By Sammie Ann Wicks
"In the past, it seems like most businesses that are proposed have been put through without a lot of consideration by the DRC,"Â Matt Smith recalls. "This time, it was...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
Like many parents who’ve just learned their child has autism, Warner Ranch mom Michele Thorne says she at first felt overwhelmed.
“When my son was first diagnosed with autism, I...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
It’s a sport that abounds with every heroic human metaphor—watching it, playing it—we glimpse humanity’s highest good cast on the world stage: where you fight to the end, ignore...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
Students returning to Kyrene district classes this month are being introduced to innovative outreach programs, both inside and outside the formal school setting.
“Our big focus entering the new school...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
Horses have been a ubiquitous presence in the Southwest since they roamed the Plains during the Pleistocene epoch 2.6 million years ago, and after their reappearance here in the early...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
No, it’s definitely not your parents’ generation’s drug problem. With today’s kids experimenting with drugs and alcohol earlier than ever, one Tempe school district isn’t waiting around to...
By Sammie Ann Wicks
You know that kiddie pool in your backyard, the one the kids splash in so happily? Make sure it’s completely empty of water when they’re done or you...