Not feeling the holiday spirit yet? A drive to Prescott — Arizona’s official Christmas city — will have you hollering "Ho ho ho" on the way home.

Four-year institutions

February 16, 2005

It pays to get in line — and do it quickly — if you’re planning to go to college next year at one of the state’s private schools.

It pays to get in line — and do it quickly — if you’re planning to go to college next year at one of the state’s private schools.

As the first day of school approaches, parents of tweens and teens are busy loading up on notebooks and mechanical pencils, buying jumbo packages of lunchtime snacks, shopping for just the right clothing and filling the family calendar with concerts, practice and game dates.

Arizona is getting a $1.5 million grant as the first step toward establishing "no-frills" programs within the university system where students will be able to get degrees for less than they now cost.

Higher education clearly is one of Arizona’s growth industries, and the Legislature should be leading the search for ways to make our public colleges and universities as efficient and consumer-friendly as are private institutions such as the University of Phoenix.

Published March 11, 2004. East Valley & Scottsdale Tribune

Listen to original cowboy poetry and music from more than 70 performers and artists who use art to help preserve their way of life.

Arizona State tennis player Kelcy McKenna continued to win at the ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles on Thursday.

October 12, 2004

Washington -- Arizona college students graduated with some of the smallest levels of student debt in the country last year, according to a national report released Thursday.

Oh, say can you see the flag in the classroom? You should see them by July 1, 2007. That’s when every Arizona public school, community college and university classroom must have an American flag, state senators decided on a 20-1 vote Thursday.

2012 Wrestling State Tournaments

Inside Arizona: Spring training is just one of the exciting happenings that makes Surprise a city on the move. Surprise, located in the northwest Valley, has emerged almost overnight.

Outlook: With two of the state’s top quarterbacks under center — Cactus Shadows’ Phillip Aholt and Notre Dame’s Sean Renfree — and two teams not shy about passing, expect plenty of fireworks through the air.

Bryson Krueger, the second-leading scorer for Arizona State University men’s basketball team last season, has been dismissed from the program, ASU announced Thursday night.

Bryson Krueger, the second-leading scorer for Arizona State University men’s basketball team last season, has been dismissed from the program, ASU announced Thursday night.

Bryson Krueger, the second-leading scorer for Arizona State University men’s basketball team last season, has been dismissed from the program, ASU announced Thursday night.

June 13, 2004

From full-day kindergarten to the AIMS test, Arizona’s education issues will be discussed and debated by more than 160 residents from all corners of the state this week during the 84th biannual Arizona Town Hall.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to name Kris Mayes, her press aide, as the new state utility regulator.

Scottsdale Community College’s Shayla Washington is the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference women’s basketball Division II and Tribune Player of the Week.