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SUPERIOR — A new wildfire has broken out near the Pinto Valley Mine, east of Superior.
PHOENIX — Casa Grande native Judge William O’Neil was feted with a retirement party on May 10 at the Arizona Supreme Court building. His retirement from a job in which he oversaw lawyers in the state was announced in March.
CASA GRANDE — The COVID-19 pandemic may be winding down but it’s still affecting local school budgets.
CASA GRANDE — The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor will receive about $123,500 as a share of millions of dollars in funding slated to help organizations statewide provide summer programming for children.
ELOY — No major injuries were reported after a pickup driver hit a large highway sign, causing the sign to fall onto the vehicle Monday afternoon.
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ELOY — Santa Cruz Valley athletes have worked hard navigating the pandemic this year, balancing online schooling and the many curveballs that the Arizona Interscholastic Association has thrown their way.
CASA GRANDE — There have been better track seasons for Casa Grande Union and Vista Grande, but each school will be represented at the state meet by a pair of athletes.
CHANDLER — With all the hype heading into the game being placed in the home team’s dugout, the underdog Florence Gophers weren’t given much of a shot. And while their season did end at the hands of the Valley Christian Trojans, they showed for much of the game that they could hang in there w…
SAN TAN VALLEY — Chris Holcombe’s first thought after Poston Butte held on for a thrilling state playoff win Tuesday night: he was glad he wouldn’t have to play Vista Grande again.
CASA GRANDE — Sitting on pins and needles softball fans held their breath waiting for the ball to leave Alyssa Tinnin’s hand.
CASA GRANDE — Vista Grande High School opened in 2009 and since then, many people have come and gone, from students to administrators and coaches. The one constant for Vista Grande was on the softball diamond in head coach Rudy Valenzuela.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court has tossed out a bid by 20 unnamed people seeking to void the 2020 election returns and put themselves into office instead.
PHOENIX — Three more national forests in Arizona have imposed campfire and smoking restrictions aimed at preventing human-caused wildfires like a large blaze now being fought by hundreds of firefighters supported by aircraft.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University officials say they're still trying to determine what caused construction materials on the roof of a new academic building to catch fire.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is reporting 469 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths.
PHOENIX (AP) — A man suspected of being involved in three armed robberies in Phoenix over the past month has been arrested, according to police.
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Residents of an Arizona border city were left in disbelief by a surprise visit from a bear.
NEW YORK — Matt Harvey was greeted warmly by Mets fans in his return to Citi Field and harshly by New York’s hitters as the Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Wednesday.
PHOENIX — Cody Poteet won his major league debut, Jesús Aguilar homered for a third straight game and the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Wednesday night.
The NFL is returning to London in October and Tom Brady begins his pursuit of an eighth Super Bowl title against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys when Tampa Bay hosts the league’s annual ki…
COOLIDGE — Last year there was nothing. But this year there was music, dancing, pinata smashing and most importantly, a taco truck.
After six months, a grant, a donation, and hundreds of volunteer hours, the Arizona Trail Association has completed a re-route of one of the most hated portions of the Arizona trail – Passage 25.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Tawny Kitaen, the sultry red-haired actress who appeared in rock music videos during they heyday of MTV and starred opposite Tom Hanks in the 1984 comedy “Bachelor Party,” has died. She was 59.
CLEMMONS, N.C. — The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday — just as planned new guidelines say it’s OK for people of any age to get a coronavirus shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for the possibility of a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin, according to an order made public Wednesday.
WESTMORELAND, N.H. — Much like the round clock faces, gears and planets that often populate his artwork, Robert Seaman has come full circle.
U.S. regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation's adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities.
WASHINGTON — Hit by a cyberattack, the operator of a major U.S. fuel pipeline said Monday it hopes to have services mostly restored by the end of the week as the FBI and administration officials identified the culprits as a gang of criminal hackers.
PHOENIX — Former Attorney General Terry Goddard is making a third — and, he hopes, finally successful — pitch to put a measure on the Arizona ballot to outlaw so-called “dark money.”
WASHINGTON — Republicans sought to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection during a rancorous congressional hearing Wednesday, painting the Trump supporters who attacked the building as mostly peaceful patriots and downplaying repeatedly the violence of the day.
WASHINGTON — Republicans dumped GOP Rep. Liz Cheney from her House leadership post Wednesday for her persistent repudiation of Donald Trump’s election falsehoods, underscoring the hold the defeated and twice-impeached former president retains on his party.
PHOENIX (AP) — An elected Arizona utility regulator has shared discredited conspiracy theories while trying to persuade energy and power providers not to require their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Meetings of the Windham Board of Selectmen are usually as sleepy as they sound — a handful of residents from the New Hampshire town, a discussion of ambulance fees, maybe a drainage study.
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey has signed several bills limiting civilian oversight of law enforcement and making it harder for prosecutors to keep track of dishonest cops.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures and toppling a pair of high-ri…
MOSCOW — Relatives wept and hugged as the nine people killed in a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan were buried Wednesday, which was declared a day of mourning in the predominantly …
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia and the Pacific with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections in the past two weeks, more than in all other regions combi…
NEW DELHI — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it and understan…
ATHENS, Greece — Greece reopened primary schools and junior highs for in-person classes Monday for the first time in months, as the country eases coronavirus restrictions even as daily infecti…
JERUSALEM — Hamas militants fired a large barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday, including one that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hur…
CASA GRANDE — Rabbi Moshe Sasonkin and his wife Chaya recently moved to Casa Grande and are hoping to connect with the area Jewish community.
SUPERIOR – The Sikh Coalition and the San Carlos Apache would not appear to have much in common at first glance, but they have found a shared interest in the fight over a patch of land in Pinal County.
CASA GRANDE — Area residents observed National Day of Prayer Thursday with a car procession through Casa Grande.
This week we get two American (in name only) small SUVs to drive, starting with the all-new Ford Bronco Sport. This shares the same basic platform as the Escape SUV but has a different body and other features to assist off-road driving.
NEW YORK (AP) — ElectraMeccanica, known for its tiny, single passenger, three-wheeled electric cars, has chosen Mesa as the location for its U.S. assembly and engineering plant.
PHOENIX — Gas prices increased for another week in Arizona and around the nation, and analysts say they could have risen a bit further if a slight decrease in demand hadn't helped to limit the size of the increase.
LOS ANGELES — Southern California air quality regulators on Friday approved a rule that would curb diesel emissions from thousands of trucks that ferry goods from the growing number of massive warehouses in the region run by Amazon and other companies.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost he’s pushing. But his sales effort is challenged by critics who say Friday’s jobless figures show his earlier aid legislation — succes…
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona State University forecasters say the state's economy is rebounding and poised in coming months to recover all the jobs lost in 2020 due to the pandemic recession.
MARICOPA -- It’s all about the details for Maricopa artist Herman Zelig Neuberger.
Maricopa Nursery owner Agnes Gabica is one of the go-to plant suppliers in Maricopa and has her green thumb on the pulse of the latest gardening trends in Arizona. Many of these trends revolve…
MARICOPA -- Perhaps unlike anywhere else, Maricopa residents are keenly aware of the real estate market. They have to be, as so much of the local economy is based on housing. That is how the c…
MARICOPA -- For the time being, Maricopans have no need to fret about maintaining a pool or backyard garden for their home.
As I begin my first column for Copacetic, I want to thank Maricopa Monitor for the opportunity to present a superintendent’s column to inform readers about the MUSD programs, promise and poten…
It’s a common story in the home improvement industry: homeowner watches HGTV, homeowner attempts home improvement themselves, mayhem ensues.
MARICOPA -- If Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino blackjack dealer Agnes Gabica was told in 2009 she would be running a successful plant nursery and landscaping business in just 12 years, she would’ve laughed.
MARICOPA -- Area pool builders say the past year has had record-breaking demand for new pool construction and backyard improvements and they expect the trend to continue.
Last spring was memorable, and I was feeling anxious as I squeezed into my chair at a day-long medical conference in a local hotel. My sister and brother-in-law were coming to stay with us for…
It’s easy to think of Maricopa as a brand new city. In many ways, when comparing its lifespan to everywhere else, this is true. But whether it feels this way or not, it is now approaching 20 y…
MARICOPA — In much the same way that a bodega or corner store remains a central part of urban city culture, Water and Ice stores have made their way into the storefronts of the Southwest, serv…
MARICOPA -- Housing trends in Maricopa are built on the foundation laid by Mike Ingram’s El Dorado Holdings. Ingram is El Dorado’s founder and chairman.
MARICOPA -- In most communities in the United States, the farm is far removed from the table. Food can travel thousands of miles from the farm to the grocery store before ending up in people’s…
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- Community Action at work: CAHRA provides multitude of services to assist area residents
- Hope Women's Center keeps doors open for women who need help
- Healing with Hoofbeats: Nonprofit offers equine-assisted therapy
- Racing to give: Nonprofit marathon designed to support local community
- CAHRA helped single mom find new footing, restart her life