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CASA GRANDE – The Casa Grande City Council may start the ball rolling on a city-owned ambulance service at Monday night’s meeting.
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CASA GRANDE -- Friends and family are hoping to raise enough money to cover funeral expenses for a Casa Grande man who was shot and killed earlier this month near Casa Grande Mountain.
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CASA GRANDE – Dreamport Villages may be dissolving into the desert.
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FLORENCE — This summer, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors asked the top contenders for the county manager’s job to respond to a hypothetical scenario.
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CASA GRANDE -- Friends and family are hoping to raise enough money to cover funeral expenses for a Casa Grande man who was shot and killed earlier this month near Casa Grande Mountain.
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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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CASA GRANDE — It wasn’t the way Jake Barro drew it up, but Casa Grande Union got a much-needed 38-20 win over Tucson Catalina Foothills on Friday.
MARICOPA — In less than a minute in the opening quarter, Maricopa watched as Gilbert Williams Field quickly took a 9-0 lead and eventually led 23-0 after the first quarter.
SAN TAN VALLEY — The Poston Butte Broncos had a feeling Friday night was going to be a shootout with the Gilbert Mesquite Wildcats in town.
SAN TAN VALLEY — San Tan Foothills and Florence essentially matched each other in the first half Friday, with three touchdowns each by their star running backs, Foothills’ Amahri Bailey and Florence’s Josh Maignan.
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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 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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CASA GRANDE — The Rev. Carl Bengtson has taken the helm at Sonland Lutheran Church.
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 …
ELOY — On Saturday, Oct. 26, from 2 to 4:30, the Baha’i community of southern Pinal County will host an event entitled “Musical Celebration of Unity” at Desert Rose Baha’i Institute, 1950 W. William Sears Dr. to honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Bab, the forerunner and herald o…
CASA GRANDE — Democratic Rep. Tom O’Halleran raised more money in the third quarter in his bid for re-election than any of the other U.S. House candidates, Republican or Democrat, in the state.
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WASHINGTON — The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action.
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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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republic reports that fans and teams were evacuated from a football game at a high school in Phoenix after reports of shots being fired nearby.
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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JUNEAU, Alaska — One person died after a commuter airplane went off the end of a runway while landing at an airport in the remote Aleutian Islands fishing community of Unalaska, authorities said Friday.
FLAGSTAFF — Food trucks. Wi-Fi. Hot showers.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area serial killer has died of unknown causes on California's death row, officials said Friday.
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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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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump punched back Friday at criticism that his Syria withdrawal is damaging U.S. credibility, betraying Kurdish allies and opening the door for a possible resurg…
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Lizbeth Garcia tended to her 3-year-old son outside a tent pitched on a sidewalk, their temporary home while they wait for their number to be called to claim asylum in …
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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 in on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area wher…
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