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ELOY - After it's override failed to pass last year, the Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District called a special budget override election to be held on Nov. 5.
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APACHE JUNCTION – The city of Apache Junction plans a residential solid waste open house on Wednesday, Nov. 6, from 5-8 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Apache Junction Multi-Generational Center, 1035 N. Idaho Rd.
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FLORENCE — In a highly emotional plea, the victim of an alleged sexual assault pleaded with the judge to let her husband go, saying it's all just a huge misunderstanding.
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ORACLE – Since 1949 the Triangle Y Ranch has served as a pillar of the community hosting thousands of guests in Oracle.
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ARIZONA CITY - Pinal County plans to widen Sunland Gin Road next summer, a county supervisor says.
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YUMA – In a joint effort, U.S. Border Patrol agents and the Mexican government teamed up to capture Alex Leon, one of three men wanted for the murder of 22-year-old Chad Brono.
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CASA GRANDE — At age 3, Gilbert Guanajuato learned the word “can’t” wasn’t going to be in his dictionary of life.
ELOY — Students from the Eloy Elementary School District, city officials and members of the Eloy community gathered at Trekell Park on Wednesday afternoon for the dedication ceremony of a basketball court.
CASA GRANDE — The football regular season is winding down, and the games are becoming increasingly important. For Casa Grande Union, a win Friday against Tucson Catalina Foothills is crucial to keeping its playoff hopes alive.
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PHOENIX -- A fired Senate staffer said Friday she hopes to go back to work even though it would mean working with -- and for -- some of the same people who a federal court jury discriminated against her.
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ended a 42-year-old lawsuit over conditions in the jails in metro Phoenix.
TUCSON (AP) — The University of Arizona has gained approval from a nationwide veterinary association to open its College of Veterinary Medicine north of Tucson.
PHOENIX — Hispanics, Native Americans and African Americans are most at risk for diabetes, with racial and ethnic minorities reporting the highest rates of the debilitating disease in the U.S. But experts say diabetes could be slowed if people were aware of the risks of prediabetes and took action.
PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey won't criticize the the rates being charged by the state's largest electric company despite the fact that 8 percent of its residential customers could not -- or would not -- pay their bills this summer.
PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona Democratic legislative staffer fired four years ago is entitled to more than $350,000 in damages and should get her job back after a jury found she was discriminated against based on race and sex, a federal judge ruled.
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The portion of Americans with no religious affiliation is rising significantly, in tandem with a sharp drop in the percentage that identifies as Christians.
SALT LAKE CITY — A proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah is in danger of being derailed after the influential Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out Tuesday night in opposition, just months after it said it wouldn't stand in the way of a similar measure under …
CASA GRANDE — CrossRoads Church will celebrate the Christmas season this year by giving away an estimated 1,500 pairs of tennis shoes to area children.
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WASHINGTON – The dream of a national museum dedicated to the Latin American experience took one step closer to reality Thursday, as lawmakers and advocates touted a bill that they think has a good chance of putting a museum on the National Mall.
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DALLAS — President Donald Trump tried to turn impeachment rancor into a political rallying cry Thursday, using a Texas rally to bash Democrats as "crazy" and unpatriotic as they push forward with their investigations.
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NEW YORK — Former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is laughing off an insult hurled at him by President Donald Trump.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the European Union told House impeachment investigators Thursday that President Donald Trump instructed him and other envoys to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Ukraine policy and that he was "disappointed" by the directive. Gordon Sondland…
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LOS ANGELES — Southern California emerged from the difficult first half of its schedule with a fairly brutal record, at least by the Trojans' perennially lofty standards.
SALT LAKE CITY — Rugged defense has defined Utah and Arizona State since the start of the season.
GLENDALE — The way Phil Kessel had been playing for the Arizona Coyotes at the start of the season, scoring a goal was just a matter of time.
No. 17 Arizona State (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) at No. 13 Utah (5-1, 2-1), Saturday at 6 p.m. EDT (Pac-12 Network)
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TEMPE – Two years ago, Cristian Zendejas was a preferred walk-on for the Arizona State football team, unsure where his role would take him.
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MADISON, Wis. — Students at a Wisconsin high school skipped class Friday and marched through the streets of the state capital to protest the firing of a black security guard who was terminated for repeating a racial slur while telling a student not to call him that word.
UNALASKA, Alaska (AP) — A commuter airplane carrying 42 people, including a high school swim team, to a remote Aleutian Islands fishing community went off the runway and came to a rest just short of the Bering Sea. Two passengers suffered critical injuries and 10 more were receiving medical …
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ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola reported strong third quarter sales as it makes strides with new drinks like Coca-Cola Plus Coffee and no-sugar drinks.
PHOENIX — Arizona’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate barely budged last month as the number of jobs available pretty much matched the number of people entering the workforce.
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TRENTON, N.J.— Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $117 million multistate settlement over allegations it deceptively marketed its pelvic mesh products, which support women's sagging pelvic organs.
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The first DLC pack for RAGE 2 has been released and with Rise of the Ghosts; players are introduced to a new region called the “Overgrown City” and they soon find themselves at odds with a group known as the “Ghosts”. The Ghosts are Feltrite powered enemies who have many of your Ranger abili…
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CASA GRANDE — An “equifest” fundraiser set for Saturday aims to help Mini Angels Ranch continue its equine assisted therapy programs.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Country music star Gretchen Wilson, whose hit song, "Here for the Party," features the lyrics, "And I ain't leaving till they throw me out," was ousted from a New Mexico hotel over noise complaints.
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CULIACAN, Mexico — Mexican security forces aborted an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout with…
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HONG KONG — Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters donned cartoon character masks as they formed human chains across the semiautonomous Chinese city on Friday night, in defiance of a government ba…
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MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where o…
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In a sense, the people of the Ak-Chin Native American community have always been involved in gambling. Translated, Ak-Chin means “mouth of the wash” and refers to farming that relies on the de…
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