From the time she was a little girl, Dr. Julie Peterson has wanted to work with children: “I always knew from the beginning that I would do something with kids—either working in early elementary education or pediatrics.” Along the way, Peterson decided to focus on pediatrics. After graduating from medical school at the University of [...]
Tempe, Arizona – In observance of Thanksgiving, the City of Tempe will close all administrative offices on Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23. EMERGENCY SERVICES Police and Fire services will be unaffected by the holiday. TEMPE 311 Tempe 311, the city’s Customer Relations Center, will be closed. To fill out a service request [...]
In mythology, a phoenix is an immortal bird that flies far ahead to the front, always scanning the landscape, always with a vision of the future. The developers of Discovery Business Campus, at the northwest corner of Elliot Road and Loop 101 in south Tempe, hope for those qualities and more as they give new [...]
Spend just a few minutes researching obesity statistics, and it’s easy to see why so many health professionals are alarmed about the number of people who are overweight or obese. For example, according to a new report from the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, by 2030, 58.8 percent of adults in [...]
With the holidays approaching, thoughts usually turn to home and family—but what if you didn’t have a home and your family is scattered? It’s a more common scenario in Arizona than you may realize and, regrettably, kids can be the most impacted. In fact, in Tempe’s own Kyrene Elementary School District, the homeless count this [...]
The Chandler Police Department’s traffic unit has received a $60,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to encourage seatbelt use and step up existing measures to minimize accidents. The allocation, which runs through September, funds additional enforcement of moving violations— including speeding, red light running and failing to yield properly on a left [...]
Editor’s note: The following content, background of which will be self-explanatory, was submitted to Wrangler News in an effort to raise awareness of a dangerous trend that seems to be gaining momentum in our neighborhoods. While we do not typically publish material without identifying the author, we have verified the writer’s credentials and feel that [...]
Be careful: Big Brother is watching—and collecting data from your personal computer or even your smart phone. It’s a trend that puts at risk the safety of personal data through identity theft and, on a larger scale, our military security. The problem is so serious that information systems are increasingly on the minds of national [...]
Police continue to seek the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect in the Thursday, Oct. 4, robbery of a U.S. Bank branch inside the Safeway store at McClintock Drive and Elliot Road, Tempe. The robbery occurred at approximately 5:36 p.m. following the suspect’s purchase of an item before entering the bank branch. The [...]
One of south Tempe’s most recognizable shopping centers is showing off its newest finery this week with completion of a full-scale remodeling that brings it in line with some of the area’s most upscale retail developments. Cobblestone Village Center, on the southwest corner of Warner Road and McClintock Drive, winds up a five-month-plus upgrade on [...]
