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TEMPE -- Arizona municipalities and cities across America are dropping popular recycling programs or scaling them back drastically ever since China decided last year to limit reusable material…
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker say he’s thankful nobody was injured after a robbery at a grocery store that his family owns in Coolidge.
TEMPE -- Arizona municipalities and cities across America are dropping popular recycling programs or scaling them back drastically ever since China decided last year to limit reusable materials it would accept from the United States.
MARICOPA — Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Sedona, made a pit stop in Maricopa on his road trip across his Congressional District 1 on Wednesday to participate in a round-table talk about infrastructure.
COOLIDGE — Police responded to reports of an armed robbery at a grocery store in Coolidge Thursday.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board revoked the certification of former Casa Grande Police Officer Justin L. Mitchell on Wednesday.
MARICOPA — Due to some highly surprising forecasts, the only rain the city will get this week is a heavy downpour on Saturday, raining out the Farm Science Day.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — After taking an early exit in the first round of last year’s state tournament, San Tan Foothills hoped for a better showing this time around when it hosted Tucson Tanque Verde in the first round of the 3A state playoffs Wednesday night.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Florence High School cheerleading coach Annie Valencia received a Coach of the Decade honor last week at a meeting of the Florence Unified School District school board.
SIGNAL PEAK — The opportunity to reach the postseason remains alive by a thread for the Central Arizona College men’s basketball team despite Wednesday night’s 85-77 loss to Phoenix at the George Young Activity Center.
SIGNAL PEAK — Having already clinched the women’s basketball Arizona Community College Athletic Conference championship and a berth in the March 6 Division I Region 1 title game, the only incentive for Central Arizona College in Wednesday night’s game was to keep performing at a high level.
SIGNAL PEAK — It was a high school reunion of sorts for Sienna Lewis when her Scottsdale Community College team traveled down I-10 to play Central Arizona College on Tuesday.
SIGNAL PEAK — If not for the pitching of Calvin Schapira, Central Arizona College likely wouldn’t have been in position to win Game 1 of Tuesday’s baseball doubleheader against Cochise in walk-off fashion.
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CASA GRANDE — Philip Bonds has swum with sharks, sea turtles, whales and dolphins and other aquatic animals, taking close-up photos highlighting the beauty of life beneath the sea.
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican lawmakers have pulled a contentious proposal to enshrine a ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” in the state constitution.
TUCSON -- A study of teenage girls' selfie-taking behaviors found that taking and sharing selfies on social media is not linked to poor body image or appearance concerns.
PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey is brushing aside concerns that his call for a public vote for a ban on "sanctuary cities'' will lead to the same fallout that Arizona faced a decade ago after it approved legislation targeting those not here legally.
MARANA (AP) — Skeletal human remains found in a rural area on the outskirts of Marana have been identified as those of a 38-year-old woman with Down syndrome reported missing nearly a year ago, authorities said Thursday.
PHOENIX -- State lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday to what could be a doubling of the state's gasoline tax.
WASHINGTON – Arizona officials said Boy Scouting in the state will not be affected by the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to file for bankruptcy Tuesday as the national group grapples with up to $1 billion in damages from decades of sexual abuse lawsuits.
ST. LOUIS — Jordan Binnington had a light night in net for the St. Louis Blues, yet he couldn't relax, even as his teammates peppered Antti Raanta with shots.
TUCSON — Josh Green scored 18 points and Nico Mannion scored 12 of his 16 in the second half to help No. 24 Arizona defeat Oregon State 89-63 on Thursday night.
TEMPE (AP) — A former senior associate athletics director at Arizona State has filed a $1.5 million claim against the university over his firing last December.
PHOENIX – Cameron Johnson dribbled to his right, past Anthony Davis, and dashed into the lane. Between the Phoenix Suns rookie and the rim, JaVale McGee, the 7-foot Los Angeles Lakers center, …
DALLAS (AP) — Jamie Oleksiak broke a third-period tie with his first goal in 26 games and the Dallas Stars held on to beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Wednesday night.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, about 42 hours after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico has confirmed an increase in the number of nonresident applications for the coming school year.
ATLANTA — Federal authorities are targeting methamphetamine “transportation hubs” around the country in an effort to block the distribution of the highly addictive drug, officials announced Thursday.
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews have found the remains of a second firefighter killed while battling a blaze at a public library in central California allegedly started by two 13-year-old boys, authorities said.
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A paddleboarder earned the Maui Police department's highest civilian honor for fighting off an attack by a tiger shark to protect members of a tour group he was leading.
When recent heavy rains swelled a private Mississippi lake and began eroding its earthen dam, Yazoo County Emergency Management Director Jack Willingham was scrambling for a plan.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A conservation group is calling on members of New Mexico's congressional delegation to rethink proposed legislation that would change the designation of Bandelier National Monument to a national park.
PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly released his first campaign ad of the 2020 election on Thursday, looking to introduce himself to Arizona voters in the face of attack ads from his Republican rival.
WASHINGTON — Trump loyalist Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's original sentencing recommendation.
PHOENIX — Supporters lined up outside Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally Wednesday night kept the energy high with chants of “USA!” “Build the wall!” and “Four more years!”
PHOENIX -- Early voting has started in Arizona's Democratic presidential primary election with the mailing of more than 900,000 ballots to those who signed up to vote by mail.
PHOENIX – President Donald Trump brought thousands out to his rally Wednesday at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum – what he likely did not bring was $145,000 to reimburse local governments for costs from previous rallies in Arizona.
LAS VEGAS — From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders' take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wednesday night that threatened to further muddy the party's urgent quest to defeat President Don…
VATICAN CITY — More than 150 historians and researchers have signed up to access the soon-to-open Vatican archives of Pope Pius XII, evidence of the intense scholarly interest into the World War II-era pope and his record during the Holocaust, officials said Thursday.
NEW YORK — Greg Laurie is among America’s most successful clergymen -- senior pastor at a California megachurch, prolific author, host of a global radio program. Yet after a youthful colleague’s suicide, his view of his vocation is unsparing.
MANILA, Philippines — In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others' hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started…
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. — The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them. Some are pious alumni who have become their teachers and mentors; others climbed the Catholic hierarchy to be revered as bishops and cardinals.
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MARICOPA — The Foresters will perform in concert during the 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services on Sunday, March 8, at Maricopa Community Church, 44977 W. Hathaway Ave.
PHOENIX -- Calling it a better alternative to direct election, a House panel voted Thursday to let the governor name the state's five utility regulators.
PHOENIX -- Women who want to get breast implants would be required to get more information about the side effects under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a Senate committee.
CASA GRANDE — Construction of the Lucid Motors manufacturing plant in Casa Grande is on schedule and the company expects to be producing electric cars by the end of the year, officials say.
NOVI SANZHARY, Ukraine — Ukraine's effort to quarantine more than 70 people evacuated from China over the new virus outbreak plunged into chaos Thursday as local residents opposing the move hu…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A woman who allegedly took a seven-year-old girl away from school to be killed may have lived with the girl's family for a while in Mexico City to escape domestic violence.
HANAU, Germany — A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the “complete extermination” of many “races or cultures in our midst” shot and killed nine people of foreign backgr…
CASA GRANDE -- Even in his young adulthood, Bob Brutinel had no idea he was going to be a plumber, or that he was going to live in Casa Grande. Yet now his name, and indeed his face, have beco…
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CASA GRANDE — Life has a way of throwing curveballs. In the late 1970s, Janie Garza Brown was looking for work and found a job at an insurance shop. She had no idea that one day she would be r…
During the holiday season, we are all bombarded with million-dollar marketing campaigns pushing the bulk distribution of the hottest gifts. That’s what it takes for major corporation to grow t…
COOLIDGE — On a Friday in early November, the normally workmanlike atmosphere at The Tire Factory in Coolidge was noticeably different. There was a party going on.
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