise Mountain in 4A softball …

5/9/2017
Sunrise Mountain's Pilar Gutierrez (#9) makes contact with a ground ball on an attempt against Canyon Del Pro in a 4A finals May 9 at Farrington Stadium in Tempe. She had to leave the game in the …

Kendra Bell hired as Chief Academic Support Officer of …

5/9/2017
Dr. Kendra Bell By Philip Haldiman, Independent Newsmedia Dr. Kendra Bell, Ph.D. is Peoria Unified School District’s new Chief Academic Support Officer. She will begin her new role with …

West Valley districts approve resolutions urging …

5/8/2017
Peoria Unified is one public school district in the West Valley that passed a resolution opposing the bill expanding the Empowerment Scholarship Account. By Philip Haldiman, Independent …

Peoria, Deer Valley districts feeling effects of …

5/8/2017
Peoria Unified Shool District is feeling the effects of capital needs that have been put off due to inadequate funds. By Cecilia Chan, Independent Newsmedia In the Peoria Unified School …

DVUSD schools aim for more security measures

5/6/2017
By Cecilia Chan Independent Newsmedia Higher front counters, bullet-resistant materials at windows and desk areas and dedicated monitors are some of the security measures planned this summer …

Former Mountain Ridge wrestler alleges sexual assault …

4/28/2017
By Cecilia Chan Independent Newsmedia A wrestler from a high school in Glendale has accused two teammates of sexual assault and that images of the alleged assault circulated soon after. All …

Fire district expands program to offer in-home visits, …

4/26/2017
Nurse Practitioner Mary Ellen Radosevich demonstrates a health screening of EMT Nick Hogan at the North County Fire & Medical District’s Fire Station 101, 19001 N. Camino del Sol. The nurse …

DVUSD Board to meet

4/11/2017
By Cecilia Chan Independent Newsmedia Recognitions are in order at the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board meeting, 7 p.m., April 11, 20402 N. 15th Ave. The Board will …

DVUSD to reconsider science textbooks

3/28/2017
By Delarita Ford Independent Newsmedia Deer Valley Unified School Board is taking  a relook of its approval of science textbooks at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 at the District Office board …

Jump-starting Glendale Midtown District

3/16/2017
By Cecilia Chan Independent Newspapers Glendale Avenue downtown in the 1970s was home to a robust row of auto dealers. Then in the early 2000s, the dealerships began leaving, zapping the …