FLORENCE — Gilbert native Jacob Morris said when he plays a bar, he has to work hard sometimes to get the crowd out of their shells. Not so at Country Thunder.
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ORACLE -- The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.5 million to a team led by University of Arizona researchers to study how life prevails in barren landscapes, such as those disturbed by wildfires, volcanic eruptions or mining operations.
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ELEVEN MILE CORNER — As the pandemic continued to surge a year ago, gourd grower Waylon Wuertz was in a quandary because with his February gourd festival approaching, vendors were canceling.
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WILLCOX — Decades ago, when he was a child growing up in a farming family, Rod Keeling was fascinated by grapes, especially those grown on his grandfather’s farm near Stanfield.
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CASA GRANDE — Recycling has been an important component of municipalities’ conservation efforts, but COVID and other international developments have made it more difficult to sustain programs.
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CASA GRANDE — A complaint that the Casa Grande Elementary School District was possibly promoting critical race theory is being flatly denied by officials.
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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 middle of everything.
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FLORENCE — For the first half Friday, Coolidge was playing catch-up with Florence. But the tables turned after that, as the Bears put together a big fourth quarter to put the game away for a 27-17 win.
MARICOPA — The Maricopa Rams are a young ball club looking to rebuild for the future, and their youth was on full display on the road Friday night, as the Rams lost a close battle to the Laveen Cesar Chavez Champions 24-14.
PHOENIX — Visa Grande hoped to play spoiler to Phoenix Sierra Linda during the Bulldogs’ homecoming game Friday night, and they almost pulled off the upset.
APACHE JUNCTION — With the two teams jockeying for position atop the 4A Black Canyon region standings. The No. 5 ranked Poston Butte Broncos and the No. 8 Apache Junction Prospectors went to battle in a back and forth affair.
CASA GRANDE — After losing a fumble on its first offensive series, there was no stopping the Casa Grande Union football team Friday night.
ELOY — Behind the running of Ricardo Alaniz and a strong defense the Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils took down the Sequoia Pathway Pumas 27-18 in a pivotal game for playoff seeding.
PHOENIX (AP) — Police have identified a man who was fatally shot during a fight in Phoenix.
MOHAVE VALLEY (AP) — Hidden away in Christmas Tree Pass near the Arizona-Nevada border, more than 700 petroglyphs can be found at Grapevine Canyon.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported 2,482 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine more virus deaths as pandemic metrics showed continued slowing of the current surge as seen around the nation.
FLAGSTAFF (AP) — Northern Arizona University plans in December to hold its first in-person commencement since the pandemic began and says it also plans a special in-person event next spring for recent graduating classes that didn't have in-person commencements.
TEMPE (AP) — Tempe will consider renaming parks and streets named after former community leaders who were recently discovered to have been dues-paying members of the Ku Klux Klan.
LAKE HAVASU CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified one of two people who drowned in the Colorado River as a 75-year-old California man.
CLEVELAND — Kyler Murray threw four touchdown passes as the Arizona Cardinals remained the NFL's only unbeaten team and continued their best start since 1974 — without coach Kliff Kingsbury on…
CHICAGO — Candace Parker returned home to bring Chicago a championship. She did just that, leading the Sky to the franchise’s first title.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is once again emerging as a serious Pac-12 title contender.
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FLORENCE — On the final day of Country Thunder, Melanie Hesseldenz and Dawn Cox sat in front of their tent in the event's upscale camping area, listening as Kameron Marlowe performed on the festival onstage.
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FLORENCE — The Redneck Olympics at Country Thunder have been rescheduled after equipment was stolen from the Electric Thunder tent at the County Thunder music festival.
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FLORENCE — A controversial rising star who pulled out of the 2021 Country Thunder earlier this year will be a main attraction at the 2022 festival.
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FLORENCE — Gilbert native Jacob Morris said when he plays a bar, he has to work hard sometimes to get the crowd out of their shells. Not so at Country Thunder.
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FLORENCE — On the final day of Country Thunder, Melanie Hesseldenz and Dawn Cox sat in front of their tent in the event's upscale camping area, listening as Kameron Marlowe performed on the festival onstage.
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FLORENCE — The Redneck Olympics at Country Thunder have been rescheduled after equipment was stolen from the Electric Thunder tent at the County Thunder music festival.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews made significant progress overnight against a wildfire burning for nearly a week in Southern California coastal mountains, officials said Sunday.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Police have charged a convicted murderer who was released from prison last year with the slaying of a South Florida woman whose body was found in a canal after being missing for three weeks.
FORT SMITH, Texas (AP) — Police in Arkansas said Sunday that three people were dead after an incident in which an officer fired his weapon while defending himself from a knife attack.
At the Loma Verde Recreation Center south of San Diego, demolition work is underway on a $24 million project that will rebuild the facility from the ground up, complete with a new pool. An hour's drive to the north, the iconic bridge to the Oceanside pier is deteriorating because the city la…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Land of Enchantment is home to vast forests and deserts, meandering rivers and streams and a variety of wildlife.
VIRGIN , Utah (AP) — A hot wind whipped across the red sand just outside of Zion National Park where a woman and her dogs live in a 1970s camper because she can’t find housing in Springdale, where she works.
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will highlight the problems caused by Western drought as she visits Lake Mead in Nevada and makes the case for the Biden administration's infrastructure and climate change proposals that have stalled in Congress.
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ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton arrived Sunday at his home in New York to continue recovering from an infection that left him in treatment for six days at a Southern California hospital, officials said.
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WASHINGTON — Indigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol Friday as they continued a weeklong protest demanding that Congress and the Biden administration stop new fossil fuel projects and act with greater urgency on climate change.
PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is claiming that Facebook admits it is aiding human smuggling.
PHOENIX — A judge late Thursday rejected broad claims by the Senate that it need not disclose various documents related to its audit of the 2020 election.
FLORENCE — The first thing to know about Mark Lamb, the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, is that he just plain looks like a sheriff. It could be the Justin cowboy hat he wears pulled low over his eyes and his penchant for Western shirts and a tactical vest in lieu of a uniform. It could be …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization. Five childr…
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NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 18 people have died a day after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
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MADRID (AP) — There is no sign that a volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma is coming to an end, four weeks after it began, officials said Sunday.
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MOSCOW — A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station.
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Even in the depths of the pandemic -- even when the world locked down, leaving billions isolated and desolated -- there were those who danced.
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TOKYO — The leaders of Japan and South Korea spoke by phone on Friday, saying they would look to deepen ties in the face of regional security threats despite strained bilateral relations.
MESA (AP) — After being closed for over three years, the oldest Arizona temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is opening for five weeks of rarely allowed public visitation in advance of its rededication on Dec. 12.
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sister Francis Louise Honeychuck helped her mother clean a casket factory in Scottdale and watched over the two youngest of her five siblings after her father died in the 1918 flu pandemic, just before she turned 4.
CASA GRANDE — After more than two decades with Sun Life Family Health Center, including 15 years as the CEO, Travis Robinette is retiring.
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Farmers and Deere & Co. suppliers are worried about what the strike at the tractor maker's factories will mean for their livelihoods.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Economic Security is launching a program to provide $36 million of assistance to help needy households pay utility bills as a two-year moratorium on service cutoff ends.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the cattle he raised in central Nebraska, even as the cost of beef at grocery stores kept climbing.
CASA GRANDE — The Esporta gym in Casa Grande may have closed, but phantom bills remain, even though the nearest franchise is almost an hour away.
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WILLCOX — Decades ago, when he was a child growing up in a farming family, Rod Keeling was fascinated by grapes, especially those grown on his grandfather’s farm near Stanfield.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico judge on Friday denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los Alamos National Laboratory to block a vaccine mandate, meaning workers risk being fired if they don't comply with the lab's afternoon deadline.
Arizonans love the heat. And here in Pinal County much of the heat comes from the food.
The Central Arizona College culinary program is making waves this year as it embarks into another semester of degrees and certificates for students across the area. Both in-person and virtual …
CASA GRANDE -- One step into Hideout Steakhouse & BBQ is a step into a one-of-a-kind experience. The warm, rustic decor of the restaurant greets guests as they enter, with a bright open co…
CASA GRANDE -- Within the next six to 12 months, crews are to begin construction on a new Aldi Grocery Store in Casa Grande. East of Walmart on East Florence Boulevard, it will soon be home to…
There's a bustling aliveness inside the Queen Creek Olive Mill.
With diet plans, it’s often important to keep track of goalposts and milestones, and in early August, Cooltown Keto hit a major one. The burgeoning home-bakery excitedly shared that they’d rea…
One of the most surprising things about the Queen Creek Olive Mill is the different, and often very innovative, ways they use olive oil. The mill has even found a way to incorporate some of th…
CASA GRANDE -- For more than 30 years, the annual Taste of Casa Grande has been a highlight of the local culinary scene, bringing together food lovers and area food purveyors and restaurants.
COOLIDGE -- A mix of sweet and tantalizing smells wafts through the small ice cream parlor on Main Street between Roosevelt and Wilson avenues in Coolidge.
Pinal County Historical Society Museum will celebrate the memory of Pedro E. Guerrero, and invite residents to bring photos and mementos of other departed loved ones, from noon to 4 p.m. Sunda…
One of the best parts about asking our readers to submit photos of their favorite foods from around our county is that we get to showcase the incredible talent of our local restaurants, chefs …
Though there's been plenty of growth and development that has come to the county, especially within the last five years, the majority of Pinal's cities and towns started as — and in some cases…
CASA GRANDE -- Healthy eating can be touch and go at times for plenty of people. Many of us understand the tremendous impact a healthy diet can have on our fitness level, longevity and overall…
One of the things I personally enjoy about Pinal Ways is that every issue provides an opportunity to explore Pinal through a new lens.
FLORENCE — CoryAnn Ecenbarger says she makes fudge with sugar, butter, other special ingredients, plus “a little bit of love and a lot of ornery.”
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