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Cuts in school funding and a realignment of priorities in recent years have resulted in fewer music education opportunities for children. Studies show that involvement in the arts increases students' participation in other school-related activities.

Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc., is pleased to announce the 2013 POWER Grant program funding focus: Food and Basic Needs for Children.

If soccer is a sport largely ignored by most Americans unless the World Cup is going on, then what about lacrosse?

Oct. 27, 2004 - The good Samaritan efforts of a 16-year-old Oro Valley boy led the police department to arrest a pair of suspected identity thieves.

The Invisible Theatre has announced it will use a $5,000 grant from RBC Foundation-USA to fund its Pastime Players’ youth programming and outreach.

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Homeless teenagers. Imagine your formative high school years being spent on the street. Are these lives being thrown away before they’ve even had a chance to chart their own course?

As part of its recycling education efforts serving the Tucson-Pima County metropolitan area, Tucson Clean & Beautiful invites students in grades K-12 as well as adults who are professional or aspiring recycled artists, to participate in the RUMBA (Re-Used Materials Becoming Art) showcase and competition to be held at the 2011 SAHBA Spring Home & Patio Show in April.

In an effort to recognize some of the community’s outstanding  youth, the Oro Valley Town Council recently recognized Copper Creek fourth grader Michael Chen.

For the third consecutive year, the Town of Oro Valley has earned the “Playful City USA” designation from national non-profit KaBOOM! Presented by The Humana Foundation, Playful City USA is a national program advocating for local policies that increase play opportunities for children and is a key platform in combating the play deficit.

Senator Jon Kyl, the Assistant Minority Leader in the United States Senate, has endorsed Mike Hellon for Supervisor in Pima County District 1.



Pima County Public Library (PCPL) announced that it will receive one of 12 grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to design a Learning Lab, a new space where young people can connect with mentors and peers, as well as new media and traditional materials to pursue their interests more deeply and connect these new skills to academics, career, and civic engagement. Inspired by YOUmedia, a teen space at the Chicago Public Library, and innovations in science and technology centers, these labs will help young people move beyond consuming content to making and creating it.

Not just one, not two, but three Cooperstown Youth Baseball Hall of Fame rings adorn Brandon Hyatt’s fingers, after the 11-year-old returned from a national tournament slot last week.

SaddleBrooke resident Gene Hildreth, an admitted foodie, now has “his restaurant,” wife Gail remarks.

Thirteen is Luke Somerville’s lucky number.

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Six thousand people each month walk through the doors of the downtown Pima County One Stop Career Center at 340 N. Commerce Park Loop or the center at 825 E. Fort Lowell Road seeking help in changing their lives.

Odessa Mix, a sixth-grade student at Coronado Middle School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Catalina/Oro Valley Lions Club. 

On Saturday, Feb. 19, youths in five Pima Community College TRiO programs will volunteer to help the city’s graffiti abatement efforts.

When the youthful Pusch Ridge Christian Lions softball team made the semi-finals in 2A-play, they had reached a level that couldn't have been expected at season's start.

Oro Valley police officers last Wednesday arrested two men for possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

A 14-year-old Marana High School freshman has completed a CD, and she is dedicating proceeds from a debut party this Saturday to charity.