Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

National Public Lands day collects data, promotes advocacy

National Public Lands day collects data, promotes advocacy

ACrandall-Correll November 7, 2018

  Tall grasses dance in waves as the wind whispers through the canyon of Coronado National Memorial,  gently greeting every being on its way to the open valley below. The serenity...

Whiskey distillery brews plan to lease old high school

Whiskey distillery brews plan to lease old high school

ACrandall-Correll May 6, 2015

“Whiskey is more historic then the building,” said Billy Combs, bartender at Doc Holliday’s Saloon on the historic district of Tombstone. “Might as well put two historic things together.”Steve...

Margie Looney, Willcox High School and Middle School teacher conducts students while they warm up in her Orchestra Program on March 23, 2015. Photograph by Alexandra Adamson

Honored rural teacher brings musical passion to classroom

ACrandall-Correll April 29, 2015

A love for kids, passion for teaching, love for the subject, a willingness to change and understanding the role of school in a child’s life. Those are the five qualities that can be found in an exceptional...

The gates of Tombstone Union High School weathered down by lack of use since 2006. Tombstone, Arizona. February 3, 2015. Photo by: Alexandra Admason/ Arizona Sonora News Service

Vacant classrooms haunt Arizona school boards

ACrandall-Correll February 25, 2015

Gov. Doug Ducey's hope that vacant classrooms and schools can be leased to charter schools might not hold much hope for rural Arizona. The pace of charter school development happens most in urban areas,...

The Santa Claus class of 2014 at Santa University in Arvada, Colo.

Being Santa Claus takes rigorous training, pays exceptionally well

ACrandall-Correll November 26, 2014

When Stan Dale rented a Santa Claus costume one Christmas Eve to “goof” on some friends, he had no idea that his Santa identity would become permanent. Fifteen years later, the retired 67-year-old...

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