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Smoked out: Schools accelerate efforts to snuff out vaping epidemic

Seven deaths nationwide have been linked to vaping, and school districts in Tempe are stepping up their campaigns to educate students and parents about the ill effects. Hundreds of people, including at least...

Healing Field tribute again memorializes the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001

Tempe Beach Park has once again transformed into a tribute to those who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The Exchange Club of Tempe, along with support from the city of...

Kyrene community mourns passing of Paloma Principal Janet Tobias

Parents, students, teachers and Kyrene officials are mourning the sudden passing of Janet Tobias, principal of Kyrene de la Paloma Elementary School. T

In Memoriam: Gary Loren Edmonds

Gary Loren Edmonds, 1950-2019 Gary was born Jan. 10, 1950 in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the oldest of four boys to Loren and Mary Jane Edmonds. The family moved to Salem, Oregon in 1960. Gary...

A community that binds: BV Ranchos musters massive work effort to aid a stricken neighbor

Story by Joyce Coronel A close-knit neighborhood in South Tempe has rallied around one of its own in the wake of tragedy. Craig Cottrell, 51, a Buena Vista Ranchos resident and a father of...

WATCH: Who we are, who we aren’t, and where we’re headed

Editor's note: Find the latest Wrangler News film featuring a discussion about the impacts of social media at the bottom of this page. Commentary by Joyce Coronel Some of my earliest and best memories involve...

$2.5m community grants advance opportunities for arts

By Wrangler News Staff Eleven Tempe nonprofit arts organizations, festival and education programs will share in more than $2.5 million in grants awarded by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of...

Peer influence proves powerful vs. teen substance abuse

By Sammie Ann Wicks   No, it’s definitely not your parents’ generation’s drug problem. With today’s kids experimenting with drugs and alcohol earlier than ever, one Tempe school district isn’t waiting around to...
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