CASA GRANDE — When the Casa Grande Express Jazz Band takes the stage, seasoned musicians share the spotlight with those who are new to performing.
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CASA GRANDE — When the Casa Grande Express Jazz Band takes the stage, seasoned musicians share the spotlight with those who are new to performing.
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CASA GRANDE — State Rep. Teresa Martinez, R-Casa Grande, will visit the City Council on Monday.
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SACATON — The Pinal County Fair isn’t the only festival in the area this weekend, as the Gila River Indian Community’s Mul-Chu-Tha Fair & Rodeo returned to Sacaton on Friday following a two-year hiatus.
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WASHINGTON — With just three weeks until convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be put to death, a court battle continues to rage over whether the state will be ready to execute him by lethal injection on April 6.
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MARICOPA — Patrick Melvin has told PinalCentral he will be running for Pinal County sheriff in the 2024 Democratic primary.
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CASA GRANDE — A 36-year-old man is dead after a deputy shot him north of Casa Grande during a stop in which authorities said the man pulled out a gun.
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APACHE JUNCTION — With just four seniors on the team, the Apache Junction Prospectors are dealing with the growing pains of a young baseball team.
COOLIDGE — The game between the Coolidge Bears and the Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils was a testament to how quickly momentum can shift in a baseball game.
FLORENCE — After building the program over the last few years, the Florence High School softball team is enjoying hitting the field with some seasoned players for a change.
CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Union boys tennis team had a fairly successful season last year, with three qualifiers for the state tournament the team is hoping to continue its solid run.
CASA GRANDE — According to Casa Grande Union girls tennis head coach Denise Echeverria, the team is always rebuilding and looking for future stars that can compete for a championship.
CASA GRANDE — Poston Butte and Vista Grande have developed a great little rivalry within Pinal County, having produced a couple nail-biting thrillers that have come down to the wire.
PHOENIX — When biologists began their annual count of the Mexican wolf population in November, they hoped to find at least one more wolf than the previous year. They soon realized that the numbers far exceeded their expectations.
FLAGSTAFF — Arizona Snowbowl has three terrain parks for freestyle snowboarding where riders can grind down rails, flow through halfpipes and fly through the air with various-sized jumps.
PHOENIX (AP) — Only a handful of complaints out of hundreds of calls to a new state hotline for reporting race-based lessons have warranted investigation, Arizona’s top education official said Friday.
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected sign an executive order banning discrimination based on hair.
PHOENIX — Residents and tourists in northern Arizona tried to return to business as usual after evacuation orders triggered by rain and flooding were lifted Thursday morning.
ANACORTES, Wash. — Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound.
MIAMI — Trea Turner, Paul Goldschmidt and an unrelenting U.S. lineup kept putting crooked numbers on the scoreboard, a dynamic display of the huge gap between an American team of major leaguer…
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Faith Masonius scored more than usual at a time when Maryland was struggling.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The M-V-P chants rained down on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he hit two critical free throws with 10 seconds remaining to help the Oklahoma City Thunder hold off the Phoenix Suns…
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CASA GRANDE — When the Casa Grande Express Jazz Band takes the stage, seasoned musicians share the spotlight with those who are new to performing.
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QUEEN CREEK — A teenage music producer has released a new project on Spotify in which he collaborated with a major recording artist.
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SIGNAL PEAK — Those who miss the glam metal bands of the 1980s are in for a treat when the community cast of “Rock of Ages” take the stage in the Pence Center at 7 p.m. March 31 and 2 and 7 p.m. April 1.
BOISE, Idaho — A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor's desk after passing the Legislature on Monday with a veto-proof majority.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia officials announced a $9.25 million settlement Monday with hundreds of people over several lawsuits challenging the police response to the protests and civil disorder in 2020 after George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Two students were injured in a shooting outside a Dallas-area high school on Monday morning and police arrested the person suspected of opening fire, officials said.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside a South Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000.
ATLANTA — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to inves…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday in an early sign of shifting White House relations with the new Congress since Republicans took control in January. He's seeking to kill a Republican measure that bans the government from considering environmenta…
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BOISE, Idaho — A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor's desk after passing the Legislature on Monday with a veto-proof majority.
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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia officials announced a $9.25 million settlement Monday with hundreds of people over several lawsuits challenging the police response to the protests and civil disorder in 2020 after George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested 19 people in a sweeping corruption case that accuses a well-known former presidential candidate and three former officials of embezzling nearly $350 million and illegal campaign financing.
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BERLIN — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change ’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.
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ATLANTA — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to inves…
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BRUSSELS — The European Union and international donors on Monday pledged $7.5 billion to help Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of the neighboring countries last month.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested 19 people in a sweeping corruption case that accuses a well-known former presidential candidate and thre…
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BERLIN — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change ’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.
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MONTREAL — Montreal’s mayor vowed Monday to tighten regulation of Airbnb as a search continued for six people missing after a fire swept through a building that included Airbnb units in a hist…
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BRUSSELS — The European Union and international donors on Monday pledged $7.5 billion to help Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of the neighboring count…
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BEIJING (AP) — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA commingled with the virus, adding evidence to th…
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THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility …
VATICAN CITY — A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali.
CASA GRANDE — CrossRoads Church of Casa Grande will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:45 a.m., prior to the 11 a.m. service, on Sunday, March 19, at its new location, 2024 E. Florence Blvd.
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Trading in shares of First Republic Bank was halted multiple times on Monday as uneasiness still surrounds the financial institution following its $30 billion rescue package.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — For the third year in a row, Miami Beach finds itself struggling with spring break violence, including two fatal shootings and unruly crowds, despite a massive police presence and activities designed to give people alternatives to drinking alcohol and roaming the streets.
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NEW YORK — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it easier to bar them from working in the industry.
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The parent company of Silicon Valley Bank filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, a week after the tech-focused bank failed in a sudden collapse that set off fears of wider problems in the global banking system.
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WASHINGTON — The government’s response to the failure of two large banks has already involved hundreds of billions of dollars. So will ordinary Americans end up paying for it, one way or another? And what will the price tag be?
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.
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.
It's 2002 and multigenerational farmer Waylon Wuertz is set to graduate from the University of Arizona in agriculture tech management.
A longstanding tradition of the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce is to gift small cotton bales to visiting guest speakers as a way of signifying that since the city’s founding in 1925, Coolidge ha…
CASA GRANDE — Few things are quite as fascinating as visiting artists in the space where they do most of their work. An artist's studio can tell visitors a lot about the artist, and even the a…
Although the coronavirus is far from a thing of the past, our world is regaining the sense of normalcy we were once accustomed to.
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…
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…
With its five fun-filled days of spinning and twirling rides for thrill-seekers, an array of sweet and savory carnival foods, games, exhibits, entertainment and livestock competition, the Pina…
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 …
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.
In addition to my role as the president and CEO of Pinal Partnership, I’m excited to share news of a new organization. The Southern Arizona Sports, Tourism and Film Authority (SASTFA) was laun…
Ask any of the past or present Dancing for Our Stars participants and they will tell you that the first word that comes to mind when they think about the experience is "fun."
There's a common cliché saying that knowledge is power.
On Oct. 15, 2003, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors met to do something that hadn't been done in 25 years.
Grace Gomez has been living in the same home for just under four decades. In that time, she's seen a lot around Maricopa change.
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…
Nadine Edwards's family has been a part of Maricopa for generations.
As motorists zip along the streets and roads of Maricopa, they might not realize they are traversing on a piece of history.
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.
