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Continued degree seeking for a Bachelor or Master’s degree no longer means having to leave your community college.  Northern Arizona University has 34 extended campuses all around Arizona, according to Area Coordinator Lisa Mauldin for the NAU Prescott campus. NAU Prescott offers Completion bachelors and masters degrees after a completed associate’s degree with Yavapai College. [...]

Back in the days of tight jeans and white t-shirts, when women wore poodle skirts and rock and roll was a new concept all-together. Gary Robertson was 17, and full of passion for rebuilding cars.  “It was the only job I ever had that made me feel like, me.” We sit in his home, which [...]

“I am 20-years-old and I volunteer in the Prescott Women Shelter,” Danielle Frederic says, “but since I was 12, I discovered in The Fish Guest House, in Oregon, that helping others gives me a lot of satisfaction.” According to Frederic there are a lot of good reasons that social work and educating kids is what she [...]

Yavapai College’s Prescott campus has dorms.  “This is my fourth semester in the dorms,” Says Rachel Riefkohl, 20, a second year student here at Yavapai College. Rachel is going to school for nursing and feels that the dorms make studying and homework easier.

When most people think of the Dewey-Humboldt area they have a certain perception of the town and its businesses. But that perception probably doesn’t include a high-end guitar builder like Todd Keehn. “I never intended to do this professionally,” says Keehn, “[but] I wanted a guitar that was better than what I could buy.”

For the first time in four decades, the National Football League is looking at a full work stoppage. The NFL is the nation’s most widely followed sport.

The burden of my math class this semester has been weighing me down as if it were some heavy shackles and chains around my hands and feet. I’ve been pondering this question, why should Liberal Arts majors be required to take college algebra or college math? As, a General Studies major is it really necessary [...]

Arizona’s sun, soil, and citizens are quickly making a name for themselves in the national wine industry. That’s why Yavapai College (YC) is looking to facilitate the future of this blossoming state industry and help expand the regional economy.

Prescott Valley’s YC Campus is home to the Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy, or NARTA, a school for law enforcement recruits. According to Sergeant Jon Brambila, a SWAT team member, and training officer, around 30 recruits are currently enrolled in the 18-week course.

A lot of great games were released this past year but none were as fun  as Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Nintendo Wii.  Donkey Kong is a name most people know. He is a massive gorilla who has been around since the 1980s. He has had many of his own games and has been [...]