RANDOLPH — As the Salt River Project prepares to go before the Arizona Corporation Commission next month to expand its nearby plant, Randolph residents have started to voice their opposition t…
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RANDOLPH — As the Salt River Project prepares to go before the Arizona Corporation Commission next month to expand its nearby plant, Randolph residents have started to voice their opposition to the project.
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MARICOPA — After a slower year for most types of crime in 2020, numbers started ticking back up to normal in 2021, though the Maricopa Police Department sees plenty of positive trends in that data.
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FLORENCE – Pinal County citizens are invited to learn the criminal prosecution process at the County Attorney Citizens Academy. A February session is already full, but the office will soon post details and will be accepting applicants for its next class, likely in May.
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FLORENCE — Pinal County officials are considering creating a $100,000 contingency fund to reimburse the Sheriff’s Office for overtime, travel and other expenses related to protecting Arizona’s southern border, if called upon to do so.
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FLORENCE — A school board member urged parents and community members to call their legislators and urge them to lift the spending cap that keeps Arizona public schools the lowest-funded in the country.
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ELOY — Diane Wright has dedicated a majority of her life to serving others. The oldest of five siblings, she always found herself being the one to take care of others and making sure they were in good health. To her, a career in nursing made perfect sense.
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CASA GRANDE — While it is still pending approval from the Tempe Union High School District, it appears that Casa Grande Union football coach Jake Barro will leave the freshly crowned Cougars for Corona del Sol.
MARICOPA -- Well, that escalated quickly.
CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Union Cougars had their hands full Tuesday night, as they went head-to-head against Tucson Flowing Wells.
SAN TAN VALLEY — The battle for San Tan Valley added another chapter in its history Friday night, this time on the basketball court as the Combs Coyotes hosted their cross-town rival Poston Butte. Both teams battled hard, exchanging leads and playing a tough, gritty style, but it was the Bro…
SAN TAN VALLEY — The Battle of Gantzel between Poston Butte and Combs has certainly lived up to its name when it comes to girls basketball; and in the latest installment on Friday night, the Broncos walked away with the 60-54 win — but they had to go into overtime to get it.
SIGNAL PEAK – Racking up a fourth straight Arizona Community College Athletic Conference victory was tougher than anticipated for the Central Arizona College men’s basketball team.
BUCKEYE (AP) — Police in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye said the death of a 3-year-old boy at a home was due to a medical issue.
PHOENIX – Arizonans who have had COVID-19 shouldn’t count on immunity from the highly contagious omicron variant, which continues to spread in the state, a leading health expert said Wednesday.
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — The Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force's aerial demonstration squadron, have begun a month-long training trip to New Mexico and Arizona in preparation for their 2022 show season.
PHOENIX (AP) — A man was found fatally shot in a Phoenix motel and police said they were investigating the case as a homicide.
FLAGSTAFF — An Air Force airman will spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping a Mennonite woman from northwestern New Mexico, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in the freezing cold in a forest clearing hundreds of miles away.
KINGMAN (AP) — Human remains have been found in a hilly, desert area of Kingman, police said Wednesday.
NEWARK, N.J. — Lawson Crouse scored a goal and added an assist, and Karel Vejmelka made 35 saves to help lead the Arizona Coyotes to a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night.
Arizona Wildcats (14-1, 4-0 Pac-12) at Stanford Cardinal (10-5, 3-2 Pac-12)
The two-month, slow-motion collapse of the Arizona Cardinals will no doubt cause some soul searching and tough questions in the coming days, weeks and months for the franchise.
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CASA GRANDE — When the group Under Gladys takes the stage at the upcoming Casa Grande Street Fair, they hope to put on a show that inspires audiences to kick up their heels, dance and have a great time.
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CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande Main Street’s Street Fair and Car Show runs Saturday and Sunday downtown and organizers say they are excited to see the popular event return.
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CASA GRANDE — Neon is the latest trend hitting the downtown Casa Grande fashion scene. On Friday, the Casa Grande Main Street organization held its first “Downtown After Dark” event of the year: a creative showcase of outfits inspired by the Neon Sign Park.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Native American tribe has agreed to lease more of its water to help address dwindling supplies in the Colorado River Basin, officials announced Thursday.
HUNTINGTON, WV. -- A reporter was struck by a car during a live TV broadcast in West Virginia Wednesday before she stood up, brushed it off and managed to finish her report, video shows.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities arrested a 31-year-old man Wednesday in connection with the slaying of a woman while she worked at a Los Angeles furniture store last week.
FLAGSTAFF — Emergency management officials on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota have a new building, but they have been operating out of an old jail that's set to be torn down.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin, alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an “insurrectionist” for attending former President Donald Trump's Washingt…
WASHINGTON — A fourth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate. His arrest comes months after the prison's warden was arrested on similar charges.
PHOENIX -- Rejecting pleas from parents of transgender children, a Senate panel voted Thursday to limit their participation in public private school sports to the biological sex of their birth.
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TUCSON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva has contracted COVID-19 for the second time.
PHOENIX -- Republican Gov. Doug Ducey lauded Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for refusing to support a change to the Senate’s filibuster rules in order to pass a voting rights package.
WASHINGTON – Mayors of Tucson and Mesa agreed Wednesday that immigration reform is badly needed to address the current situation at the border, but they are not confident it can get done in the current fractured political climate.
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WASHINGTON — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster after a raw, emotional debate.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that the pandemic has left Americans exhausted and demoralized but insisted at a news conference marking his first year in office that he has “outperformed” expectations in dealing with it.
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MONROVIA, Liberia — At least 29 people in Liberia, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede of worshippers at a Christian ceremony in a densely populated area of the…
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived Thursday after the Pacific nation’s main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a hug…
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MOSCOW — Russia accused the West on Thursday of plotting “provocations” in Ukraine and disguising its alleged intentions by fomenting concerns about Moscow planning aggressive military action …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Online social platform Twitter has suspended the account of one of Mexico’s wealthiest men and a close ally of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for alleged violations o…
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SYDNEY — Three of Tonga's smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross said Wednesday, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the destruction caused …
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a plea on behalf of prison inmates Wednesday, saying they should never be deprived of hope and always be given the opportunity to redeem themselves.
ROME — Pope Francis has long lamented that he can't walk around town unnoticed like he used to before becoming pope. But he seems to have nevertheless kept his sense of humor after he was caught on camera making an unannounced visit to a Rome record shop this week.
LUCKNOW, India — Tens of thousands of devout Hindus, led by heads of monasteries and ash-smeared ascetics, took a holy dip into the frigid waters of the Ganges River in northern India on Friday despite rising COVID-19 infections in the country.
CASA GRANDE — For four decades, Against Abuse Inc. has been a source of safety, comfort, support and various services for victims of abuse throughout Pinal County.
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WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied homes fell in December for the first time in four months as many would-be buyers were frustrated by a lack of available houses, which fell to the lowest level in more than two decades.
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NEW YORK — Amazon says it plans to open a clothing store in a Southern California mall later this year, a first for the online behemoth and a fresh challenge for already struggling traditional retailers.
There is nothing more fun than driving a nice German sport sedan, and if it is affordable, an even better deal. That brings us to this Volkswagen Jetta. The base price is only $18K, and ours was $24K.
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CRAIG, Colorado — In a quiet valley tucked away from Colorado’s bustling ski resorts, far from his hometown in northern Mexico, Trinidad Loya found a way to support his family’s American dream: Coal.
CASA GRANDE — Two incoming semiconductor companies had Foreign Trade Zone designations approved on Tuesday as part of the City Council meeting.
PHOENIX -- A Senate panel voted Wednesday to allow dental patients to get their lips puffed up, cheeks filled out and brow wrinkles smoothed at the same place they now get their cavities filled.
"It takes a village to raise a child."
Like other college students, Madi Dietrich, 21, is busy planning her future. And that future is likely to involve music.
CASA GRANDE — With a goal of increasing student and family success and building a healthy community, education is a big part of the mission of the Casa Grande Alliance.
A look at the history of education in Pinal County. These photos were submitted by The Museum of Casa Grande. They depict schools from around Pinal that date back as early as 1895.
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The legacy of segregation is something we’re not likely to forget in America. And rightly so. The Jim Crow laws and the legal doctrine of “separate but equal” promoted countless inequalities a…
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A day trip across the county: Exploring Pinal's history
They weren’t the most disciplined students at the old high school in Casa Grande, but they were some of the most influential in saving the building and turning it into City Hall.
Since Lucid Motors began operations of its Casa Grande plant, the company has hired over 1,000 employees. And all of them have first gone through the program at the Drive48 training center at …
The town of Ray is often referred to as a ghost town.
There's something remarkably different about the gym at Coolidge High School.
July is typically the month when back-to-school specials and events abound as students and teachers stock up on school supplies ahead of the new year.
Libraries have always been access points of knowledge and education.
Every golfer knows about that itch to go hit some balls for a round, or even just some drives. Some get that itch every once in a while, but for others it comes every day, to the point where g…
MARICOPA — Judith Zaimont and Nancy Smith are perhaps the biggest cheerleaders for the Maricopa arts scene. The two have made it their mission to ensure that area residents have plenty of oppo…
MARICOPA — When Ak-Chin Indian Community Chairman Robert Miguel scans the Maricopa landscape, he envisions growth and an entertainment mecca, attracting visitors from across the region to idle…
Recreational sports leagues often come with the idea of kids learning new sports and making friends over apple slices and juice boxes. But there’s another side to these activities, where peopl…
When residents go outside to enjoy their community, they want it to look its best. In a city the size of Maricopa, that takes a big group effort. The Keep Maricopa Beautiful program helps ever…
MARICOPA -- Go to any of Maricopa’s many points of interest, and a familiar form might greet you — a statue of a wild horse. But no two of them will look the same, thanks to the creativity of …
The city of Maricopa may have been founded 18 years ago, but it has history worth exploring for residents and tourists alike.
The term “bedroom community” has lingered over Maricopa since it started to boom nearly 20 years ago. The idea that the city is a place where people leave in the morning to go to work and come…
MARICOPA — Details have always been important to Russell Frank.
Prior to COVID times, Maricopa residents might have had a memorable experience going about their day at one of the big events in the city, when all of a sudden a dance party breaks out in the …
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