CASA GRANDE — In the past two weeks, the recycling program at Mesquite Elementary School processed more than 2,100 pounds of plastic and aluminum.
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CASA GRANDE — In the past two weeks, the recycling program at Mesquite Elementary School processed more than 2,100 pounds of plastic and aluminum.
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SACATON — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has announced that the governor of the Gila River Indian Community will be her guest at Tuesday’s State of the Union address, saying he has shown strong leadership on solving the region’s water issues.
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CASA GRANDE — A majestic new health facility is on the horizon with Sun Life Health announcing last week plans to build a multistory building at the southwest corner of Florence Boulevard and Henness Road, in the hospital area.
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PICACHO — The eastbound lanes on Interstate 10 were closed near Picacho Monday morning after a high-speed pursuit ended in a rollover.
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ARIZONA CITY — After a fire destroyed their Arizona City home and recording studio, the award-winning musician Cody Blackbird and his family are appealing to their fans for help rebuilding.
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LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities say three members of a family, formerly of Arizona, are dead after a man took the lives of a mother and daughter and then shot himself.
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CHANDLER — Whether they care to admit it or not, the Coolidge boy’s basketball team had their Monday night game against the Chandler Valley Christian Trojans circled on their calendar.
SIGNAL PEAK — A new chapter has begun for the Central Arizona softball team as first-year head coach Maddi Hackbarth takes over the program.
FLORENCE — After racking up just five wins in the past five seasons, this season is one nobody saw coming from the Florence boys soccer team.
COOLIDGE — After a final 12 minutes that felt many times longer, the buzzer rang and the girls in blue on the field all embraced, having accomplished something nobody in attendance could remember at Coolidge — winning a girls soccer postseason game.
COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Junior High girls’ softball team continues to improve its state ranking coming out of the COVID-19 period, maintaining the Central Region Champion title and finishing second out of 54 teams in the Canyon Athletic Association in December.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Poston Butte assistant football coach Rod Holmes recalled an early memory of Connor Lopez and Cade Alisa during a signing ceremony for the two athletes on Wednesday morning.
PHOENIX — A threatened species for nearly a decade, the narrow-headed garter snake is getting new life and help from scientists at the Phoenix Zoo.
FLAGSTAFF — Northern Arizona University has committed funding to implement several new initiatives across campus to help Indigenous students, promote traditional knowledge and establish partnerships with tribal entities.
PHOENIX — The top Republicans in the House and Senate want a judge to let them defend a law that bars abortions in cases of genetic defects, saying newly sworn-in Attorney General Kris Mayes won’t do it.
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A rancher who lives near Arizona’s border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s fatal shooting of a man tentatively identified as a Mexican citizen. His bail was set at $1 million.
PHOENIX — Former NFL player Jim Bob Morris is heading to the Super Bowl in Phoenix from Bloomington, Illinois, in a newly refurbished set of wheels. His ride has new paint, new seating and even a new bathroom.
PHOENIX — Super Bowl and Phoenix Open fans are flooding into the Valley, bringing inevitable traffic jams. Drivers should allow extra travel time and note a few high-traffic and lane-closure areas for the next two weeks, transportation officials said.
TEMPE — Jakob Chychrun had two goals, Jack McBain scored the tie-breaking goal on a breakaway with seven minutes remaining and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Monday night.
PHOENIX — Mortgage executive and former Michigan State guard Mat Ishbia is the new majority owner of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, after the NBA’s board of governors approved hi…
PHOENIX – On April 6, Ronnie Gajownik will make history when she walks out of the Gesa Stadium third base dugout in Pasco, Washington, to present the Opening Day lineup for Oregon’s Hillsboro …
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MARICOPA — A hit Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is coming to the stage in Maricopa, and local actors are encouraged to come be a part of the production.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa residents who want to put their abstract abilities to the test are invited to compete in a free online art contest.
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CASA GRANDE — With only a handful of weeks to go before the 65th annual Cactus Fly-In to be held at Casa Grande Municipal Airport on March 4, organizers Fred Borns and Rusty Gavagan have told PinalCentral that one key theme of the annual event that has stood the test of time is the camarader…
Nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd, according to a report released Monday by a civilian review board.
WASHINGTON — The White House Monday announced nearly $1 billion in investments to address economic causes of migration in several Central American countries, an effort being spurred by Vice President Kamala Harris.
NEW YORK — A night in music brimming with shocking upsets, historic wins, tributes for artists like the late rapper Takeoff and hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, the 65th Grammys were back in full swing Sunday. Once again, Beyoncé was in the running for the top honor.
RICHMOND, Va. — A 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher constantly cursed at staff and teachers, tried to whip students with his belt and once choked another teacher “until she couldn't breathe,” according to a legal notice filed by an attorney for the wounded …
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Crews began releasing toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding Monday after warning residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line to leave immediately or face the possibility of death.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states has been charged in Nevada for crimes that prosecutors said occurred in the Las Vegas-area starting in 2012.
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PHOENIX — A veteran state lawmaker thinks he’s found a way to finally end the debate over whether humans are better or worse than machines at counting ballots.
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PHOENIX — One month into a Legislative session that sees the Republican-controlled Arizona House and Senate trying to come to terms with a Democrat as governor for the first time in 14 years, GOP leaders are showing no sign that they will make Gov. Katie Hobbs’ first year in office a smooth one.
PHOENIX — Republican plans to enact a “skinny’’ budget and send it to Gov. Katie Hobbs came to a screeching halt Monday when one of their members refused to go along.
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WASHINGTON — Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was going to be in Beijing, meeting with President Xi Jinping in a high-stakes bid to ease ever-rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Though the Insight Women’s Center sits at the epicenter of a reinvigorated battle in the nation’s culture wars, the only hint of its faith-based mission to dissuade people from getting abortions is the jazzy, piano rendition of “Jesus Loves Me” playing in a waiting room.
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WASHINGTON — Look for new faces and fresh political dynamics as President Joe Biden delivers this year's State of the Union address, coupled with attention to some old problems brought back into painful focus by recent events.
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ADANA, Turkey — A frantic race was underway Tuesday to find more survivors and help the injured as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria the previous day …
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ANKARA, Turkey — The Latest on the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated parts of southeast Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,400 people in the two countries.
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ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake kil…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Three U.S. tourists were stabbed in Puerto Rico early Monday after police said someone told them to stop filming in a renowned seaside community known as La Perla that …
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NEW YORK — A 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Monday devastated wide swaths of Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people.
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AQABAT JABR, West Bank — Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen linked to the Islamic militant Hamas group in a raid on refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the latest bloo…
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HILDALE, Utah — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he found himself inside a tent with two dozen others waiting for the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca to kick in.
HILDALE, Utah — Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea whose roots go back hundreds of years to ceremonial use by Indigenous groups in the Amazon region.
CASA GRANDE — For Nancy and Tony Smith, the past 20 years in Maricopa have been an unexpected and incredible opportunity.
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The National Enquirer, the scandal-plagued tabloid that engaged in “catch-and-kill” practices to bury stories about Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has been sold.
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SAN FRANCISO — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t deceive investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly unraveled and raised questions about whether the billionaire had misled investors.
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The Super Bowl draws a larger portion of casual bettors than other American sporting events. The numerous proposition options available underscore how the game’s mass appeal goes well beyond professional gamblers and hardcore fans. Sportsbooks have taken advantage of the increasing popularity of prop bets. Those bets could range anywhere from whether there will be a safety to whether the Chiefs or Eagles will score more points than LeBron James or Steph Curry when their teams meet the day before the Super Bowl. This year’s Super Bowl is Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
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WASHINGTON — For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation’s worst inflation bout in four decades.
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PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico — In April, Mexico plans to power up the first phase of a huge solar energy project near a beach town popular with tourists making the short drive from the United States.
This week we get two small SUVs to try, starting with the Hyundai Kona. The entry fee is $21K, and this gets a 2.0-liter engine rated at 147 horsepower. This is a fully loaded N Line so it topped at $30K.
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…
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 …
Although the coronavirus is far from a thing of the past, our world is regaining the sense of normalcy we were once accustomed to.
There's a common cliché saying that knowledge is power.
Artists have been capturing beautiful vistas, meadows, ocean-side views, cityscapes and even desert landscapes for centuries.
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…
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.
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.
When: Saturday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m.
It's 2002 and multigenerational farmer Waylon Wuertz is set to graduate from the University of Arizona in agriculture tech management.
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…
Nadine Edwards's family has been a part of Maricopa for generations.
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.
Drive around Arizona long enough and you’ll inevitably come across a community that just exists to sell cheap houses. There’s nothing wrong with a cheap house, of course, but drive around a bi…
As motorists zip along the streets and roads of Maricopa, they might not realize they are traversing on a piece of history.
Mayor Nancy Smith has "thoroughly enjoyed" her time as mayor thus far.
In the past few years, Maricopa has made somewhat of a name for itself with events like Merry Copa and Copa Glow, which bring plenty of fun and entertainment to area residents and visitors alike.
It's hard to picture Maricopa without also thinking of State Route 347, the state highway that serves as the primary entrance into the city.
Even though it's a young city, Maricopa has many stories to tell.
