Helping federal and state government scientists stave off extinction for three species of endangered native fish
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avapai Community College aquaculture science students at the Chino Valley Center are raising and studying razorback suckers, humpback chub and bonytail chub. All three are native to Arizona waterways and endangered because of the passive introduction of non-native fish and other environmental hazards. The fish began arriving at the Center in November 2018.
The project is a first for Yavapai College and represents a unique partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey and Arizona Game and Fish, said YC Aquaculture Professor Marnee Zazueta. “We’re excited to be entrusted with native and endangered species. Not everyone gets the opportunity to do that.”
The Coconino Community College’s construction technology management program received a $1 million grant last week from the Dell E. Webb Foundation. The funds will be used to renovate the current Construction Technology Management facility at its Flagstaff Campus. It will also be used to expand existing CTM classes and in-demand programs such as heating, ventilation and air-conditioning and refrigeration or HVACR technology.
The newest population and business data strongly suggests that Yavapai Community College should invest much more annually in the Verde Valley than its current estimated $10 to $12 million dollars of its $80 million dollar budget. 
In a report issued at the end of October 2018, readiness in math following high school graduation is trending downward among ACT-tested US high school graduates. The report said it had fallen to its lowest mark in 14 years. It was based on 2018 graduates around the country who took the ACT® test.
Senate Bill 1217, sponsored by Cave Creek Republican Senator Heather Carter, would direct Yavapai Community College and other colleges in Arizona to create a new tuition rate for all students who graduate from Arizona high schools.
The new training facility for the Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy (NARTA) on the Prescott Campus is nearing completion. The total cost to taxpayers associated with moving NARTA from the Prescott Valley Center to the Prescott Campus is put at $2,037,000. Taxpayers are picking up the entire cost of the transfer because no grant money is involved.
The Prescott Valley Chief of Police, Bryan Jarrell and the Prescott Chief of Police, Debora Black, both heavily lobbied the Governing Board at the March 2018 meeting for the project. The Board voted 4-1 to spend the $2 million with Second District Representative Deb McCasland the lone dissenter. She argued that while she strongly supported the NARTA program, she did not see that this was a wise expenditure of scarce educational funds. 
The Yavapai Community College Southwest Wine Center was among 250 entries from 32 labels who competed for the best wines in Arizona at the azcentral Arizona Wine competition at the Grand Wine Gala held Friday, January 26. This was a part of the ninth Annual Grand Wine Festival that continued on Saturday and Sunday at Heritage Square Park in downtown Phoenix – now the largest celebration of Arizona wine in the country.
In a press release Yavapai Community College announced that Executive Dean of Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus and Sedona Center, Dr. James Perey, recently received national recognition in accepting the PACE Economic Development Award at the Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) CareerTech VISION conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Yavapai Community College has a great commuter meal plan that is available to students other than resident hall occupants on the Prescott Campus. As stated by the College in its marketing statement, these meal plans are a “great value” for those students who choose to purchase them. And they are!
