CASA GRANDE — Cycling an average of 75 miles a day, 70-year-old Seymour “Rif” Rifkind is on a 3,000-mile cross-country bike ride — from San Diego to St. Augustine, Florida — to raise money for…
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ELOY — It’s a rare occasion when the City Council agrees on something that pertains to the Dust Bowl Theatre.
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CASA GRANDE — Cycling an average of 75 miles a day, 70-year-old Seymour “Rif” Rifkind is on a 3,000-mile cross-country bike ride — from San Diego to St. Augustine, Florida — to raise money for the National Pickleball Hall of Fame.
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CASA GRANDE — Jennifer Toro remembers the first time she walked into the Teen Challenge Home of Hope facility in Casa Grande.
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CASA GRANDE — Phase 2 of Lucid Motors’ manufacturing plant has been given the green light by the Casa Grande Planning and Zoning Commission.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — A San Tan Valley woman who allegedly fought with her boyfriend and attempted to drive while intoxicated with a child in the car is facing charges.
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MARICOPA — When Maricopa firefighters pulled up to a house fire on Colby Drive in the late afternoon on Thursday, the home in question already had large plumes of smoke emanating from it.
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MARICOPA — Despite a rocky ending to their season, the theme of the night for the Maricopa boys basketball team was gratitude.
MARICOPA — While the Rams are in safe position to make the playoffs in their first year as part of the top conference in Arizona, there is still plenty at stake in Thursday night’s season finale.
QUEEN CREEK – American Leadership Academy-Ironwood is in its third season as a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and it’s safe to say that the Warriors were not on anyone’s radar this year.
QUEEN CREEK – American Leadership Academy-Ironwood is in its third season as a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and it’s safe to say that the Warriors were not on anyone’s radar this year.
MARICOPA — For the fourth time in five years, Maricopa High School will have a new athletic director, though the reason why remains a mystery.
CASA GRANDE — Two of Pinal County’s best players squared off in the final days of their seasons Wednesday, and they didn’t disappoint as Vista Grande won a back-and-forth battle against Coolidge, 52-43.
TUCSON -- Western butterfly populations are declining at an estimated rate of 1.6% per year, according to a new report published this week in Science. The report looks at more than 450 butterfly species, including the western monarch, whose latest population count revealed a 99.9% decline si…
TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — A 60-year-old Arizona man has been arrested in rural Nevada after a search launched when he was identified as the suspect a fire that had been deliberately set at a home on a ranch where he used to work, authorities said.
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted capacity restrictions at gyms, restaurants and other businesses Friday, citing lower COVID-19 cases and increased vaccination as he eases up on the pandemic restrictions that have upended life for nearly a year.
PHOENIX — The state’s top military and emergency management official is leaving, with a possible run for U.S. Senate in his future.
TUCSON (AP) — Busloads of asylum seekers have started to arrive in Tucson for the first time since President Joe Biden began reversing border policies implemented by former President Donald Trump, city officials said.
TUCSON -- The Giant Magellan Telescope announces fabrication of the sixth of seven of the world’s largest monolithic mirrors. These mirrors will allow astronomers to see farther into the universe with more detail than any other optical telescope before.
GLENDALE — Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist, Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 24 shots and the Minnesota Wild jumped on the Arizona Coyotes early in a 5-1 victory Friday night.
TUCSON (AP) — Arizona has released the Notice of Allegations it received from the NCAA last fall, which includes five Level I violations.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Pavelich, the speedy center from the Iron Range who played on the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team, has died at a treatment center for mental illness. He was 63.
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Once upon a time, dear children, before you were born, they made a fairytale movie about a kingdom called Zamunda. “Coming to America,” starring Eddie Murphy at the height of his popularity and charisma, became a huge hit and a cult classic.
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MARICOPA — Top performance poetry competitors will vie for prizes Saturday, March 6 as the All-Arizona Grand Slam! gets underway in Maricopa.
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CASA GRANDE — With paints and canvases in hand, artists will disperse throughout Casa Grande on March 13 to paint the city as the 2021 Casa Grande Plein Air Painting competition gets underway.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials will allow people to attend Major League Baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, go to Disneyland and watch live performances in limited capacities starting April 1.
NEW YORK (AP) — Some New York lawmakers are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's impeachment after reports late Thursday that his top aides altered a state Health Department report to omit the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state's nursing homes.
DALLAS — A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people at the officer's instruction in 2017, authorities said.
EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — One of the 13 people killed when the SUV smuggling them into California hit a tractor-trailer was a 23-year-old woman who was fleeing violence in Guatemala for the hope of a better life, family members said.
DOVER, Del. — The official committee representing child sex abuse victims in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has agreed to give the BSA more time to respond to a lawsuit challenging BSA's claims that several hundred millions dollars of its assets are unavailable for creditors.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma City Zoo employee was sentenced to probation and community service after pleading guilty to trafficking stolen Galapagos tortoise hatchlings, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
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It was Andrew Cuomo’s Emmy-winning performance: daily televised coronavirus briefings in which the New York governor projected competence and compassion, helping to calm a nervous nation.
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WASHINGTON — Democrats set aside one battle over boosting the minimum wage but promptly descended into another internal fight Friday as the party haltingly tried moving its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.
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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even more backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
PHOENIX -- Republican lawmakers acted Thursday to erect two new hurdles in the path of individuals and groups seeking to craft their own laws.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump’s last impeachment, filed a lawsuit Friday against the former president, his son, lawyer and a Republican congressman whose actions he charges led to January’s insurrection.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Pro-Trump demonstrators convened in front of the Nevada Capitol to hand-deliver complaints of election fraud to Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and demand she investigate them.
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BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela — Orchestra music envelops the streets of a Venezuelan city every time a truck carrying musicians has made its way through traffic for the past year, capturing the atte…
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JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A Las Cruces, N.M. man suspected of seriously injuring a city police officer with his vehicle during a February incident at a fast-food restaurant died Friday after a sho…
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KIGALI, Rwanda — A key piece of the mystery around the arrest of the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” became clear on Friday when a pastor told a Rwandan court he worked with someone f…
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GENEVA — At a time when seemingly everyone in Europe is wearing masks to battle COVID-19, the Swiss go to the polls Sunday to vote on a long-laid proposal to ban face-coverings, both the niqab…
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history triggered tsunami warnings across the ocean and forced thousands of people in New Zealand …
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico City has launched the first of what it hopes will be several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million.
CASA GRANDE — “I have said these things to you so that, united with me, you may have shalom. In the world, you have trials; but be brave! I have conquered the world!” John 16:33
BAGHDAD — Pope Francis opened the first-ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday with a plea for the country to protect its centuries-old diversity, urging Muslims to embrace their Christian neighbors as a precious resource and asking the embattled Christian community — “though small like a mustar…
ELOY — The Desert Rose Baha’i Institute offers a new slate of virtual programs in March.
WASHINGTON — America’s job market delivered a burst of strength in February. It lifted hopes that the rollout of viral vaccines, the distribution of federal aid and the increasing willingness and ability of consumers to go out and spend will invigorate the economy as the weather warms up.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, evidence that a year after the pandemic took hold, the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop and vaccinations ramp up.
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RENO, Nev. — Another federal lawsuit challenging the construction of a huge Nevada lithium mine approved in the final days of the Trump administration says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state wildlife officials repeatedly warned the plans don’t comply with laws protecting wate…
CASA GRANDE — A major site plan for the development of 174 single- and two-story individual rental dwellings was approved Thursday by the Planning and Zoning Commission despite some traffic concerns.
PHOENIX – After leaving the Army two decades ago, Miachelle DePiano faced new challenges on the civilian battlefield: a hyper-competitive job market.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A new court decision says one Arizona Corporation Commission member can't sue to enforce an investigatory subpoena in a utility rate-setting case over the opposition of the majority of the commission members.
ELOY -- It was in 1926 when Frank W. Shedd & Company donated a 1.7-acre site to the Toltec School District, which was where children living on the farms surrounding the area went to school.
What does it look like to take something old and make it new again? That’s what we set out to explore nearly three months ago when our Pinal Ways team began discussing the theme for our winter issue.
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their photos for this season’s section of Pinal in Pictures! We were thrilled to see so many classic cars throughout our county. Don’t miss our onlin…
In big cities, the history associated with the downtown is often forgotten — or in some cases reduced to street names and the occasional mural or memorializing statue.
SAM TAN VALLEY -- Redeemed Threads may be limited to a compact space between four walls, but the thrift store’s mission is limitless.
CASA GRANDE -- From the outside, you can tell there are many cherished memories attached to the place that was once Casa Grande Union High School.
CASA GRANDE -- There’s nothing better than spending the day in your car on a long, open road with the windows rolled down, accompanied by 40 of your closest friends. At least, that’s what the …
ARIZONA CITY -- Connecting to the good ol’ days is the goal at Flashbacks, a ‘50s-themed casual diner in Arizona City.
COOLIDGE -- When Larry Roberts was growing up, his favorite hangouts included the local arcades around Coolidge and surrounding areas.
CASA GRANDE -- Jeff Law still remembers his first record. He was 7 years old and rode his bike with his allowance in his pocket to a local store, where he found a 45-rpm single of Cheap Trick’…
FLORENCE -- When Tom and Lynn Smith were newlyweds in the early 1960s, they would drive up from Tucson to visit Tom’s aunt and uncle, with whom he lived as a teenager. Lynn still recalls her s…
COOLIDGE -- Skip Laclair understands cars. He also understands car collectors.
APACHE JUNCTION -- Take a scenic drive out through the Superstition Mountains and you will discover a town like no other — a town focused on preserving history and building memories. This is G…
CASA GRANDE -- For a few years, Kelsey and Peter Redwine have been on a mission to bring a good old-fashioned family fun venue to Casa Grande. And they’re on track to open their new entertainm…
CASA GRANDE -- Stepping into Grande Central Station is a visit back to early Casa Grande.
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