Uninsured Americans are seeking out other healthcare options as their sizes grow and healthcare reform looms. 
 
“Nearly 46 million Americans, or 18 percent of the population under the age of 65, were without health insurance in 2007,” says the US Census Bureau in its most recent data. With rising poverty levels, this number is sure to rise.
 
Many jobs that previously offered healthcare benefits have revoked them, according to the National Coalition on Healthcare (NCHC).

Although rigorous, taxing and often a very selective profession, nursing remains a very popular and financially stable career. 
 
“Receiving a check that always cashes is one of the best benefits of nursing,” says Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) Nursing Supervisor, Shelly Beal. 

Bed Bath and Beyond is set to lease a space in the Village Shops of Prescott Gateway Mall. 
 
It will open in early December before the holidays,  according to Michelle Zdanowski, Prescott Gateway Mall’s marketing manager. 

“Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it,” writes Paulo Freire, thought by some to be one of the most influential thinkers and educators in the late twentieth century, in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Freire’s philosophy, although much more complicated and in-depth than the breadth of a single sentence, is the same philosophy held by many social activists, as displayed by one of the more prominent activist collectives in Prescott, AZ: the unique, volunteer run Catalyst Infoshop.

The current economic conditions seem to be affecting everyone and everything and education is no exception. 
Arizona’s education system is facing sizable budget cuts with the state legislature’s decision to cut $133 million from K-12 education and another $142 million from state universities for 2008-09, according to abc15.com.

Students must decide if a trip to sunny Mexico is worth the risk of a travel warning and rising violence with Spring Break right around the corner.
 
With over 100,000 teenagers and young adults traveling over the border and into Mexico for Spring Break each year, according to US Department of Travel, the “increase in violence” including “Mexican and foreign bystanders be[ing] injured or killed in violent attacks in cities across the country” and “dozens of U.S. citizens be[ing] kidnapped across Mexico” may cause some students to rethink this destination as …

Volunteers for the AARP’s Tax-Aide program had filed $1 million in returns from their four sites in the Tri-city area by Feb. 17. 
The Tax-Aide program filed 4,700 tax returns between the four sites last year.
AARP’s tax preparers are volunteers and are certified by the Internal Revenue Service. The service is free and is intended for those with low to moderate incomes.

“In this economy donations are down but the animals are up,” says Executive Director of UAF (United Animal Friends) Joann Lee.
 
“There are so many people that are abandoning animals or re-homing animals because they can no longer care for them, or [they've] lost their homes,” Lee says.

Growth involves change, and Yavapai College has evidenced its desire to grow and change by adding some new programs to its curriculum. 

If you’ve ever driven down Whipple Street at night during the holidays, you’ve seen it. Easily visible from the main road, the Holiday House lights up everything around it.