Rebecca Oravec knew she wanted to work with kids since her first job as a party host at a bowling alley.
“I got to set up the lanes, help kids celebrate their birthdays and teach them how to put their names into the machine,” she said. “I don't know that I knew I wanted to be a teacher but I knew I wanted to work with kids. Then I did before- and after-school programs, I worked in preschool for a little while, I was a secretary at a school, and over and over through those jobs people kept asking me, ‘Do you want to be a teacher?’”
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SIERRA VISTA — In a town hall meeting Thursday at Chiricahua Community Health Centers Inc. in Sierra Vista, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., met with local health care professionals and community members to discuss proposed cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance programs included in the federal reconciliation bill. Read moreKelly takes aim at medicaid cuts at Chiricahua town hall
Pima Council on Aging plans to keep a Green Valley-Sahuarita congregate meal site running after federal funding reductions led to operations shuttering at nine locations managed by its communi… Read moreGV congregate meal site staying open amid closures
Pima County has joined Boston, San Francisco, Denver and several other cities and counties in suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal agencies for imposing… Read morePima County joins lawsuit against HUD, DOT
If you had told Jaeleigha Abalos when she was a freshman on the Walden Grove High School track team that she would one day be an All-American javelin thrower in college, she wouldn't have beli… Read moreHer road to All-American honors in javelin
Green Valley author Duke Southard is no stranger to national awards, but his 11th book, "Retreat from the Precipice,” is the first time he stands on top of the others. Read moreGV writer notches national award
When you live in a community of fewer than 500 people and about 30 miles from a good-sized community, Ellen Dursema says you tend to take care of each other. That's why she and other civic lea… Read moreArivaca dreams of tiny home community for seniors
Naco resident Rose Peacock watches as an illegal immigrant races behind her property Friday morning. Peacock shouts to him in Spanish, “They’re going to grab you!”. The migrant is talking to a… Read moreLife on The Roosevelt Reservation
Naco resident Rose Peacock watches as an illegal immigrant races behind her property Friday morning. Peacock shouts to him in Spanish, “They’re going to grab you!”. The migrant is talking to a… Read morewall people 1
These homes I Douglas are within 60 feet of the US/Mexico border wall. They will not be affected by the Trump administration’s order to the military to occupy the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60 f… Read morewall people 3
Pima County has a new list of unincorporated roads identified for next fiscal year's road repair program, including six miles of work in the Green Valley and Sahuarita areas. Read moreCounty road repair plans for next year
The tax and spending bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would likely result in 3.2 million people losing food assistance benefits, and saddle states with around $14 billion a year in costs,… Read moreCBO looks at real costs of House budget bill
So far, officials have recovered approximately $6.7 million that former County Treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr had stolen during her decade-long tenure, according to court documents filed last month. Read moreReceiver recovers $6.7 million in Gutfahr’s fraud
Sahuarita parks and rec Director Devin Stalder is confident the town will open the gates to its new splash pad at Anamax Park on Friday, with a special swag giveaway on Saturday. Read moreSahuarita opening new splash pad
