BAPCHULE — Amil Pedro learned about native medicines from his Uncle Pete. He learned about his people’s history. He learned to carve wood and make weapons used by early ancestors. He learned t…
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CASA GRANDE -- A week after five people were killed in separate crashes on Interstate 10 between Casa Grande and Chandler, the governor's staff ventured to the city to discuss possible funding for improvements along the stretch of freeway.
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CASA GRANDE – U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran is holding five roundtables around the state over the next three days to discuss his efforts to create a bipartisan plan to fix the nation’s infrastructure.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — Two men have been charged with robbing a man at gunpoint and forcing him to withdraw nearly $5,000 from a bank account and give it to them.
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CASA GRANDE — Gov. Doug Ducey’s proposed budget shocked Pinal County officials with the proposal to close a unit of the state prison in Florence.
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PHOENIX — The interim head of the Arizona House Ethics Committee vowed Tuesday to conduct a fair, thorough and speedy inquiry into allegations that a lawmaker had an improper relationship with a lobbyist and used his power to help her personally.
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PRESCOTT VALLEY — A sixth-place finish may not have been what Briana Quiroz had in mind, but it will live on in school history.
FLAGSTAFF — Traveling long distances up north and enduring cold temperatures couldn’t cool down the Hot Spot Gymnastics team and they continued to rack up the medals and trophies.
MARICOPA -- Alezet Valerio, 14, sits on the couch in the living room of her Maricopa home sporting a red hoodie. She is across from her dad, Thomas Valerio Jr., and they’re deep into discussion over her latest boxing match.
PRESCOTT VALLEY — Of the 49 wrestlers that competed in this weekend’s state wrestling tournament, Pinal County came home with 19 state placers and seven state champions.
TUCSON -- Former Casa Grande prep standout Gil Luna struck out five in his first appearance of the year in relief to help the Arizona Wildcats pick up a series sweep with an 11-3 victory over the Albany Great Danes on Sunday afternoon.
PRESCOTT VALLEY — After finishing the first day of the Division IV state wrestling tournament Friday, Santa Cruz found itself in second place, two points shy of Morenci.
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CASA GRANDE — About 4,000 spectators lined the streets Saturday as the 2020 O'Odham Tash parade rolled down Florence Boulevard and into downtown.
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CASA GRANDE — The folk-rock duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel will be the topic of discussion on Tuesday as rock historian Vinnie Bruno visits the Casa Grande Main Library.
PHOENIX -- State lawmakers decided Tuesday that Arizona needs to remember the victims of Communism.
PHOENIX — Advocates for overhauling Arizona’s criminal justice system want to put a proposal on the November ballot that would cut the sentences of non-dangerous offenders for good behavior.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The leader of a crew that committed 13 robberies of Verizon stores in Southern California and Arizona was sentenced Tuesday to more than 22 years in prison, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
TEMPE (AP) — Police in Tempe say a suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a female pedestrian and injured a man has been arrested.
MESA — In Arizona, a burgeoning Asian American community fields xenophobic calls about a planned night market featuring Asian street foods. In New York, a dim sum restaurant owner worries he won't make rent. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a local Asian American-owned restaurant chain is mull…
MESA (AP) — Authorities say a man is dead after crashing into a home in Mesa.
PRESCOTT VALLEY – Boys high school wrestling participation numbers are dropping, but girls high school wrestling is booming in Arizona since it became a sanctioned sport two years ago.
TUCSON – Arizona baseball coach Jay Johnson has two of the Pac-12 Conference’s most dynamic sluggers in sophomores Dayton Dooney and Branden Boissiere, who burst onto the scene as freshmen las…
TEMPE -- The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed starting left tackle D.J. Humphries to a three-year contract that keeps him with the team through the 2022 season.
TEMPE – Maddi Hackbarth, Arizona State softball’s senior catcher, is on a mission in 2020.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In a single thrilling lap around NASCAR's most storied track, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman displayed the risks and rewards of the dangerous sport they both love.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Newman flipped across the finish line, his Ford planted upside down and engulfed in flames, a grim reminder of a sport steeped in danger that has stretched nearly tw…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman with ties to a man and woman accused of killing a 24-year-old Las Vegas model whose body was found in the desert encased in concrete has pleaded guilty to accessory to murder, court records show.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters are expecting heavy rains again in parts of the flood-ravaged South, prolonging the misery in neighborhoods surrounded by water.
Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.
HONOLULU (AP) — Sightseers will soon have an opportunity to experience history while viewing Hawaii when a vintage World War II fighter plane begins passenger flights.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Uber driver accused of firing shots at passengers who told him he was driving the wrong direction has been arrested in Louisiana.
EASTHAM, Mass. — The notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the lam after he was tipped to his pending arrest.
PHOENIX – Supporters of President Donald Trump already are lining up outside Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in expectation of the president’s rally Wednesday evening. Only those with tickets will be admitted. You can register for free tickets here. There is a limit of two tickets per pho…
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay sentencing for Roger Stone on his witness tampering and lying to Congress conviction as President Donald Trump kept up his unrelenting defense of his longtime confidant and said he wouldn’t be quieted on social media even if he's makin…
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting what he called a “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pardoning former New York Police Department commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's ready to use his “big voice” to bolster Republicans' 2020 campaign hopes as he heads west for a four-day visit mixing policy and politics.
PHOENIX -- Saying it will promote balance, the House Education Committee voted Monday to require at least the monitoring of speeches made on university campuses -- if not actually finding speakers with alternate views.
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WASHINGTON — Comedians are making their return to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after last year's hiatus.
NEW YORK — Greg Laurie is among America’s most successful clergymen -- senior pastor at a California megachurch, prolific author, host of a global radio program. Yet after a youthful colleague’s suicide, his view of his vocation is unsparing.
MANILA, Philippines — In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others' hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started…
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. — The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them. Some are pious alumni who have become their teachers and mentors; others climbed the Catholic hierarchy to be revered as bishops and cardinals.
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MARICOPA — The Foresters will perform in concert during the 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services on Sunday, March 8, at Maricopa Community Church, 44977 W. Hathaway Ave.
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SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about potential for fraud…
CASA GRANDE -- Construction of the Lucid Motors manufacturing plant in Casa Grande is on schedule and the company expects to be producing electric cars by the end of the year, officials say.
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PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona House panel voted along party lines Monday evening to advance a proposal barring new fees on ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico City officials said Tuesday they will tighten rules for children leaving government schools on their own after a 7-year-old girl was found murdered over the weekend.
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HOUSTON — A Venezuelan teenager has been forced back to Mexico by U.S. government authorities who denied her claims that she was fleeing political repression and violence, even after they acce…
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MAINZ, Germany (AP) — The heads and bodies are gigantic, the subjects are world leaders, and the creations are irresistible to look at.
CASA GRANDE — Life has a way of throwing curveballs. In the late 1970s, Janie Garza Brown was looking for work and found a job at an insurance shop. She had no idea that one day she would be r…
During the holiday season, we are all bombarded with million-dollar marketing campaigns pushing the bulk distribution of the hottest gifts. That’s what it takes for major corporation to grow t…
CASA GRANDE -- Even in his young adulthood, Bob Brutinel had no idea he was going to be a plumber, or that he was going to live in Casa Grande. Yet now his name, and indeed his face, have beco…
W hile the lifespan of a business can see many different people and directions, the same can be said for a building.
COOLIDGE — On a Friday in early November, the normally workmanlike atmosphere at The Tire Factory in Coolidge was noticeably different. There was a party going on.
- Pinal singer felt more at home than ever at Country Thunder
- Fans get permanent souvenirs at Country Thunder
- Cowboy Church more apropos than ever at Country Thunder
- Country Thunder helps Maricopa CERT team prepare for emergencies at home
- Video: Swing dancers thrill the crowd during Country Thunder competition