COOLIDGE — For months, Coolidge has had one notable and beloved former city employee in mind for this year’s Coolidge Days grand marshal.
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MARICOPA — Fyrestorm Cheer & Tumbling is back to its original name and colors to honor founder Beth Mundell's dream, while separating itself from a national brand that has been consumed by scandal.
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ELOY — In 2019, Eloy held its annual Tip Over the Shelves 5K run, with proceeds going to the Santa Cruz Valley Food Pantry and the Eloy Veterans Center Food Bank.
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FLORENCE — In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the ongoing and evolving traditions of Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) will be on display at the Pinal County Historical Museum’s second annual Día de Los Muertos Celebration.
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COOLIDGE — For months, Coolidge has had one notable and beloved former city employee in mind for this year’s Coolidge Days grand marshal.
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CASA GRANDE — Five candidates are running for two four-year seats on the Casa Grande Elementary School District board in the Nov. 8 election.
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FLORENCE — Voters in Florence Unified School District No. 1 will elect two members of the Governing Board on Nov. 8, filling the seats currently held by Steven Johnson and Jim Thomas. This is the third in a series of articles in which the candidates respond in writing to questions from the F…
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MARICOPA — Fyrestorm Cheer & Tumbling is back to its original name and colors to honor founder Beth Mundell's dream, while separating itself from a national brand that has been consumed by scandal.
CASA GRANDE — It’s a brand new season for the Vista Grande football team as the Spartans are now 2-2 after losing their first two games.
CASA GRANDE – Coming off a lopsided loss that snapped a program-record 16-game winning streak, the Casa Grande Union football team faces another daunting test when it takes on Gilbert Higley Friday night at Al Van Hazel Stadium.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Since moving out of the 4A Black Canyon Region into the East Sky Region, the Combs Coyotes have been forced to adapt and to a step up in competition. That tougher competition was on full display Tuesday, as Combs went to battle with Mesa Eastmark.
FLORENCE — Opposing batters across the state always struggled when Florence’s Mat Olsen was on the mound, and that same problem later translated over to when he was at Central Arizona College.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Going into the grudge match between 3A Central rivals American Leadership Academy-Ironwood, San Tan Foothills head Coach Mike Carlin said he expected the game to be a fight.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Deliberations resumed Thursday in the first of two trials for a man accused of abducting and killing two young Tucson girls separately and dumping their bodies in the desert.
PHOENIX — After a Willem de Kooning painting worth millions was brazenly stolen in 1985 from an Arizona museum, the staff clung to the hope that it would turn up one day. But nobody could have predicted “Woman-Ochre” would find its way back through the kindness of strangers in a neighboring state.
PHOENIX — A federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing a new law that he said could inadvertently make felons out of volunteers who register people to vote.
PHOENIX — Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking Gov. Doug Ducey to call a special legislative session to let lawmakers provide “additional clarity’’ about which of two abortion laws on the books they want enforced.
TUCSON — A pilot died after a small plane crashed south of Tucson on Wednesday, according to authorities.
PHOENIX — The Arizona commission that regulates utilities cannot prevent a single member from issuing subpoenas to investigate companies that the panel oversees, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Colorado (0-4, 0-1 Pac-12) at Arizona (2-2, 0-1), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (FS1)
Arizona State (1-3, 0-1 Pac-12) at No. 6 Southern California (4-0, 2-0), Saturday, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
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ELOY — In 2019, Eloy held its annual Tip Over the Shelves 5K run, with proceeds going to the Santa Cruz Valley Food Pantry and the Eloy Veterans Center Food Bank.
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FLORENCE — In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the ongoing and evolving traditions of Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) will be on display at the Pinal County Historical Museum’s second annual Día de Los Muertos Celebration.
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COOLIDGE — Sounds of uplifting corridos, spirited cheers and pulsing dance music are set to fill San Carlos Park across the first two days of the Coolidge Days Celebration, beginning Friday, Sept. 30.
Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida, flooding streets and buildings, knocking out power to 1.8 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland. A coastal sheriff’s office reported that it was already getting a significant number of calls from people trapped in flooded homes. Some video showed debris-covered water sloshing toward the eaves of homes. The hurricane made landfall Wednesday afernoon near Cayo Costa, a protected barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers. Though expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it marches inland, Ian’s hurricane force winds are likely to be felt well into central Florida.
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — Elsa Morin gripped the football and launched a perfect spiral. Then the 17-year-old dodged in and out of cones and yanked the flag hanging from another girl's belt for a key defensive play.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police searched Wednesday for at least two people they believe were behind a shooting outside a Philadelphia high school that killed one 14-year-old and wounded four other teenagers after a football scrimmage.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — At least six people were wounded in a shooting at a school in Oakland on Wednesday, officials said.
DENVER — A mentally ill man charged with killing three people in 2015 at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic because it offered abortion services will not be forcibly medicated as he appeals a federal judge’s order allowing the involuntary treatment.
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man suspected of killing his estranged wife and abducting their 15-year-old daughter had been living with the teenager out of his pickup truck and hotels for weeks before the violence, authorities said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared on Thursday for a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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WASHINGTON — The founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates are on trial in the Capitol attack on charges that include seditious conspiracy — a rarely used Civil War-era accusation that strikes to the heart of what prosecutors say happened that day.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration should create a new position at the White House National Security Council to focus on cases of Americans who are wrongfully detained in foreign countries, and fund an interagency office tasked with helping free hostages, according to a report Wednesday f…
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. will provide an additional $1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, with funding for about 18 more advanced rocket systems and other weapons to counter drones that Russia has been using against Ukrainian troops, according to U.S. officials.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Party’s headquarters and other buildings in Northern California after the defeat of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge.
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As the number of immigrants seeking court permission to avoid deportation grows, foundations in Los Angeles have joined with local governments to direct millions of dollars to pay for lawyers to represent the immigrants, an effort they hope will be copied across the country.
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NEW YORK — A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite.
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BRUSSELS — European companies are ramping up security around pipelines and energy prices are climbing again as the suspected sabotage of two pipelines that deliver natural gas from Russia unde…
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KOYA, Iraq — An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the K…
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Supporters of Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attempted to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone government area Wednesday as the Iraqi parliament held session on the resi…
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BERLIN — Austria announced Wednesday that it will start checking travel documents at its border with Slovakia following a similar decision by the Czech Republic to keep migrants from entering …
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LONDON — New British Prime Minister Liz Truss came under growing pressure Wednesday from opponents — and inside her Conservative Party — to reverse announced tax cuts that are fueling a financ…
It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private confessions was in jeopardy.
ELOY — Thursday, Sept 29, is the deadline to purchase tickets for a fundraiser luncheon to support His Marine Ministries.
When her teenage daughter came out as a lesbian several years ago, one of the first things Caroline Joyce did was to Google, “Can you be gay and be a Christian?”
ELOY — Fiestas Patrias has a long history in Eloy. And Mary Lou Rosales has been a part of this much celebrated event in Eloy for decades.
This week we get two luxury SUVs, starting with the Cadillac XT5. This is a 2023 model, base price at $45K, but ours was loaded up with goodies, so it hit $68K. The base engine is a small 2.0-liter turbo putting out 235 horsepower and economy of 22/29 mpg. We had the larger 3.6-liter V6 cran…
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PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey broke no laws when he unilaterally cut off the extra $300 a week the unemployed in Arizona were getting last year, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
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PHOENIX — Buyers of new homes are entitled to sue builders for hidden defects for up to eight years — even if they have signed contracts waiving that right, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday warned oil and gas companies against increasing prices for consumers as Hurricane Ian neared landfall along Florida’s southwest coast.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A renewable energy plant being commissioned in Oregon on Wednesday that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there is the first utility-scale plant of its kind in North America.
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NEW YORK — Bond markets around the world are relaxing Wednesday after London’s central bank pledged to do whatever’s needed to restore calm in its financial markets.
There's something about a few hours in a place where animals live and play that can turn your whole day around.
Whether it's the soft green grass, the shade of the sprawling trees, the playgrounds or a chance to watch ducks frolicking in a pond, the municipal and county parks throughout the area are pop…
Once again, we asked and local readers and photographers delivered. A special thank you to Ann Loyd and Lisa Manifold for their submissions of these incredible nature scenes snapped in differe…
One thing I enjoy about being a part of a magazine like Pinal Ways is that it gives me the opportunity to look at each season through a new lens.
To most kids, the word "summer" may as well be synonymous with fun.
With many folks seeking to regain a semblance of "normal" following two years of restrictions caused by the pandemic, you couldn’t find a more fitting place for an experience of old school Ame…
It may not be the ideal time of year, but there are people enjoying the desert's beauty these days at Lost Dutchman State Park.
When the summer temperatures ramp up in Arizona, residents look for fun ways to spend their time while also beating the heat. Tucked away in Eloy, Skydive Arizona presents not only a fun activ…
It’s naturally a little cooler, plus there’s often a nice breeze blowing though the mountainous terrain — just one reason visitors are drawn to Arizona Zipline Adventures.
If you've ever driven to Coolidge by way of State Route 87 or driven past the city on your way into the Valley, you may have passed by the massive structure under the protection of an equally …
There are few places in Pinal County that are quite as serene as Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
CASA GRANDE — With the onset of the long, lazy days of summer, it's tempting for Pinal County residents to retreat to their air-conditioned homes, avoiding the balmy outdoors and Arizona's cha…
Guests can pretend they're cruising down the mighty Mississippi almost 200 years ago. But on a desert lake, they'll enjoy views that a young Mark Twain never had.
Laser tag and the arcade at Ak-Chin Circle Entertainment Center have reopened, offering new, fun options for the community to enjoy with more to come.
Located only minutes away from the hustle and bustle of Florence Boulevard, the Casa Grande Mountain trails offer local residents several hiking options complemented with picturesque and spect…
Surgery has been around for years with the first surgical procedure, trepanation, taking place in 6500 B.C. Think a drill hole in the skull.
There's no denying Maricopa is a growing city.
The brand new Desert Sunrise High School opens on Thursday, and staff members say they're eager to meet the new students and welcome them back to a new year at a new school. Copacetic intervie…
With the 2022 election season in full swing, it's always a good idea to get acquainted with local and state candidates. We spoke with four of the five candidates running for seats in the Arizo…
Ron Harrison composed hundreds of songs back in the day, but now he plays piano for himself and those who stop by to listen.
It’s just before 5 p.m. on Monday, April 4. Maricopa commuters are making their way home from another long workday. About halfway between the Phoenix metropolis and the city of Maricopa, traff…
In March, the Maricopa Pantry lost nearly everything to a massive fire that consumed multiple semi trailers of food and a storage container.
With its large farmers market-style produce section in the center of the store, aisles of healthy bulk items, spices and unique foods, the Sprouts grocery store has become a popular spot for M…
Maricopa Mayor Christian Price shocked the city in April when he announced that he would be stepping down from his position at the end of June to become the president and CEO of Maricopa Econo…
The start of a new school year was always something I, equal-parts, dreaded and looked forward to as a kid. I dreaded it because the end of those two months off marked the end of meeting up wi…
