TEMPE — The billboard serves as a reminder of last year’s Territorial Cup to anyone who drives Interstate-10 between Phoenix and Tucson.
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COOLIDGE – Before the Coolidge City Council would agree to spend almost $144,000 on roof repairs at the police station it wanted assurances the roof would not leak after the repairs were made.
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PHOENIX — A murder charge has been dismissed for a California divorce lawyer in the suburban Phoenix shooting death of his stepdaughter’s husband nearly 11 years ago.
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FLORENCE — A retired Pinal County Sheriff’s Office K9 has died.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — A California man is facing assault charges after Pinal County deputies brought him in for allegedly driving drunk and he threatened to harm them.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — Legacy Traditional Schools has announced it will be opening a new campus in San Tan Valley in fall 2022.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa residents in the area of West Dirk Street were asked to stay in their homes for several hours Thanksgiving afternoon as police attempted to coax an armed woman out of her home.
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CASA GRANDE – Josh Villa kicked a 35-yard field goal on the game’s final play to send the Casa Grande Union football team to a 31-29 victory over Phoenix St. Mary’s on Friday night at Al Van Hazel Stadium.
SAN TAN VALLEY — After it took a last minute touchdown to beat No. 16 seed Phoenix Northwest Christian to advance to the quarterfinals last week, the No. 1 seed Poston Butte Broncos put all the questions and worries about themselves to bed, after getting out to a 35-0 lead in the first half …
SAN TAN VALLEY — After a wild game that saw the Poston Butte Broncos’ playoff hopes almost collapse in front of them last week, the Broncos are hoping for a more well-rounded performance in their quarterfinal match up against the Prescott Badgers.
CASA GRANDE – Last week, second-seeded Casa Grande Union faced a prolific passing team in the opening round of the Class 4A state football playoffs. The Cougars responded by keeping No. 15 Glendale Deer Valley 24 points under its season scoring average in a 33-17 victory.
SAN TAN VALLEY — It’s been a similar path for Emma Kerr and Katelyn Westover when it comes to their softball journey.
ELOY — Although the Santa Cruz Valley football team did not get a chance to defend its 2020 2A State Championship title, some individual members of the team are receiving recognition for their performances and the effort they put in during the season.
PHOENIX (AP) — A 2-year-old girl who was pulled from a backyard pool in central Phoenix on Thanksgiving Day has died, Phoenix police said Friday.
Arizona on Friday reported over 3,300 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases as the number of virus-related hospitalizations decreased slightly.
BENSON -- A Arizona state trooper deployed a Grappler Police Bumper device to stop a fleeing vehicle earlier this month in southeastern Arizona, authorities said.
Christmas came early for Gila County employees.
PHOENIX (AP) — A surge of COVID-19 cases is overwhelming hospitals in southeastern Arizona.
TUCSON — Invisible clouds can loom overhead. Related to thin and wispy cirrus clouds, they consist of ice crystals in the upper atmosphere but can't be seen by the naked eye.
NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Booker scored 32 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the New York Knicks 118-97 on Friday night for their 15th straight victory, matching the second-longest winning streak i…
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Jacob Hutson scored a career high 26 points on 9-for-13 shooting to help Loyola Chicago beat Arizona State 77-59 in Friday’s seventh-place game to wrap up the B…
TEMPE — The billboard serves as a reminder of last year’s Territorial Cup to anyone who drives Interstate-10 between Phoenix and Tucson.
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ELEVEN MILE CORNER — With its toe-tapping music, the Agri-Country Bluegrass Festival will return to the Pinal Fairgrounds and Event Center this year on Jan. 8 and 9.
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FLORENCE-- Rodeo time in Florence is fast approaching. However, the Parada isn’t Florence’s only claim to rodeo fame.
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TEMPE -- It’s not easy keeping the attention of 100 third graders. But last week, a group of young students from Kyrene de los Lagos Elementary School sat rapt in an auditorium on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus as playwright James Garcia told them — in character as Raúl H. Castro, A…
BRUSSELS — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on nearly every continent.
DESERT SHORES, Calif. (AP) — A fire destroyed six mobile homes in the rustic community of Desert Shores on the west side of the Salton Sea on Friday, authorities said.
LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) — An Ohio man driving a convertible muscle car perished late Thursday in southern Nevada after running a stop light and hitting a boulder in a roadway median, flipping the Camaro he was driving, authorities said.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Experts say growing demand for water, drought and impacts from climate change are taking a toll on the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — Mayor Nathan Dial said a recently approved rule requiring people to be “legally armed” to attend an Estancia Town Council meeting is just a way of sending notice that the town is not going to let the state dictate what it can and cannot do.
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — An injured sea turtle at the Mississippi Aquarium is getting medicine to reduce intestinal gas because a buildup was keeping her from diving.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to limit areas available for energy development and raise costs for oil and gas companies to drill on public land and water.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s disputed effort to tap $10 million in coronavirus relief funds for a private school voucher program for parents who oppose public school coronavirus policies has funded fewer than 100 vouchers despite receiving more than 2,000 applications.
The $2 trillion Build Back Better infrastructure plan prompted opposite reactions from the two men who represent northern Arizona in Congress.
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NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday wished Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving, the second celebrated in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, in remarks welcoming the resumption of holiday traditions in many homes.
PHOENIX — A first-term Arizona lawmaker wants to require that students have to study what he says is the “brutality’’ of communism before they can graduate.
PHOENIX — A bid by a Prescott Valley lawmaker to mandate that Arizona students be taught about communism isn’t the state’s first foray into the issue.
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BRUSSELS — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of …
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TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — Nineteen people died and 32 more were injured after a bus apparently carrying pilgrims to a religious site in central Mexico crashed on Friday.
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ON THE RIO MADEIRA, Brazil — Hundreds of barges of illegal miners dredging for gold were navigating along the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday, and researchers said they posed a…
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For many Hondurans, Sunday’s election will be about stripping power from a party whose successive administrations are widely seen as having deepened corruption and driv…
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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation” after authorities detected the country’s first case of a new coronavirus v…
Did the turkey smell delicious? Was there enough gravy? How about stuffing? All the Thanksgiving things that you cherish?
STANFORD, Calif. — The homesickness and depression began to overwhelm Houston Heimuli about four months into his Mormon mission. Away from his family for the first time, the gesture of a stranger in his congregation made all the difference in keeping him going.
CASA GRANDE — Get ready to spin the dreidel and light the menorah.
CASA GRANDE — For Casa Grande resident and longtime dairy farmer Dennis Dugan, a desire to help the young people of Pinal County was the motivation for starting the charitable organization Pinal 40 in 2014.
NEW YORK — On this year’s Black Friday, things almost seem normal.
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NEW YORK — Stocks sank Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than 1,000 points, as a new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa appeared to be spreading across the globe. Investors were uncertain whether the variant could potentially reverse months of…
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CASA GRANDE — After a day of major deals at big-box stores, Casa Grande will be taking part in the push to shop local.
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s unemployment rate continued its steady decline in October, falling to 5.2%, down a full percentage point from just two months earlier and almost one-third of the state’s pandemic high, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The owner of a chain of fashion consignment stores says she’ll require customers to briefly lower their mask in front of a camera if they want to shop in her stores while wearing a face covering.
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NEW YORK — Buoyed by solid hiring, healthy pay gains and substantial savings, shoppers are returning to stores and splurging on all types of items.
COOLIDGE -- A mix of sweet and tantalizing smells wafts through the small ice cream parlor on Main Street between Roosevelt and Wilson avenues in Coolidge.
CASA GRANDE -- Within the next six to 12 months, crews are to begin construction on a new Aldi Grocery Store in Casa Grande. East of Walmart on East Florence Boulevard, it will soon be home to…
Though there's been plenty of growth and development that has come to the county, especially within the last five years, the majority of Pinal's cities and towns started as — and in some cases…
One of the things I personally enjoy about Pinal Ways is that every issue provides an opportunity to explore Pinal through a new lens.
As restaurants reopen up to their prepandemic capacities, many customers are eating out more on a weekly basis. From drinks with friends to dinner with colleagues, the majority of us are no lo…
The Central Arizona College culinary program is making waves this year as it embarks into another semester of degrees and certificates for students across the area. Both in-person and virtual …
CASA GRANDE -- For more than 30 years, the annual Taste of Casa Grande has been a highlight of the local culinary scene, bringing together food lovers and area food purveyors and restaurants.
Whether new to cooking with chiles or a seasoned culinary pro, the following recipe for green chile sauce is a great way to embrace the flavor of chile.
CASA GRANDE -- Healthy eating can be touch and go at times for plenty of people. Many of us understand the tremendous impact a healthy diet can have on our fitness level, longevity and overall…
FLORENCE — CoryAnn Ecenbarger says she makes fudge with sugar, butter, other special ingredients, plus “a little bit of love and a lot of ornery.”
There's a bustling aliveness inside the Queen Creek Olive Mill.
FLORENCE -- Pinal County Historical Society Museum will celebrate the memory of Pedro E. Guerrero, and invite residents to bring photos and mementos of other departed loved ones, from noon to …
Arizonans love the heat. And here in Pinal County much of the heat comes from the food.
COOLIDGE -- For Beth Shope Pineda, growing up in the grocery store industry was all about family and all about people.
With diet plans, it’s often important to keep track of goalposts and milestones, and in early August, Cooltown Keto hit a major one. The burgeoning home-bakery excitedly shared that they’d rea…
MARICOPA — Judith Zaimont and Nancy Smith are perhaps the biggest cheerleaders for the Maricopa arts scene. The two have made it their mission to ensure that area residents have plenty of oppo…
Recreational sports leagues often come with the idea of kids learning new sports and making friends over apple slices and juice boxes. But there’s another side to these activities, where peopl…
MARICOPA — When Ak-Chin Indian Community Chairman Robert Miguel scans the Maricopa landscape, he envisions growth and an entertainment mecca, attracting visitors from across the region to idle…
MARICOPA — Details have always been important to Russell Frank.
Prior to COVID times, Maricopa residents might have had a memorable experience going about their day at one of the big events in the city, when all of a sudden a dance party breaks out in the …
MARICOPA -- Go to any of Maricopa’s many points of interest, and a familiar form might greet you — a statue of a wild horse. But no two of them will look the same, thanks to the creativity of …
The city of Maricopa may have been founded 18 years ago, but it has history worth exploring for residents and tourists alike.
The term “bedroom community” has lingered over Maricopa since it started to boom nearly 20 years ago. The idea that the city is a place where people leave in the morning to go to work and come…
Every golfer knows about that itch to go hit some balls for a round, or even just some drives. Some get that itch every once in a while, but for others it comes every day, to the point where g…
When residents go outside to enjoy their community, they want it to look its best. In a city the size of Maricopa, that takes a big group effort. The Keep Maricopa Beautiful program helps ever…
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- Country Thunder announces Shelton, Florida Georgia Line as headliners
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- Country Thunder DUI arrests lower than in previous years
- This year's Country Thunder was a sold-out show
- Mobile IV provider helps keep the Country Thunder party going