CASA GRANDE — CrossRoads Church began a new phase with the opening of a large new facility on Florence Boulevard on Sunday.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Fire/Medical Department Capt. Dan Ashton has retired after almost 30 years of service in a career that included being a volunteer.
CASA GRANDE — A community forum to feature information from county leaders and executive staff on Thursday also will be a chance to air and discuss issues and concerns from the community at the Community Recreation Center in Casa Grande.
CASA GRANDE — CrossRoads Church began a new phase with the opening of a large new facility on Florence Boulevard on Sunday.
CASA GRANDE — When the Casa Grande Express Jazz Band takes the stage, seasoned musicians share the spotlight with those who are new to performing.
CASA GRANDE — State Rep. Teresa Martinez, R-Casa Grande, will visit the City Council on Monday.
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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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 — As a way to address the unique challenges Indigenous communities face concerning human trafficking, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has entered into a partnership with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) to launch a first-of-its-kind Train the Trainer program.
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday forbade all state agencies under her control from discriminating against workers based on their hair texture and style.
PHOENIX — A conservative advocacy group founded by the Koch brothers is asking a federal judge to quash a new voter-approved campaign finance laws aimed at exposing “dark money’’ contributions for political purposes.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed split Monday as it weighed a dispute involving the federal government and the Navajo Nation’s quest for water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
GLENDALE (AP) — Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of her career.
PHOENIX (AP) — Shannon Castellano and Travis Methvin should have spent this weekend seeing world-famous waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribe Reservation in northern Arizona.
The Atlanta Braves have apparently decided who will replace the departed Dansby Swanson as their starting shortstop. It’s not who most people expected it to be.
TEMPE – The Kenny Dillingham era has officially begun in Tempe.
The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
CASA GRANDE — When the Casa Grande Express Jazz Band takes the stage, seasoned musicians share the spotlight with those who are new to performing.
QUEEN CREEK — A teenage music producer has released a new project on Spotify in which he collaborated with a major recording artist.
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.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing.
RENO, Nev. — No one really knows how much snow fell on the infamous Donner Party when the pioneers were trapped atop the Sierra Nevada for months and dozens died near Lake Tahoe in the winter of 1846-47.
NEW YORK — There's a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protester holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us."
LOS ANGELES — After watching billions of gallons of rainwater wash away into the Pacific, California is taking advantage of extreme weather with a new approach: Let it settle back into the earth for use another day.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A man who admitted to purchasing firearms that he knew would be going from the U.S. to a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in Texas after the discovery that one of the weapons was linked to the deadly kidnapping of four Americans, according federal court records.
ORLANDO, Fla. — From the moment he rode down the Trump Tower escalator to announce his first presidential campaign, a searing question has hung over the Republican Party: Is this the moment to break from Donald Trump?
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing.
NEW YORK — There's a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr. Anthony Fauci when a protester holds up a handmade sign reading, “Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us."
PHOENIX — The new head of the Department of Public Safety said there is “a disproportionate use of force against people of color’’ on a nationwide basis.
PHOENIX — State senators agreed to have the state Department of Education come up with a list of books that cannot be used in public schools.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A man who admitted to purchasing firearms that he knew would be going from the U.S. to a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in Texas after the discovery that one of the weapons was linked to the deadly kidnapping of four Americans, according federal court records.
ORLANDO, Fla. — From the moment he rode down the Trump Tower escalator to announce his first presidential campaign, a searing question has hung over the Republican Party: Is this the moment to break from Donald Trump?
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.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, sending a powerful message to Western leaders that their efforts to isolate M…
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…
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…
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…
LONDON (AP) — Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price. But European bank stocks and…
CASA GRANDE — CrossRoads Church began a new phase with the opening of a large new facility on Florence Boulevard on Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
WASHINGTON — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration.