QUEEK CREEK — With three miles of twisting, turning pathways, it’s not uncommon for people to get lost inside the 10-acre corn maze at Schnepf Farms.
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Q. Please introduce yourself and discuss why you would like to serve on the school board.
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Q. What are your qualifications to serve the town in an elected position? Which one of your past positions or experiences best prepares you for this job? Please include your highest level of education.
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Q. What are your qualifications to serve the town in an elected position? Which one of your past positions or experiences best prepares you for this job? Please include your highest level of education.
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FLORENCE — Unincorporated areas, especially the ones south of town, are growing. But If there’s a big fire, there’s no telling who — if anyone — will show up to fight it.
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CASA GRANDE — Candidates for the Arizona Legislature and Arizona’s 1st Congressional District got a chance to voice their views on the pandemic, funding for education and taxes during an hour-long Facebook Live event Tuesday night.
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PHOENIX — In the wake of a fatal shooting, Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to accept a gift of 150 body cameras from suppliers to begin outfitting officers of the state Department of Public Safety.
LAKE HAVASU CITY (AP) — Hospital officials and Arizona’s schools chief on Wednesday urged local governments not to lift their mask mandates, warning that moving too quickly could reverse the state’s progress in tamping down COVID-19.
WASHINGTON — The poverty rate in Arizona fell for the eighth straight year in 2019, to 13.5%, but while advocates welcomed that as “great news” they also cautioned that the state’s economic gains were not shared equally by all Arizonans.
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police on Wednesday released the name of a man who was fatally shot in a Chandler neighborhood, but won't identify a possible suspect in the case.
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — A man considered a “person of interest” in a fatal drive-by shooting in Sierra Vista has turned himself in to police.
PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona resident has been sentenced to four years in prison for a fraudulent oil well scheme that cost investors nearly $2 million.
LAS VEGAS — A court on Wednesday approved a settlement totaling $800 million from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history.
As a federal judge considers whether the Trump administration violated her order for the 2020 census to continue through October by setting an Oct. 5 end date, her court has been flooded with messages from census takers who say they are being asked to cut corners and finish their work early.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police, so that prosecutors can edit out witnesses’ names and personal information.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organizer of a Southern California rally against police brutality and racism was charged with attempted murder Tuesday for driving her car into counterprotesters and running over a woman's head.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California’s wine country was on fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already scorched region, destroying homes and prompting overnight evacuation orders for more than 50,000 people. Meanwhile, three people died in a separate fire further north…
WASHINGTON — Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow over his presidency that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by organizations or individuals he’s ind…
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LONDON — Julian Assange’s conversations in the latter part of his 7-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet, a London court heard Wednesday.
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LONDON — British lawmakers voted Wednesday to renew the government’s sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic, though many slammed the way Prime Minist…
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BRUSSELS — Democratic standards are facing “important challenges” in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU’s ex…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait’s Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in before parliament Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death …
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization announced Monday that it and leading partners have agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million rapid-diagnostic tests for the coronavirus to help lower- and…
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YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenian and Azerbaijani forces fought over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh for a second day Monday, with both sides blaming each other for resuming the attacks th…
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QUEEK CREEK — With three miles of twisting, turning pathways, it’s not uncommon for people to get lost inside the 10-acre corn maze at Schnepf Farms.
COOLIDGE — It might have come later than normal, but the Pinal County high school football season is wasting no time getting to the big games.
APACHE JUNCTION — After coming within one victory from winning the 4A Black Canyon region, the Apache Junction Prospectors are shaped up to compete and play as hard as they can during a shortened 2020 season.
CASA GRANDE — The uncertainties will be plentiful for both teams when Vista Grande opens its football season Friday night with a home game against Phoenix Shadow Mountain.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — LeBron James finally got an easy Game 1 in the NBA Finals.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reiterated Wednesday that the league's hope is to begin next season with teams in their home arenas and with fans in the seats, though cau…
ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman singled home the winning run in the 13th inning, finally ending the longest scoreless duel in postseason history as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 1-…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
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PITTSBURGH — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails on Wednesday, fighting for working-class voters in the Midwest while both parties — and the debate commission, too — sought to deal with the most chaotic presidential fac…
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WASHINGTON — They’ve been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, and in North Carolina over witness requirements. Ohio is grappling with drop boxes for ballots as Texas faces a court challenge over extra days of early voting.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to walk back his refusal to outright condemn a far right fascist group during his debate with Democrat Joe Biden, but the inflammatory moment was far from the first time the president has failed to denounce white supremacists or has…
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MARICOPA — On Tuesday morning, John Pence, a senior adviser for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, and GOP Congressional District 1 candidate Tiffany Shedd made a pit stop in Maricopa on their tour around Arizona to engage Republican voters and volunteers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday confronted former FBI Director James Comey about his oversight of the Trump-Russia investigation during a politically charged hearing that focused attention on problems with the probe that have become a rallying cry for President Donald Tru…
CASA GRANDE — The Teen Challenge Home of Hope plans to move forward with its annual chili festival fundraiser with several COVID-19-safe precautions in place.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Catholic community are speaking out about the divide and pain they’re feeling after a video of a La Crosse priest denouncing Democrats in the church went viral.
ROME — The financial scandal that toppled Cardinal Angelo Becciu, one of the Vatican's most powerful officials, mounted Friday with evidence that he directed hundreds of thousands of euros of Vatican and Italian church funds to a charity controlled by his brother.
CASA GRANDE — The nominations are in and now it’s time to vote.
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DETROIT (AP) — Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola fell more than 6% Tuesday after General Motors cast doubt on whether a $2 billion partnership would close as scheduled.
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MARICOPA — The first Jimmy John’s in Maricopa will soon grace the community with its freaky-fast delivery and “free smells” as part of the brand new Sonoran Creek retail development.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Enbridge’s plans for drilling an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes do not meet industry standards and pose significant hazards to workers and the environment, experts who reviewed project documents on behalf of opposition groups told …
T he global spread of the coronavirus changed the way many companies, government institutions and other organizations do business overnight.
Just a year ago, the Future Forward Foundation had evolved beyond its previous passion for planting backyard gardens. The group and its volunteers were focused on big production on larger plot…
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FLORENCE -- W illiam “Mac” McWilliams visited the Windmill Winery one day while he was looking for a house to buy in Florence. The 79-year-old former Navy diver, who had worked for oil compani…
FLORENCE -- At the Windmill Winery in Florence, the grapevines, barn and farm-like setting provide a rustic backdrop for happy brides celebrating nuptials, couples observing an anniversary or …
I ’ve always viewed the fall as the start of new beginnings. Growing up in Northern California, I loved watching tree leaves turn colors before eventually drifting down to the earth. In Centra…
CASA GRANDE -- It’s become one of the hottest Mexican food restaurants since coming to Casa Grande over a year ago.
MARICOPA -- As if there were storm clouds rising from the horizon, Jim Schoaf could see trouble coming. The reports were coming out of Asia and Europe of a highly contagious virus that was upe…
COOLIDGE -- COVID-19 has changed a lot of things. Long-awaited events have been canceled, many are working from home and schools have put off campus reopenings.
T here’s an anecdote behind how St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery found it’s spot not far from the town of Florence that says much about the place that eventually became a key hub for mem…
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