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Students and an instructor at Pima Community College's aviation technology program watch a plane pass above as they perform maintenance on a small aircraft at the college's facility near Tucson International Airport on Feb. 4, 2019.

PCC gets money to double its aviation tech program

The Arizona Legislature approved $15 million to expand the program, the first state money since cutting community college funding four years ago.
The former Fortuna Inn and Suites in near West Speedway and Main in Tucson is shown before its demolition. Pima Community College bought the hotel to make room for its "Center of Excellence in Applied Technology."

Pima College Expanding Manufacturing Focus With New Center

The college will replace a closed hotel with an applied technology center.
Gov. Doug Ducey tours Pima Community College's downtown campus as part of a Caterpillar announcement, Aug. 24, 2018. From left, Lee Lambert, PCC Chancellor; Ducey; Greg Wilson, PCC academic dean of business, occupational and professional programs; and Jean Savage, vice president for Caterpillar’s surface mining and technology division.

Pima Community College Partners with Caterpillar

Engineers will gain experience welding and machining at PCC.
A building on the campus of Pima Community College, West.

Pima Community College Dropping Football, May Cut Golf and Tennis

The football program was never self-supporting, as originally hoped.
Members of the Arizona state Legislature meet at the Senate Building.

Wish List for State Business Leaders: Education, Roads

Also: Less regulation, expanded Arizona-Mexico trade, ballot initiative reform.
A woman calls potential employers from a phone bank at Pima County's Sullivan Jackson Employment Center

METRO WEEK: Tucson Job Center Gets National Attention

One formerly homeless veteran got education, job with help from employment program.

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