COOLIDGE — After being shut down for over a year due to the pandemic, a popular and historic country bar is finally ready to re-open in style.
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PHOENIX -- A liberal watchdog group is accusing Oro Valley Republican legislator and secretary of state hopeful Mark Finchem of violating Arizona campaign finance law by asking supporters to donate to his personal PayPal and Venmo accounts to pay off an unofficial election integrity hearing.
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WASHINGTON — The mayor of a Pinal County community in Arizona's copper corridor likes to think of Superior as a town with a mine, not a mining town.
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CASA GRANDE — The fire that damaged a historic Casa Grande stone house was an accident, authorities said.
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COOLIDGE — On the heels of winning an Impact Award from the Power of 100 Women, the Hope Women’s Center announced plans to expand services in Coolidge, including building out their office to include new classroom space.
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CASA GRANDE — In less than a year, members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution donated more than a million handmade face masks and gathered personal protective equipment for essential workers and others in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release from the o…
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CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Elementary School District board will meet Tuesday evening to discuss the upcoming budget, music programing and a leadership retreat.
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APACHE JUNCTION — The pitching wasn’t in top form for Vista Grande, but its bats led the way in a second straight win over Apache Junction on Tuesday.
SIGNAL PEAK — Facing an opponent with a 20-game winning streak that was a mere two games behind in the standings, the Central Arizona College baseball team played with ferocious intensity in Tuesday’s home doubleheader against Pima Community College.
SUPERIOR — Ryan Palmer built a football program up from the ashes in Superior and ultimately turned it into a state champion. He will now attempt a similar turnaround at a larger school in Phoenix.
YUMA — The Central Arizona College men’s basketball team lost 77-60 to host Arizona Western in the opening round of the Region 1 tournament on April 7.
COOLIDGE — After a scary medical incident involving a removed stent, local boxing coach Randy Robles was able to leave the hospital last week and is recovering at home.
SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College pitcher Sarah Norton was named ACCAC Division I Pitcher of Week last Tuesday, then she showed exactly why she received the honor Saturday, as she tossed a complete game seven-inning gem against No. 14 Arizona Western.
SELIGMAN (AP) — Authorities are trying to identify human remains found after an explosion and fire at a ranch near Seligman last weekend.
WINDOW ROCK (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day.
PHOENIX (AP) — A 4-month-old girl remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after being left in a car parked in the garage of a west Phoenix home for more than four hours the previous day.
In a heartening conservation success, bald eagle populations in the lower-48 US states have increased four-fold since 2009, according to a new population estimate.
PHOENIX — Arizona health officials urged a halt Tuesday to the administering of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, following reports it could lead to rare but potentially dangerous blood clots.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The city of Tucson has contracted with local hotels to temporarily house people seeking asylum in the U.S. while awaiting the completion of a tent-like facility built by Customs and Border Protection.
PHOENIX — Cam Payne was the man who got the curtain call on Tuesday night. The backup guard sheepishly grinned and waved to the screaming Phoenix Suns' fans as he trotted off the court postgame.
PHOENIX — The Oakland Athletics were stagnant, the strikeouts piling up, the hits scattered.
PHOENIX – Mobile ordering. Immobile fans.
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Colton Underwood, the former football tight end who found fame on "The Bachelor” has revealed that he is gay.
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CASA GRANDE -- I love homemade bread, but sometimes, there’s simply no time for all that kneading and waiting. For those times when you need a loaf of rustic, fresh-baked bread in a hurry, beer bread is the solution.
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KEARNY — With a diverse lineup of entertainment, more than a dozen food trucks and various artists and vendors on tap, the new Gila River Music Festival is set to run May 21 and 22 in Kearny.
NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died in a federal prison early Wednesday. He was 82.
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard kept searching for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday, hours after six other crew members were pulled from rough seas following the capsizing of their commercial platform vessel during a “microburst” of bad weather.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a five-fold increase in the number of miles of trails open to certain electric bikes in the forests surrounding Lake Tahoe.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A decade after prison crowding forced California to realign its criminal justice system, the population in what once was the nation's largest state correctional system has shrunk to the point where officials announced Tuesday they will close one of two inmate firefighter…
LOS ANGELES — Erik Denton was supposed to see his three young children last Sunday, the one day every other week that he was allowed to be with them.
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because he kept struggling, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Tuesday, contradicting a parade of authorities from both inside and outside the Minneapolis Police Department.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says the Sept. 11 attacks “cannot explain” why U.S. forces should remain in Afghanistan 20 years later and that “it is time for American troops to come home” from the country's longest war.
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The pushback against new voting bills and laws in numerous states is growing with dozens of nation's largest corporations and business leaders signing a new statement objecting to “any discriminatory legislation."
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would allow authorities to temporarily disarm people who are considered a danger to themselves or others.
PHOENIX -- With state revenues running $1 billion ahead of expectations, Republican lawmakers are looking at compressing all of the state's income tax brackets down to a single rate.
PHOENIX -- So you think the Cardinals are going to win their first game?
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has decided to leave American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline negotiated with the Taliban by the Trump administration, and has set the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks as the new goal, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican environmental authorities said Tuesday the Caribbean resort of Tulum has authorized too much development, the latest blow to what was long considered one of Mexico’s…
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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Leaders of volcano-wracked St. Vincent said Tuesday that water is running short as heavy ash contaminates supplies, and they estimated that the eastern Caribbean islan…
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migra…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran blamed Israel on Monday for an attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges — sabotage that imperils ongoing talks over Teh…
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CAIRO — Libyan authorities released one of the country’s most wanted human traffickers less than four months after his arrest in Tripoli, security officials said Monday.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s parliament on Monday voted to effectively extend the mandate of the president and federal government by two years in an attempt to end a political crisis after n…
GILBERT — Beginning this weekend, Sun Valley Community Church will kick off a post-Easter series of talks with a healthy dose of self-reflection and humility. The series, titled “Church People Are the Worst,” will explore the label “Christian” and why it can evoke both positive and negative …
Eden Vega was 18 when she was asked by a “singing legend” to join her on tour. As a “naturally introverted” person, Vega thought she had found freedom performing but found immediately after that the feeling was gone.
PORTLAND, Maine — Islamic leaders are using social media, virtual town halls and face-to-face discussions to spread the word that it’s acceptable to be vaccinated for the coronavirus during daily fasting that happens during Ramadan, the most sacred month of the year for Muslims.
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COOLIDGE — After being shut down for over a year due to the pandemic, a popular and historic country bar is finally ready to re-open in style.
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LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, a Sin City namesake, is being sold to a new entrant among Las Vegas Boulevard resort owners.
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LONDON (AP) — Facebook's quasi-independent Oversight Board said Tuesday that it will start letting users file appeals over posts, photos, and videos that they think the company shouldn't have allowed to stay on its platforms.
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DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the air bags may not inflate in a crash on thousands of General Motors vehicles.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 businesses and investors, including such giants as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, are calling on the Biden administration to set an ambitious climate change goal that would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.
PHOENIX — EPCOR USA received nine safety and operational excellence awards for its Florence and San Tan Valley water and wastewater facilities from the AZ Water Association.
Since it opened over a decade ago, hundreds of adults, kids and teens have taken part in BlackBox Foundation efforts to bring live theater productions to Casa Grande audiences.
It’s a race marked by scenic routes and fire pit starts with one of Arizona’s most widely recognized landscapes as the backdrop.
A desire to ensure that all area veterans have access to the resources and services they need is what prompted a small group of people to start Honoring/Hiring/Helping Our Heroes of Pinal Coun…
You might have seen the phrase hung up on walls at a diner or in a well-stocked house: “Home is where the food is.” The problem in Maricopa was that the food itself didn’t have a home, a perma…
A new nonprofit in Florence is working to ensure the great old things about the town are never forgotten.
Wendy Esquibel started her journey as a foster mom about 13 years ago. Not long after, she decided to expand her license to become a caregiver for children with special medical needs.
Don't see your nonprofit listed here or have an update on a local nonprofit? Send an email to Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc. Pinal Ways Editor Rofida Khairalla at rkhairalla@pinalcentral.com.
We typically use the word “community” to describe where we live, or where we come from. But there are so many connotations that can go along with our understanding. “Community” could be used t…
Arizona Gives Day is April 6. This collaboration between the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits and Arizona Grantmakers has helped raise more than $23 million for Arizona’s nonprofits since 2013.
Since COVID-19 began to spread around the world, people have been doing their part to slow down the disease by staying home, where health experts say they are the safest. For many, that assess…
With the focus of this issue being to recognize and honor the work local nonprofits do within Pinal County, this season’s Pinal In Pictures recognizes local volunteers. We would like to thank …
It’s human nature to want to figure out things on your own and be self-sufficient; asking for help is difficult for most, especially during hard times.
Revered throughout history for their strength, intelligence and beauty, horses have long been woven into the fabric of many cultures for the versatility and companionship they offer.
When people rally around each other to improve the quality of life for one person or a family, the whole community becomes better for it.
Mental and emotional health are increasingly understood to be essential components of the wellbeing of our bodies, families, communities and even social systems.