Arizona Western College president Dr. Daniel Corr talks about breaking ground on new buildings and launching new workforce and baccalaureate partnerships to address local demand.

Host Lou Gum visits volunteers at a Yuma greenhouse dedicated to cultivating plants native to the region. The hope is that people will see the plants as gardening and landscaping alternatives to non-native species that often use more water.

A new grant to the University of Arizona, Arizona Western College, and Imperial Valley Community College looks to address a shortage of public health professionals.

Yuma historian Tina Clark talks about her love of history as she is honored for decades of work in preserving Yuma sites and stories. Also, a look inside a high-tech military science fair at the Army's Yuma Proving Ground.

A new study quantifies what was lost as Colorado’s population increased over a 40-year span. Leon Kolankiewicz co-authored the study, as well as similar reports on Arizona and the nation as a whole released over the last year.

College enrollment is down across the nation, with community college students accounting for half of that decline. But southwestern Arizona is bucking the trend. We talk with Arizona Western College President Dr. Daniel Corr.

Fernando Quiroz is Director of the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition. The group makes regular visits to the border, often twice a day, to observe, help migrants with information, and clean up what has become more than just a political mess.

Jose Luis Cruz Rivera, the President of Northern Arizona University is wrapping his first year on the job. We hear about changes in higher ed due to the pandemic, plans to increase enrollment numbers and the role of colleges in keeping a college degree affordable.

We revisit a conversation with former USDA Conservationist Bobbi McDermott about the evolution of modern agriculture in Yuma. Parts of this conversation re-aired on August 26, 2022.

Composer and performer David Arkenstone will be launching a tour across Arizona with a performance Saturday evening at the historic Yuma Theatre.