Anita Snow, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Teacher Linda Patterson, left, hands a drum to Roberto Gomez Ruiz, middle, as his classmates look on at Valencia Newcomer School Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Phoenix. Children from around the world are learning the English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed at so-called newcomer schools. Valencia Newcomer School in Phoenix is among a handful of such public schools in the United States dedicated exclusively to helping some of the thousands of children who...

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Handful of schools offer refugee kids a safe place to learn

by Anita Snow Associated PressNovember 28, 2019

PHOENIX — International flags flutter from the ceilings of the outdoor hallways at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed.When the…

Most of the sixteen pregnant nurses who work together in the intensive care unit at Banner Desert Medical Center pose for a group photograph after attending a news conference where they all talked about being pregnant at the same time, with most of them due to give birth between October and January, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Baby boom at Arizona hospital with 16 pregnant nurses

by Anita Snow Associated PressAugust 19, 2018

Republican U.S. Congressional candidate Debbie Lesko, right, celebrates her win with former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at her home on Tuesday, April 24, in Peoria, Ariz. Lesko ran against Democratic candidate Hiral Tipirneni for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Arizona.

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GOP unsettled by Lesko’s narrow win in US House race in Arizona

by Bob Christie Associated Press, and Anita Snow Associated PressApril 25, 2018

Hearses of the family members who were killed in a flash flood are parked outside St. Patrick church, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Ten members of an extended Arizona family were killed earlier this month in flash flood while they celebrated a birthday are being remembered as hard-working immigrants from Mexico trying to provide a better life for their children. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Caskets, photos of family lost: Flood victims mourned

by Anita Snow Associated Press, and Clarice Silber Associated PressJuly 25, 2017

Volunteer rescuers begin searching for a missing 27-year-old man in Tonto National Forest, Ariz., Monday. The man was swept downriver with more than a dozen others when floodwaters inundated the area on Saturday.

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Ariz. flash flood killed large family celebrating birthday

by Anita Snow Associated Press, and Alina Hartounian Associated PressJuly 17, 2017