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We're 35% of the way to our '26 Send A Kid to Camp goal with camps starting in a month
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (359+ words) The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern Arizona can attend camp on scholarships funded by Star readers. So far, we've received 487 donations totaling $88, 256. 77, or 35% our goal." Since 1947, the…...
Pressure on public schools prompt closures
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (648+ words) Come next fall, students attending Nash Elementary School in Tucson's Amphitheatre Public Schools will be attending Keeling or Walker Elementary Schools. Students from Kachina Elementary School in the west Phoenix Peoria Unified School District will decide between Foothills and Canyon…...
Autism center set to open in Tucson
1+ week, 3+ day ago (421+ words) Tucson is getting a new center for autism research and support. Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center bought a 10, 628-square-foot office building at 3100 N. Campbell Ave. from Siempre Juntos LLC for $2 million, after a successful capital campaign. Richard M. Kleiner and Alexis Corona,…...
U of A, NAU nursing students help Red Cross prevent heat deaths
1+ week, 4+ day ago (541+ words) The American Red Cross of Arizona and New Mexico received the agency's Presidential Award for Excellence this month for work to prevent heat-related illness and death through education, preparedness and volunteerism, and nursing students from the University of Arizona and…...
Parenting wasn't so bad when I was a kid | Jerry Davich
3+ week, 2+ day ago (736+ words) Remember when parenting was simple? You screamed at your sleep-deprived kids to wake up, threatening the wrath of their evil principal if they were late to school. You dumped an unhealthy amount of sugary cereal into a container the size…...
Local opinion: Arizona's school transportation crisis is hurting students
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (449+ words) As a former schoolteacher, I've seen students miss class for endless reasons: illness, family emergencies or the simple instability of life. But as any educator will tell you, the reason matters less than the result. When a child misses school,…...
As literacy rates lag, a pediatric hospital is screening for reading ability
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (54+ words) Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Daily Star e-edition E-edition archives back to 2007 Over a dozen curated newsletters Javascript is required to use this website. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window....
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60, 000 kids avoid allergies, study finds
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (748+ words) A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. About 60, 000 children have avoided developing peanut…...
Arizona softball is a consensus preseason top-25 squad, will face top 3 teams in polls
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (327+ words) Arizona softball has made two more preseason Top 25s. The Wildcats, who open the 2026 season Feb. 5, landed at No. 18 in the ESPN. com/USA Softball poll released Tuesday. They're also ranked 21st in D1 Softball's Top 25. Arizona previously earned a No. 17 ranking from…...
Arizona softball cracks Softball America's top 25 preseason rankings
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (372+ words) Arizona softball has landed a spot on Softball America's top 25 preseason rankings for 2026." The Cats secured No. 17 on the list, which is topped by Texas Tech, the national runner-up from last season's championship series, and defending national champ Texas at…...