CASA GRANDE — Baking in a garage under the hot Arizona sun, Jesus Ramos Sr. trained with hopes of turning his dream of becoming a professional boxer into a reality. He fell in love with the sp…
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QUEEN CREEK — San Tan Valley resident Matt Ferris finished in second place in Caterpillar’s 2022-23 Global Operator Challenge.
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PHOENIX — A bill in the Arizona Legislature would allocate $8 million to a fund to pay for water infrastructure on projects that create jobs in Pinal County.
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CASA GRANDE — About 100 people attended a Pinal County District 3 forum at the Casa Grande Community Recreation Center on Thursday evening, where they asked questions and heard insights on current issues.
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MARICOPA — Just like many of the cold-blooded friends available at the shop, Desert Grown Reptiles & Exotics has found a way to survive in the desert and wants the community to join them Sunday for their one-year anniversary.
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MARICOPA — As its first graduating class approaches, A+ Charter administration shared their future plans for the school to give families and staff more opportunities.
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COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Airport provides a lot more than a runway for people to fly in and out of the city.
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CASA GRANDE — Baking in a garage under the hot Arizona sun, Jesus Ramos Sr. trained with hopes of turning his dream of becoming a professional boxer into a reality. He fell in love with the sport watching the legend Julio Cesar Chavez — who like Ramos Sr. has ties to Sinaloa, Mexico — and on…
QUEEN CREEK — There’s a youth movement going on in Pinal County softball as many teams are finding ways to win with rosters that don’t feature a lot of seniors.
CASA GRANDE — Records are meant to be broken. Well, in Poston Butte’s case they first have to be set.
CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Union baseball team experienced a tough offensive slump in their home game against Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep on Wednesday, but it was not due to a lack of effort.
SIGNAL PEAK — While their 11-game win streak ended in a 3-2 loss against Arizona Western over the weekend, the Central Arizona College softball team was looking to get back into the win column in their doubleheader against the Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters.
FLORENCE — The seventh annual Michelle Gallagher Softball Tournament will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Heritage Park, with 14 teams competing.
PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix police officer who was shot Friday while responding to an emergency call is expected to survive but the shooter remains on the loose, authorities said.
PHOENIX — Yassamin Ansari began her professional career at the United Nations, as a policy adviser advocating for climate change. Now, as a Phoenix City Councilmember and vice mayor, she says that true progress toward a sustainable future starts at the local level.
The Phoenix City Council balked at an action that may have prevented hundreds of mobile home residents from being evicted in the coming months.
PAYSON AP) — At least three people were found dead this week after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters in Arizona, authorities said.
NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a one-time supporter of former President Donald Trump who has been caught up in a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory demanded Thursday that Fox News and host Tucker Carlson retract and apologize for repeated “falsehoods" about the man's supposed intentions.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that state law doesn’t require Gov. Katie Hobbs to carry out the April 6 execution of a prisoner who was convicted of murder.
LOS ANGELES — Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen knows if the season ended today, his team would have the best odds to land who many consider the next generational talent i…
The San Diego Padres sure don’t feel like little brother anymore to the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers.
The NFL will consider significant changes to the kicking game with the competition committee proposing that the league adopt the college rule that allows touchbacks on fair catches of kickoffs…
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PHOENIX — For over three decades, Pat McMahon brought joy to children across the greater Phoenix area on KPHO’s hit TV kid’s program, “The Wallace and Ladmo Show.”
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QUEEN CREEK — San Tan Valley resident Matt Ferris finished in second place in Caterpillar’s 2022-23 Global Operator Challenge.
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MARICOPA — Relay For Life of Maricopa looks forward to another year of fundraising for the American Cancer Society.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders said Friday they reached a deal on pay raises for bus drivers, custodians and other support staff after a three-day strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system.
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seeking immigrants to move between the two countries along a back road linking New York…
A 17-year-old has been charged with kidnapping two migrants whose rescue from a Houston hotel by FBI agents ended in gunfire that killed another suspect.
QUINCY, Ill. — A former contestant on the long-running television game show “Family Feud” has been charged with first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois.
LOS ANGELES — Reese Witherspoon and her husband say they are divorcing after nearly 12 years of marriage.
DENVER — Colorado teachers flooded into the state Capitol Friday to press for better protections for students and school staff after a 17-year-old Denver student shot two administrators, fled to the mountains and killed himself.
PHOENIX -- State lawmakers have decided that some flags matter than other flags.
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PHOENIX -- Gov. Katie Hobbs is going to veto legislation to block cities and towns from taxing groceries.
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PHOENIX — Lifetime probation doesn’t always last a lifetime. Some victims of sex crimes want their perpetrators to spend more time being closely monitored and receiving treatment before they can petition for release from lifetime probation.
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DENVER — Colorado teachers flooded into the state Capitol Friday to press for better protections for students and school staff after a 17-year-old Denver student shot two administrators, fled to the mountains and killed himself.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Former President Donald Trump picking Waco, Texas, for the first rally of his 2024 campaign Saturday will put him in the middle of a big Republican state that has reliably delivered him big crowds.
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Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy's remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota this fall, they said Friday. The statement comes days after the tribe urged for a faster return of the child who died at a federal boarding school for Indigenous children in 1879.
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PARIS (AP) — Ongoing unrest across France and calls for a new round of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension plan persuaded officials to postpone a planned state visit nex…
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KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda's government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convic…
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO — President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to announce an agreement aiming to stem the flow of asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings from …
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president on Friday angrily rejected comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Mexican government has lost control over parts of the country.
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KYIV, Ukraine — U.N. human rights monitors have documented dozens of summary killings of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war, as well as other possible war crimes such as the use of torture…
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BEIRUT — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in…
United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition care, a move LGBTQ advocates say could harm the physical and emotional health of transgender people within the church.
Muslims around the world are welcoming the start of Ramadan, a month of fasting, increased worship, heightened charity, good deeds and community. Christians are also fasting during Lent, the 40-day period of penance and prayer ahead of Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ fro…
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Thursday forensic tests have confirmed that a body found in northern Mexico was that of a drug gang leader accused of murdering two Jesuit priests last year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused last year’s Blue Origin launch failure that has grounded flights for six months, the company said Friday.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday its cruise missile launches this week were part of nuclear attack simulations that also involved a detonation by a purported underwater drone as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to make his rivals “plunge into despair.”
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WASHINGTON — Russia threatened to escalate attacks in Ukraine after the British government announced it would provide to Ukraine a type of munition that Moscow falsely claims has nuclear components.
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NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 was blocked Thursday by a federal appeals court.
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AYER, Mass. — Five freight train cars derailed in Massachusetts on Thursday, but no hazardous materials were being hauled and there were no reports of injuries, according to authorities.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio senators reacting to the East Palestine train derailment proposed state oversight of wayside detectors that can spot railway defects, among other safety provisions, in a nearly $13.5 billion transportation budget that passed Thursday with bipartisan support.
In addition to my role as the president and CEO of Pinal Partnership, I’m excited to share news of a new organization. The Southern Arizona Sports, Tourism and Film Authority (SASTFA) was laun…
MARICOPA — The first year Copa Glow was hosted by the city of Maricopa, it soared beyond expectations. Three years later, the event's popularity has continued to climb, and with it so has the …
With its five fun-filled days of spinning and twirling rides for thrill-seekers, an array of sweet and savory carnival foods, games, exhibits, entertainment and livestock competition, the Pina…
It's 2002 and multigenerational farmer Waylon Wuertz is set to graduate from the University of Arizona in agriculture tech management.
A longstanding tradition of the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce is to gift small cotton bales to visiting guest speakers as a way of signifying that since the city’s founding in 1925, Coolidge ha…
There's so much that Casa Grande has to offer, but it may not always be easy to determine just how much. Which is something the Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce is keenly aware of.
Though the winter months bring chillier temperatures to Pinal County, we are lucky enough to live in a climate that rarely gets snow and rarely see days where temperatures drop well below free…
For two days every January, hundreds of vendors, exhibitors, mobile eateries, artists and others line the streets of historic downtown Casa Grande for the annual street fair and car show.
Our latest Pinal in Pictures celebrates fall events! From Halloween events like the Florence Fright Fest to Eloy's magical Glow Festival, we hope you enjoy the latest collection of photos subm…
There's a common cliché saying that knowledge is power.
Ask any of the past or present Dancing for Our Stars participants and they will tell you that the first word that comes to mind when they think about the experience is "fun."
Every year, members of the community, local businesses and Central Arizona College alumni and staff gather at the Windmill Winery to support area youth as they enter a new phase in their educa…
In the town of Florence, history is on display every day. And at least once a year, during the historic home tour, the public is invited to see how people live amongst that history each day.
Artists have been capturing beautiful vistas, meadows, ocean-side views, cityscapes and even desert landscapes for centuries.
Mayor Nancy Smith has "thoroughly enjoyed" her time as mayor thus far.
Headquarters Restaurant has been a part of the Maricopa community for nearly 70 years. And since opening, the restaurant's reputation for good food, service and as a meeting place for the comm…
Crystal Dennis loves fabric.
On Oct. 15, 2003, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors met to do something that hadn't been done in 25 years.
In most places, City Hall is at the heart of what is historically known as “downtown.” In Maricopa, City Hall is located in the middle of what the city will be in the future.
As motorists zip along the streets and roads of Maricopa, they might not realize they are traversing on a piece of history.
