Arizona
The Republic awarded grant to focus on education solutions, cover bilingual communities
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From the Phoenix Open to Election Day, from ‘Gilbert Goon’ violence to ASU’s Big 12 championship, The Republic covered it all in Arizona in 2024.
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The Arizona Republic was among the 15 local newsrooms awarded multiyear funding by the Arizona Local News Foundation through its Arizona Community Collaborative program to expand journalism about education solutions in the state.
The initiative, designed to create measurable change in access to information and improve Arizona’s education system, has raised $2 million and continues fundraising to expand to more newsrooms.
“This is one of the most ambitious efforts in Arizona’s history to empower local media and tackle one of our state’s most pressing challenges,” said Chris Kline, president and CEO of the Arizona Media Association and the Arizona Local News Foundation. “With immediate effect, this collaborative will dramatically expand community conversation and launch new discussions about how to improve Arizona education for students of all ages. We are setting out to prove that collaboration at scale can create a better future for all Arizonans.”
This award will support the expansion of The Republic’s education coverage, currently handled by two reporters. Madeleine Parrish covers the nearly 60 school districts across Maricopa County, focusing on emerging education policy trends and districts’ innovative programs. Helen Rummel focuses on higher education, reporting on the state’s three public universities and the community college system in Maricopa County.
The new position will prioritize stories about communities that face challenges accessing critical information due to income and language barriers, ensuring more inclusive and equitable coverage. It will also enhance our reporting on dual-language programs and equity-focused education issues.
After a competitive application process with submissions from 40 Arizona newsrooms, the selected grantees represent a mix of news outlets across a wide geographic area. The funding will enable these outlets to hire reporters focusing exclusively on education solutions reporting. They will cover urban and rural communities on digital, print, radio and TV platforms.
Flagstaff:
Lake Havasu:
Metro Phoenix:
- Independent News Media
- KAET-TV
- KPNX-TV
- KTAR-FM
Pinal County:
- Casa Grande Valley Newspapers
Prescott:
Southern Arizona:
Statewide:
- The Arizona Republic
- Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
- Univision Arizona
Tucson:
Yuma:
- Colorado River Public Media
This is the second Arizona Community Collaborative sponsored by the Arizona Local News Foundation and its sister organization, the Arizona Media Association, the nonprofit corporation that acts as the official trade association for Arizona’s local radio, TV, print and digital media industry.
The first partnership focused on Arizona’s 2024 elections, broadcasting 29 debates for races that included Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat, U.S. congressional districts, Arizona Corporation Commission seats, select county-level races and multiple ballot propositions in partnership with the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission and dozens of local media brands. The Republic was instrumental in establishing the association and continues to be an active collaborator.
Silvia Solis is the director of partnerships and community relations at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. She can be reached at silvia.solisgarza@gannett.com or 602-239-4413.
Arizona
Person accused of making terroristic threats to medical facility in northern Arizona
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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NFL mock draft: 4-round projections for Arizona Cardinals
In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Detroit Lions NFL Draft Injury Report: Arizona State CB Keith Abney
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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