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Biden honors McCain, denounces ‘MAGA extremists’ during Tempe event
President Joe Biden invoked the spirit of the late Sen. John McCain while denouncing “MAGA extremists” as a threat to democracy, during a speech Thursday at the Tempe Arts Center.
Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses
As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. Nearly two years later, Sultani, now 21, is safely in the U.S. and working toward her bachelor's degree in data science at Arizona State University in Tempe on a scholarship.
Jack August: Historian, author is captivated by Arizona lore
Historian Jack August can tell you tons of tales of Arizona’s past, from the story about Fife Symington saving Bill Clinton’s life to August’s own memories of interactions with the state’s heavyweights.
Historian-author to do work for Arizona Capitol Museum
A prominent Arizona historian is being enlisted to help advance the Arizona Capitol Museum.
Museum at the Petrified Forest
Early explorers of the area who arrived prior to the railroad in the 1850s described in their reports an area of barren hillsides strewn with colorful stone longs, the remains of trees that once stood in a prehistoric tropical forest.
State Archive featured ghost town exhibit
Arizona was once home to many thriving mining communities, but the only proof of many of these towns’ existence lie in the State Archives.
Gov. Doug Ducey vetoes bill to reinstate Mining Museum
The rocks and other materials at Arizona's Mining and Mineral Museum will continue to gather dust after Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a measure Thursday to reopen the museum, which closed in 2011.
Arizona mining museum in Phoenix closes
The Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum near the State Capitol has closed a month earlier than expected. As the building's overseer, the Arizona Historical Society had originally planned to shutter the museum at the end of the school year.
Bookkeeper embezzled $1M from Tucson museum
The Attorney General’s Office announced a 65-year-old Tucson woman faces up to 12-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from her theft of almost $1 million from... […]
