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Austin Davis, founder of AZ Hugs for the Homeless, talks about his latest book and recent venture teaching poetry at Tempe Public Library.
Tempe poet builds community through art, compassion
Art, mental health and the ongoing drug crisis collide in Arizona State University alum Austin Davis’ latest collection of poems where he explores his own struggles with mental health and his experiences working with unhoused people in the Valley. more
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Preston Zeller painted 365 consecutive days to express what he was feeling after his brother’s untimely death.
After brother’s death, Gilbert man explores ‘Art of Grieving’
Preston Zeller was a 31-year-old multitalented tech worker and artist Feb. 5, 2019, when his work and his life got a new focus. more
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Tempe native competes for love in new Hulu series
At age 31, Tempe native and Arizona State University graduate Gregg Hillhouse is looking for “the one.” In an effort to do so, Hillhouse gives it his best shot in a new reality show … more
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The Regional Unity Walk will be Saturday, Jan. 28, in Tempe.
Tempe Town Lake brings communities together for Regional Unity Walk
Chandler, Gilbert, Guadalupe, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe residents will gather at Tempe Town Lake later this month for the annual Regional Unity Walk.  The event is designed to … more
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Adrian Trice owns DNA Financial Solutions in Tempe.
Meet Your Neighbor: Tempe tax strategist wants to give back
Adrian Trice defies the stereotypes of the boring tax accountant. The 44-year-old tax and business strategist founded DNA Financial Solutions in Tempe to better help community members run enterprises of their own.  more
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The city of Tempe is seeking to regulate short-term rentals after a weekend shooting at an Airbnb property.
Tempe moving to regulate short-term rentals
This week, the city of Tempe will begin asking community members their views about possible local regulations for short-term rental properties that would be among the strictest in the state if enacted. more
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Mesa therapist, ASU grad uses music to help with healing at Arizona State Hospital
Mario Enciso saw his future each day driving from a downtown Phoenix apartment to classes at Arizona State University. He had just moved to Arizona from San Diego in 2011, and his trip to ASU to … more
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Carol Crisler, right, served 15 years as a volunteer firefighter in Eastern Oregon.
Tempe woman celebrates trailblazing past as a firefighter
Carol Crisler knows firsthand what it feels like to stand face-to-face with a wall of fire.  She had been working as a reporter in Eastern Oregon when she heard the cities’ fire departments needed some extra help. more
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Carol Hidalgo, 49, plays in a rock band through Higher Octave Healing.
Tempe nonprofit helps woman with autism out of her shell
On National Brave Day, Sept. 29, Carol Hidalgo got ready to fulfill her dreams of being on stage for the eighth Music from the Heart showcase with Higher Octave Healing. more
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Aida Sibic is a Tempe resident and moved to the U.S. as a teen refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. She's now written a book about her experience called “Luck Follows the Brave: From Refugee Camps, Abuse, and Suicide Loss to Living the Dream.” 
Meet Your Neighbor: Tempe resident pens book on refugee experience
Every day of Aida Sibic’s life has been irrevocably impacted by war.  Now in her early 40s and living in Tempe, Sibic and her family were forced to leave their homeland of Bosnia behind and became refugees in California. Cut off from friends and loved ones, Sibic formed a love of technology as a teen in a new country. She now works in cybersecurity.  more
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