CASA GRANDE — A Casa Grande 7-year-old is the national Small Fry fiddle champion.
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CASA GRANDE — A Casa Grande 7-year-old is the national Small Fry fiddle champion.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors was criticized Wednesday for appearing to condone the “Big Lie” of 2020 election fraud.
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MARICOPA — In approving the latest multifamily development proposal, members of the Maricopa City Council stated Tuesday that higher density housing doesn’t mean lowering neighboring property values.
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MARICOPA — Early next week, a truck carrying an empty rocket will pass through Maricopa and Casa Grande on its way to New Mexico.
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CASA GRANDE — Pinal County could see more monsoon storms, like the ones that rolled through on Thursday, over the weekend.
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CASA GRANDE — Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer said he is unsure how his office would deal with abortion now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, but he said he believes Arizona’s new 15-week abortion ban will be the law of the land.
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CASA GRANDE — It's certainly been a crazy ride for former Vista Grande and Santa Cruz Valley running back Alec Wyble-Meza, but after many twists and turns he has found his way back to Arizona after transferring to Northern Arizona.
GLENDALE — Although the prep basketball season is still in its peak hibernation stage, some programs aren’t using that as an excuse and are getting back on the court, testing their skills. Over the course of four days, boys basketball teams from across the country gathered in State Farm Stad…
SIGNAL PEAK – Jared Koenig joined a lengthy list of former Central Arizona College baseball players to reach the major leagues when he made his debut on June 8.
CASA GRANDE — Corey Downs is very familiar with taking over a struggling program.
CASA GRANDE — It was absolute domination by two Pinal County teams in the 1A Conference as they secured the top two seeds in the playoffs and ended up in the state title game.
Player of the Year: Danika Bryant (SR, Superior)
PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Thursday to providing a secure and reliable source of water for Arizona.
WASHINGTON — Advocates welcomed the announcement this week that pay for federal firefighters will increase by as much as $20,000 this year, what one official called a potentially “life-changing” step for the chronically underpaid crews.
PHOENIX — Reaction in Arizona to the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion broke down along predictable party lines, with Republicans celebrating and Democrats blasting the ruling.
PHOENIX — State lawmakers have agreed to use the lure of millions of dollars in tax credits in hopes of bringing Hollywood to Arizona.
PHOENIX — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer’s triple digit temperatures…
PHOENIX — Women in the United States have no constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, bringing an immediate — if not permanent — end to legal abortion in Arizona.
NEW YORK — Justin Verlander pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, Kyle Tucker hit a three-run homer and the Houston Astros beat the Yankees 3-1 Friday night to stop New York’s 15-game home…
PHOENIX — Javier Báez hit a grand slam to quiet a fan in the front row and homer for the third straight game, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
DENVER — The Tampa Bay Lightning spoiled Colorado’s party to stay in the hunt for a third straight Stanley Cup title, beating the Avalanche 3-2 on Friday night in Game 5.
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CASA GRANDE — Popular musical group Rhythm Edition will take the stage on Monday, July 4, in the Paul Mason Sports Complex in a pre-fireworks show hosted by the city of Casa Grande.
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MARICOPA — Tracy Morgan aims to get audiences laughing when he brings his "No Disrespect" stand-up comedy show to The Events Center at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino.
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CASA GRANDE — Two Phoenix-area children’s book authors will visit the Casa Grande Public Library this month to share their work with children during Storytime sessions.
WASHINGTON — The State Department is preparing to compensate victims of mysterious brain injuries colloquially known as “Havana Syndrome” with six-figure payments, according to officials and a congressional aide.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
SURFSIDE, Fla. — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida, came down with a thunderous roar, leaving a giant pile of rubble and claiming 98 lives — one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
MADISON, Wis. — Doctors across Wisconsin immediately stopped providing abortions on Friday, turning away women in waiting rooms and calling to cancel pending appointments following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down its Roe v. Wade decision.
SAN FRANCISCO — Police announced Friday that they have arrested a suspect in this week's fatal shooting of a man on a San Francisco subway commuter train.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters.
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NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence in connection with a crash he was in last month.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in public. Under the law in place since 1913, New York residents needed to show proper cause, or an actual need, to carry a concealed handgun in public for self-defense..
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TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to …
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts — to figure out what concealed-carry measures they might be allowed to impose while also preparing to defend a wide ra…
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WARSAW, Poland — The Auschwitz-Birkenau museum alleged Friday that it was the target of “primitive" propaganda spread by Russian state agencies on social media.
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LONDON (AP) — British officials said the monkeypox outbreak in the U.K. is growing across the country, mainly among men who are gay or bisexual, or other men who have sex with men. They urged …
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BEIJING (AP) — Two people involved in testing for the electric car brand NIO died when one of its vehicles fell three stories from a Shanghai parking structure, the company said Friday.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country’s east to move to stronger positions, a regional governor sai…
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special parliamentary elections dominated by questions about his leadershi…
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From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more …
Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion, and reactions from faith leaders ranged from elation to anger after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
Sabrina Hodak grew up in a Modern Jewish Orthodox family but only truly embraced Judaism at age 16, around the same time she understood she was bisexual.
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CASA GRANDE — Many people from Coolidge and across Pinal County know Tom Shope as an owner of Shope’s IGA market. Others might know him as the former mayor of Coolidge, and some, the former Justice of the Peace for the Coolidge-Florence court.
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Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.
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The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels.
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Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years and just its second winning week in the last 12 to provide a bit of relief from the market’s brutal sell-off this year.
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DALLAS — The largest pilots union has approved a contract that would boost the pay of pilots at United Airlines by more than 14% over the next 18 months, potentially clearing the way for similar large wage throughout the industry.
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TOKYO — Toyota is recalling 2,700 bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could become loose, in a major setback for the Japanese automaker’s ambitions to roll out electric cars.
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WASHINGTON — It’s Groundhog Day at the IRS.
Lisa Swanson and her ArtMobile van are often spotted at various places throughout Casa Grande, Stanfield, Arizona City and other parts of Pinal County. And when they see her, people know that …
When it comes to art forms, architecture is considered one of the most intricate and complex.
Each person has a story.
Dancing gives the opportunity for self-expression and communication without having to use words. Ceylan Gentilella describes it as a “beautiful, ever-changing art” that’s a “way of life” and a…
Home decor can help liven any house to make it feel like a true home, and that is the mission for the dedicated workers of Signjunkie.
Michael Baca is in demand as a portrait photographer, in Arizona’s metro areas as well as his home base of Florence. He has also been hired to shoot in Sedona, Flagstaff and on the beach in So…
The recording studio at Central Arizona College’s Signal Peak Campus is a state-of-the-art facility with instruments and equipment that can produce professional-quality sound. But maybe the ke…
A day drip across the county: Seeing the arts wherever you go
Florence started celebrating its big annual country music festival a few days early with the “Road to Country Thunder,” a free concert Saturday night, from 5 to 10 p.m., on North Main Street.
Nichole Kluth was a busy mom with no artistic training when, one day in 2014, she attended her first paint party.
Florence starts celebrating its big annual country music festival a few days early with the “Road to Country Thunder,” a free Saturday night concert on North Main Street.
After October’s “catch-up” event, Country Thunder is glad to be back in April for the first time in three years.
The scenic Superstition Mountains with their intricate formation and impressive ridges are a source of inspiration for plenty of people, from hikers and trail blazing adventurers to photograph…
Those who marvel at the new fence at the Casa Grande Art Museum, gaze upon the artwork at Casa Grande Municipal Airport or chat with artists during the twice-annual tours might not know the na…
From world-famous photographers to muralists, for decades, Pinal County has been a home for artists.
"What words do we live by every day and everywhere?"
MARICOPA — For five consecutive evenings every summer, more than 130 children gather at First Baptist Church of Maricopa for a week-long vacation Bible camp. They sing songs, play games, enjoy…
MARICOPA — For those wanting to spend more time with family close to home, there's lots of options in Maricopa to help families do just that.
Those who drove through Maricopa as recently as 2000 might not have even realized where they were. The area was still unincorporated, with a smattering of businesses in between farms and dairi…
Pinal County is making front page headlines as economic development success, water and transportation issues are in the forefront of activity across the region, state and nation. What you may …
MARICOPA — Maricopa Community Theatre welcomes all to its family and hopes to bring entertainment and culture to the local community.
For most kids, no school is synonymous with all play.
I was on my way home during the hot dry summer of 2020 when I saw my neighbor Alice and her dog, Bailey, trying to cross a busy street on a hot afternoon in July. I stopped and gave them a rid…
Youth sports at Copper Sky provide a positive atmosphere for summer fun to develop life skills, make new friends and become more confident.