Goodwill of Northern Arizona is pleased to announce the grand opening of a new Donation Center in Chino Valley located at 1029 Highway 89 in the Safeway Shopping Center. Goodwill team members will provide assistance to residents of Chino Valley and surrounding communities at this new convenient location where donations of clothing, housewares, electronics, and other gently used items can be dropped off. Items sold at Goodwill stores generate revenue that fund job-training programs, and … [Read more...] about Goodwill Opens New Donation Center in Chino Valley
Whiskey Row Documentary Available
Diamond Valley Productions, Inc. a Prescott based award winning documentary film production company, has just released a new project. Norman Fisk's Legends of Whiskey Row. This documentary has been under production for over a year and a half and covers the history of the beginning of Prescott as the territorial capital and the first saloon to the present. It deals with the gold strike and influx of miners, ranchers and those looking for a new life in the west. This project has … [Read more...] about Whiskey Row Documentary Available
New Horizons: Human Capital and the Economy
In a world of rigorous global business competition, structuring and positioning your region’s competitiveness is key to a healthy economy. The business world is moving and growing at a rapid and changing pace – everything from the need for quality products to technology advancements, global supply chain networks to an international system of doing business and marketing to a global audience. Communities must take a strategic approach to future industry growth and requirements. One key element … [Read more...] about New Horizons: Human Capital and the Economy
Pioneering Mission Bringing Outer Atmosphere Into Focus
It seems only fitting that the first clear image of our demoted planet, Pluto, revealed a giant heart-shaped geographic feature, as if to send a love note to Arizonans, where the distant icy world was discovered 85 years ago. During the third week of July, Lowell Observatory’s Will Grundy played a prominent role in the celebrated fly-by of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft. Grundy leads the mission’s surface composition team and balanced his time during this frenetic week between analyzing … [Read more...] about Pioneering Mission Bringing Outer Atmosphere Into Focus
Lifetime of Movement Aids Acupuncturist Ahna Bridenbaugh
When Ahna Bridenbaugh tells people her profession, sometimes they do not understand and ask if she is a massage therapist. Bridenbaugh explains that she is an acupuncturist, practicing the ancient art of healing that requires years of education and training. The name of her business, which she has been at for 20 years, is Acupuncture and Asian Medicine in Sedona. This month, after popular demand, she is opening a second office in Flagstaff. After graduating from acupuncture school with … [Read more...] about Lifetime of Movement Aids Acupuncturist Ahna Bridenbaugh
Yavapai College Administration of Justice Programs Ranked in Top Five
An industry website has ranked the Yavapai College administration of justice programs fifth in the site’s first annual Top Correctional Officer School rankings for Arizona. CorrectionalOfficer.org analyzed the relevant programs of 18 Arizona colleges and ranked the top five. The rankings, which reflect each college’s success in producing program completers, are based on student data, published surveys and other school and career data collected from several sources, including such government … [Read more...] about Yavapai College Administration of Justice Programs Ranked in Top Five
Demystifying Crowdfunding and Crowds
Prevalence of Crowdfunding We have all seen or heard of the websites devoted to crowdfunding. The concept of crowdfunding is still relatively new, but becoming more and more prevalent as a method of raising capital for a multitude of projects. But, do you know what crowdfunding and a crowd really are and how they work? Let’s explore them. Crowdfunding, by definition, is the “activity or process of raising money from a large number of people, typically through a website, as for a project or … [Read more...] about Demystifying Crowdfunding and Crowds
Is it Too Hot for Your Health?
As the sun is out longer and the days are getting hotter, here is some information from the National Institutes of Health about staying cool in the summer heat. Your body is always working to keep a balance between how much heat it makes and how much it loses. Too much heat causes sweating. When the sweat dries from your skin, the surface of your body cools and your temperature goes down. But being hot for too long can be a problem. It can cause several illnesses, all grouped under the … [Read more...] about Is it Too Hot for Your Health?
FedEx Investing in Prescott
Dozens of distinctive FedEx fleet trucks now enter and exit the newly constructed 27,700-square-foot distribution center, which just opened this past month in Prescott. Access to the facility located at 2980 Centerpointe Drive is from the roundabout intersection of Pioneer Parkway and Larry Caldwell Drive northwest of Prescott. The new facility replaced an existing much smaller structure located in Dewey. The reason for that expansion? “The doubling of package volume for FedEx Ground … [Read more...] about FedEx Investing in Prescott
Climate Change Documentary and Discussion
On Thursday, August 13th, at 6:30 PM, The Inspiration of Sedona, will show part 4 of James Cameron’s, Emmy Award winning, nine-part “Years of Living Dangerously” documentary series. The remaining five parts of the series will be shown consecutively on the following 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. This groundbreaking event series explores the human impact of climate change. Along with its supporting website, www.yearsoflivingdangerously.com, it represents a milestone in raising awareness … [Read more...] about Climate Change Documentary and Discussion