Vail News

Tucson-area school districts are anxiously awaiting the final word on how the new state budget will play out a ' as are teachers who were laid off earlier this summer amid funding cuts.

The Long Realty office at 10222 E. Rita Ranch Road is collecting nonperishable food and money for the Community Food Bank this month.

"What I wanted to do was hone my craft as a teacher. When I saw this, I was really drawn to the idea of getting into the real world and seeing how to bring that into the classroom." John Guerrero, math teacher in the Vail School District Work-site training for teachers Summer industrial, business jobs tell them what employers want a ' and pupils ...

A resident told deputies someone took a large, ceramic cowboy boot from the end of her driveway.

Michael Frank from Empire High School in the Vail Unified School District was named teacher of the year by the Arizona Technology Council, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Commerce.

Justin Kredible, who has co-starred on the MTV show "Room 401," will perform twice next week at the Gaslight Theatre, a Gaslight news release said.

A neighborhood resident told deputies he tried to pick up his mail from the community mailbox but the back of the box was ripped open.

Matisyahu will be performing a set Thursday, June 11 at the Rialto Theatre. His career has been built on an artistic style that blends hip-hop, reggae and classic rock.

We were appalled to learn that GOP legislators quietly added a provision to their proposed state budget that would wallop homeowners.

The weather has been very odd. It's overcast and muggy, but that's first thing in the morning.

By creating a user-generated, ever-growing library of original digital content, an Arizona school district has liberated its teachers from the restraints of a textbook-driven curriculum model.

"The reason we are where we are and Comcast is where they are is driven by market forces.

VAIL, Colorado - The Vail Valley held a hello-goodbye party for the iconic Pope family at Vista in Arrowhead last Saturday.

"Now I'm sure that was not their intent, but it did put those children in danger," said Vail Superintendent Calvin Baker.

Lupita Murillo reports Senior pranksters sit out graduation ceremony Three high school students who turned themselves in for vandalism in Vail will not participate in Thursday night's graduation ceremony.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle and the media are debating whether former Bush officials, and even George Bush himself, should be prosecuted for crimes relating to the treatment of terrorist prisoners.

Three students, including the son of a Vail school district governing board member, have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of 76 district school buses.

Vandals sidelined the Vail School District's fleet of buses overnight, disrupting the school day and leaving hundreds of students waiting at bus stops.

Able Information Technologies, a provider of complete technology solutions for the past 16 years and the #1 E-Rate provider in the Southwest, announced today that in a ceremony held on May 2, 2009 it awarded eight schools in Arizona over $100,000 in technology products and services.

Some Tucson students are taking action in an attempt to keep their teachers employed and their classroom size manageable.