The Arizona Board of Education took the first step towards changing the state’s teaching standards to remove “diversity, equity and inclusion” language and avoid a confrontation with the Trump administration.

The University of Arizona and a hospital system in Yuma are partnering to establish the state’s first rural regional medical school branch.

Leo Diven Legay is a senior at Northern Arizona University and the editor-in-chief of the Lumberjack, the student newspaper. Normally, he writes about environmental issues or things that are happening in Flagstaff. But, recently he felt the need to write something much more personal.

Researchers from the University of Arizona have uncovered how a protein complex, known for regulating cell growth and adjusting metabolism, functions in a more complex manner.

The Arizona Board of Regents has approved a $3 million Regents’ Grant to strengthen Arizona’s agriculture industry and advance sustainable farming practices.

El Capitan, a team that has made the Arizona 1A playoffs each of the last four years, had its season cut short because of a recent measles outbreak in Mohave County, one of the largest outbreaks in the country. Throughout the season, several players contracted the virus, ultimately forcing seven game cancellations, including El Capitan’s coveted matchup with their crosstown foes.

Researchers at University of Arizona have confirmed a new jaguar in southern Arizona. This is the fifth big cat over the last 15 years to be spotted in the area.

The Phoenix Union High School District has posted a preliminary list of more than 160 positions that could be cut next school year.

The superintendent of the Paradise Valley Unified School District could soon be terminated. The district’s governing board began the process for dismissal Tuesday night.

Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes is investigating Republican schools Superintendent Tom Horne over his handling of public money that flows into the state’s school voucher system, which costs around $1 billion annually.

A team of researchers has been studying meteorological and air quality data collected during the 189 dust storms we’ve experienced in Phoenix since 2010. Based on that analysis, they recently unveiled the "Phoenix Dust Scale," a ranking system to assess the severity of dust storms.

Scientists from Arizona State University and other institutions finally assigned a species name to a fossil known as the Burtele foot. The discovery was made in 2009 at a site in Ethiopia.