On college campuses across the United States, there is growing concern that incoming freshmen are not prepared for post secondary level course work.
 
The problem is big and growing according to Diploma to Nowhere, a study released in Sept. 2008 by Strong American Schools, a project of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

With the times being what they are, almost everyone, from the young and impressionable elementary school student to the grandmother in the kitchen, has a cell phone. 

No one disagrees that the Iraq War costs the United States money, but how much it costs is a debate.
When experts are figuring costs, the “Iraq War” includes military operations in Afghanistan as well.

In the shadow of recession, some local business owners are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their heads above water in a sea of economic collapse. “It’s folding it [her business] up,” says Carol Fisher, owner of CEER Cleaning Service. “I’m now looking for other jobs.”

A national traveling exhibit, Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings, opened at the Yavapai College Art Gallery on May 5

With an uncertain economy and environmental concerns mounting, growing numbers of citizens and policy makers are calling for government assistance for developing “green-collar jobs.”
The U.S. Department of Labor has recently reported a significant rise in unemployment, which could add to the 12 to 13 percent of the U.S. population already living in poverty as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.

A recent report reveals that one in 100 American citizens are currently behind bars.
The report, released by the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project in February of this year, goes on to echo the growing concern of public officials and sociologists about the economic, social and individual costs of mass incarceration.

History and a small community makes the city of Prescott a popular town for addiction recovery.

The Legal Arizona Workers Act is dividing opinion regarding whether legislation concerning undocumented workers should fall under the state’s authority.
Arizona seeks to respond to the illegal immigration issue with the Legal Arizona Workers Act, or House Bill 2779.

Yavapai College students on the Prescott Campus who have children have some extra relief this fall after the Del E. Webb Family Enrichment Center opened on Aug. 21, 2007.
Ms. Vickey LaMotte, Del E. Webb center director, says the best way to describe the center’s function is to provide “early care and education.”  The DEW Family Enrichment Center is a place for over-extended parents to place their children while they are in classes or at work, but the word stressed by the faculty is “education.”