CASA GRANDE — Drought conditions still exist across Arizona but recent monsoon rain has had a significant impact for the better.
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MARICOPA — With more schools opening up than ever, finding enough quality teachers to fill classrooms can be a tough task. But with the help of Central Arizona College, the Maricopa Unified School District has a strategy to develop a much larger pool.
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APACHE JUNCTION — A week after rescuing a starving horse found wandering the desert north of Coolidge, her new caretakers have decided upon a name.
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FLORENCE — Rather than dividing the town according to rigid land uses, Florence’s General Plan update uses broader “place types,” indicating what the look and character of an area should be.
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ELOY — The Eloy Police Department has a strong connection with the community and those who call the city home. With the city looking to start building and growing, the department has hired four new officers to join the force.
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KEARNY — A Kearny man is facing charges after allegedly being found with a stolen car.
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CASA GRANDE — This week’s dry spell may come to an end in Pinal County Thursday as more monsoon storms are expected to roll in.
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MARICOPA — Professional mixed martial arts fighter and boxer, Hamilton Ash, is making Maricopa his new home.
CASA GRANDE — Following a trip to the state championship tournament, the season has come to an end for players in Casa Grande Little League.
CASA GRANDE — It’s been a busy summer for some former Pinal County baseball players as they’ve participated in various collegiate summer leagues across the country.
SAN TAN VALLEY — At the age of 16, Combs High School junior Hailey Linnastruth is the top female shooter in her school-based club trap shooting conference.
COOLIDGE — Conner Goade began his boxing career by losing his first seven matches in a row.
ELOY — Hunter Ogle was a part of the Santa Cruz Valley varsity football team for all four years of high school. With improvements to his game coming every year, Ogle broke out in a big way in both his junior and senior seasons, and quickly became one of the best high school running backs in …
PHOENIX -- When Arizona voters approved Proposition 207 last fall legalizing recreational marijuana, a provision in the law allowed expungement of marijuana offenses from criminal records.
PHOENIX (AP) — As the number of new COVID-19 cases in Arizona grows, worried officials in the state's major cities are reinstituting mask requirements in response to new federal guidelines.
CASA GRANDE — Drought conditions still exist across Arizona but recent monsoon rain has had a significant impact for the better.
TUCSON -- With the summer monsoons bringing much-needed rain to southern Arizona, calls and identification requests are pouring into the University of Arizona Department of Entomology.
PHOENIX -- Too much of a good thing has proven deadly in the Southwest.
PHOENIX — A stretch of eastbound Interstate 10 in the East Valley will be closed this weekend as crews continue removing rubberized asphalt from the road surface and setting up work zones as part of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
Southeastern Conference university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank.
TOKYO — An American finished atop the podium in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always.
SAITAMA, Japan — There was plenty of time to talk about it, had they wanted to.
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One little article separates James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” from David Ayer’s “Suicide Squad.” But, oh, what a difference a word makes.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Historical Museum is celebrating Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 at the museum, 715 S Main St.
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CASA GRANDE — A tea party planned at the Paramount Theater aims to give attendees the feeling that they are stepping into another world.
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, marking the maritime branch's worst warship blaze outside of combat in recent memory.
MIAMI — Hospital admissions of coronavirus patients continue to soar in Florida with at least two areas in the state surpassing the previous peaks of last summer's surge, prompting calls by local officials for the governor to declare an emergency.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Three men who were found dead last week at the entrance of a Wisconsin quarry were forced to kneel on the ground before they were shot multiple times over a $600 debt, officials said Thursday.
REDMOND, Wash. -- In her third trimester, Kristy Novillo struggled to give tours of the Redmond, Washington, child care center where she worked as a director. Walking and talking at the same time left her out of breath.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David de Russy steered his bicycle through a sparse crowd of midweek visitors streaming down Los Angeles' Venice Beach boardwalk between multimillion-dollar homes, T-shirt shops and eateries on one side and vendors peddling paintings, hawking crystals and offering tarot ca…
MALIN, Ore. — Judy and Jim Shanks know the exact date their home’s well went dry — June 24.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's newest immigration measure, allowing state troopers to pull over vehicles carrying migrants on the basis that they could increase the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., brought swift backlash Thursday from the Justice Department as criticism o…
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's Democratic and Republican parties grew in the second quarter of the year, but the share of independent voters grew even faster.
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WASHINGTON — The bipartisan compromise on infrastructure cuts in half President Joe Biden’s call for $15 billion to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging outlets, raising the stakes as the administration seeks to win auto industry cooperation on anti-pollution rules to curb climate change.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — York County officials have received reports about people purporting to be from an “election integrity committee” going to homes and questioning the residents about their vote in the 2020 presidential election, the York Dispatch reported Thursday.
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SAN DIEGO — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that efforts to address root causes of migration from three Central American countries won't produce immediate results as she unveiled a broad strategy that expands on principles the Biden administration previously outlined.
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PHOENIX -- Groups linked to Donald Trump and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election have put more than $5.6 million into the audit run by a man who himself has touted some of the same rhetoric.
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A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position Thursday.
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MIAMI — Alan Reyes Picado fled Nicaragua by bus in the middle of the night, haunted by memories of government officials harassing him, throwing him in jail and then leaving him half naked in a…
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BERLIN (AP) — The known death toll from an explosion at a German industrial park grew to five Thursday after authorities said the bodies of three more people were recovered from the chemical m…
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ANKARA, Turkey — Strong winds have fanned two separate forest fires in southern Turkey, killing at least three people and sending over 50 others to the hospital as homes burned down, officials…
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LIMA, Peru — Pedro Castillo, a leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor, on Wednesday became Peru’s new president.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top security official said Wednesday that two previous administrations spent $61 million to buy Pegasus spyware that has been implicated in government surveillance …
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A popular strip club that once beckoned customers off a busy highway leading into Anchorage is now a church offering salvation — instead of temptation — thanks to a daughter of a former exotic dancer.
KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) — Millions who drive along the Capital Beltway in Maryland each year see the six dramatic white marble spires soaring hundreds of feet into the air, one topped by a trumpet-blowing golden angel, marking the D.C. region’s Mormon temple. But very few of them are allowed inside.
GREENE, Iowa (AP) — Earlier this month, Mike and Jamie Reicherts were dealt a bit of a blow by the Charles City Council when its five members had a 3-2 split vote against approving a plan the couple from Greene had to put four mules on property near the northern edge of town.
CASA GRANDE — It’s 6:30 in the morning on a June day when the temperature will eventually hit 116 in Casa Grande. Jesus and Abel Ramos lace up their shoes before running around the track at Carr McNatt Park, showing just part of what it takes to be an elite professional boxer.
TEMPE -- The simplicity of grabbing a laundry or dishwasher pod and tossing it into the machine has made them a popular choice for many consumers for nearly a decade.
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NEW YORK — The founder and one-time executive chair of Nikola Corp. was freed on $100 million bail Thursday after pleading not guilty to charges alleging he lied about the electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup, duping novice investors including some financially struggling people lookin…
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CASA GRANDE -- AmTrak officials and southern Arizona leaders joined Tuesday to formally announce their proposal to link the cities of the Sun Corridor by rail for the first time in over 20 years.
GRAND CANYON – Grand Canyon National Park has seen a rebound in domestic visitors in 2021, but not enough to compensate for the volume of international travelers the park usually attracts, officials say.
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CASA GRANDE — The Arizona Chamber of Commerce’s message was clear: The climate threat is real. But can leading manufacturers and other corporate entities lead the charge, with minimal government interference, for a sustainable future?
PHOENIX – Full-time minimum wage workers can’t afford a two-bedroom apartment in any state, according to a recent report from affordable housing advocates, and with housing costs skyrocketing in Arizona, many workers are struggling.
Maricopa is a city of dreams and ambitions. That’s how it started, of course, with a group of developers staring at miles and miles of farmland and dreaming of a time when they would all be fi…
Last year was an unforgettable demonstration of resilience, flexibility, perseverance, and patience. We have been transformed as a community and emerge with talents and skills we never expected.
MARICOPA — As students in Maricopa prepare for the new school year, many are looking forward to a return to in-person education. For some students though, the transition to online school has b…
It seemed just like any night, sitting in my car and waiting for my turn in line. It could have been a drive-thru at a fast food restaurant based on the whole vibe. But finally I drove under t…
When Joe Jackson finally makes his way onto a court in Japan, he will be representing Maricopa on quite the international stage.
A public health crisis is hard enough for any community to get through, but it might be a little easier if there’s a hospital in town. While all can hope that there isn’t another pandemic for …
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…
You are riding your bike along Whimsical Drive here in beautiful Maricopa admiring the Estrellas and thinking about that slice of rhubarb pie you are going to enjoy after your exercise when yo…
MARICOPA — Americans have heard the numbers. Thirty-three million COVID-19 cases in the United States alone, and 600,000 people dead from the virus in the last year. Those 600,000 represent gr…
MARICOPA — Workplaces around the world looked a lot different last year.
MARICOPA — Since childhood, Theresa Judkins has been passionate about music, singing and playing various instruments.
MARICOPA — More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the closure of churches, worshipers have been returning to Maricopa area churches.
Can you imagine a high school taught at a movie theater? Or online? Due to varieties of events, our first year was taught at a movie theater (scholars loved it!); our second year was a COVID o…
In the spring of 2020, as the pandemic was sending people home and shutting down the economy, Kooline Plumbing Heating & Air President Mohammed Nazeem received some bad news. His general m…
MARICOPA — It’s been more than a year since the applause and cheers of crowds could be heard in The Events Center at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, but with a slate of concerts on the schedule, fans…
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