PHOENIX – Drivers heading to the high country, the beach or elsewhere over the Labor Day weekend will not face any construction closures along state highways.  That’s the word from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
No construction closures are scheduled for state highway projects, including improvement projects along Phoenix area freeways, over the three-day holiday weekend.
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KAYENTA, AZ – Kayenta Intermediate School (KIS) Grades 3rd to 5th have made the “No Child Left Behind” status of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the 2009 and 2010 School Years.  This amazing academic achievement is due to the hard work by the staff at Kayenta Intermediate School, as well as the students and parents. 
The [...]

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Phoenix Landscape Architect Firm Tapped to Refine and Restore North Rim Public Areas
Phoenix, AZ (August 6, 2010) – While the forces of nature are still hard to fathom in the creation of the Grand Canyon, the skills and talents of Phoenix-based landscape architects, Gilmore Parsons Land Design Group, Inc., are being called on to return [...]

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ADOT looking for help creating goals, objectives for long-range plan
PHOENIX — Twenty-five years ago, it was 1985 and Back to the Future was a hit at the box office. A flying DeLorean transported time-travelers back in time, and then into the grand future – to 2015. While we don’t have flying cars just yet, that [...]

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John Wetherill first set up his trading post in Kayenta with tents in 1910. From there Kayenta continued to grow into one of the most unique communities on the Navajo Nation known worldwide for its scenic beauty, culture, people and spirit.
Remembering Kayenta from its early beginnings in 1910 all the way to the current year [...]

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Good news for July 4th weekend travelers, but caution urged
PHOENIX – Independence from construction-related closures will help Arizona drivers celebrate Independence Day weekend this year.
For drivers planning to head to the high country or travel elsewhere in Arizona over the Independence Day weekend, the Arizona Department of Transportation will have no construction closures on state [...]

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PHOENIX – Governor Jan Brewer today announced the State of Arizona has officially submitted its application for Round Two of Race to the Top to the U.S. Department of Education.
 “Arizona’s innovative and entrepreneurial history of education reform and recent legislative actions make clear that no matter if the state is chosen to receive a Race to [...]

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 “Today the legal team I have appointed to defend the State of Arizona in the legal challenges to Arizona’s new immigration laws met with senior officials from the United States Department of Justice.  The meeting was held at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice.  
“The Department attorneys were advised that I believe the federal [...]

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Arizona’s Only Member on Homeland Security Committee Has Consistently Pushed for More Manpower for Border Security Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Ann Kirkpatrick, Arizona’s only Member on the House Committee on Homeland Security, today issued a statement in response to the announcement that up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops will be deployed to the border [...]

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PHOENIX – Governor Jan Brewer today announced that Mr. John Bouma, chairman of the law firm Snell & Wilmer, will represent her in federal lawsuits challenging Arizona’s new immigration laws.
The Governor recently signed SB 1070 and HB 2162, which contain numerous provisions relating to immigration enforcement in Arizona.  These laws go into effect on July [...]

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