Hundreds of schools remain closed as teachers and support staff participate in the #RedForEd teacher walkout.
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'We're not going to give up': Arizona students' 'die-in' puts focus on gun-safety reform
Students with the March for Our Lives movement occupied several buildings at the Arizona Capitol on Friday to demand Gov. Doug Ducey support stricter gun-control laws.
Hundreds of students staged a "die-in" protest, where they lay on the ground to symbolize deaths from school shootings, in the lobbies of the state House, Senate and Ducey's office.
Here's where all of Phoenix South Mountain Preserve's $23 million upgrades stand
South Mountain Preserve, one of the nation's largest city-run parks, will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2024. City officials expect the monumental year to attract bigger crowds than the park is used to, so they are investing $23 million to improve different aspects of the park.
Will Arizona teachers strike for better pay like those in West Virginia?
Public schools across West Virginia were closed Monday for the third consecutive day as teachers walked out of their classrooms to fight for higher wages and better healthcare benefits.
Moon Valley and Pointe Tapatio golf courses to stop irrigating with drinking water
Most golf courses across the country have started to use non-potable, untreated water to maintain their green lawns. But there are a handful of courses in Phoenix still watering with drinking water.
Tablets, laptops and drones: Amazon gifts Arizona schools free technology
To honor Arizona's 106th birthday on Wednesday, Amazon gave schools in Maricopa County new technology for their STEM programs.
Arizona Legislature casts first vote to extend $643M education sales tax
The Arizona House Education Committee voted Monday to approve legislation that would continue for another eight years the education sales tax that brings in about $643 million a year to Arizona schools.
Phoenix antiques mall Zinnias at Melrose closing after nearly a decade
Zinnias at Melrose Mall, a treasure trove beloved by antiques connoisseurs across metro Phoenix, is closing Feb. 28 after almost a decade in Phoenix’s Melrose District.
FAA to hold public flight-path planning meetings with Phoenix neighbors
The Federal Aviation Administration is partnering with the city of Phoenix to hold three community meetings over the next week.
'Meeting' on chemistry teacher's day off turns into $25K educator award
Tucson Desert View High School chemistry teacher Jonathan Cadena wasn't supposed to be at school Thursday.
But his co-workers convinced him he needed to come in for a "meeting."
It turned out to be a much, much bigger surprise.
White Tank Mountain Regional Park: The simple pleasures of desert hiking
I grew up in Southern California, where we have beaches and mountains and endless suburbs, so I am still amazed by the subtle beauty of Arizona desert scenery. I think that's why I loved hiking the Mesquite Canyon Trail in White Tank Mountain Regional Park.