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WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she now has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will…
FLORENCE — Plans for 544 new homes south of Maricopa overcame neighbors’ objections to win approval from the Pinal County Board of Supervisors Wednesday.
COOLIDGE — When local teacher Tristen Gillespie first spoke to PinalCentral in May, he was preparing for a transition as a fourth grade teacher and Botanical Club founder at West Elementary School to FFA adviser at Coolidge High School.
MARICOPA — Re-elected city council members sworn-in at Tuesday's meeting, including the newly named Vice Mayor Rich Vitiello, thanked their families and community for supporting them during elections.
MARICOPA — Vice President Ben Owens said good bye Wednesday to the Maricopa Unified School District governing board.
COOLIDGE — Santa Claus and the Grinch appeared to have settled their differences in a surprise appearance at the Pita Patio Grill in Coolidge this past Saturday.
SAN TAN VALLEY — With the release of their debut fantasy novel, two brothers open a new fictional world, filled with princesses, gods and communities who must unite to defeat a common foe.
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CASA GRANDE — For the majority of four years one name was synonymous with Vista Grande girls basketball – Jayla Scott.
SIGNAL PEAK – The second half was a struggle for the Central Arizona College women’s basketball team in Wednesday night’s 72-66 loss to Yavapai at the George Young Activity Center.
SIGNAL PEAK – Make that two straight wins for Jesse Brown as the new Central Arizona College men’s basketball coach.
SAN TAN VALLEY — There's a youth movement going through the Combs girls soccer team this season after having graduated 12 seniors from last year’s roster.
SAN TAN VALLEY — For some reason, participation numbers have dwindled when it comes to girls’ soccer, and one of the teams that’s suffered immensely is Casa Grande Union.
FLORENCE – The Gophers opened their season on the road on Nov. 29 against Tonopah Valley, a team they hadn’t played for a couple of years, and cruised to a 70-54 win.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists want the U.S. government to list coyotes as endangered in parts of Arizona and New Mexico where the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America is found.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, newly filed federal court documents show.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday requested the state Supreme Court issue a warrant of execution for death row inmate Aaron Gunches.
TUCSON — Researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences received $7.3 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to participate in a national effort to track the impact of post-COVID-19 conditions in diverse populations of children, adolescents and adults.
PHOENIX — President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona and used it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.
WASHINGTON — There are many skills a school principal may need on a regular basis, but vacuuming and bus driving were probably not in the curriculum at teacher’s college.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler Prater made all 13 of her free throws and scored 19 points, Taiyanna Jackson and Zakiyah Franklin had double-doubles and Kansas blitzed No. 12 Arizona 77-50 on Th…
WASHINGTON (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in…
GLENDALE — Arizona's Kliff Kingsbury says it's an honor to coach against his former mentor Bill Belichick.
COOLIDGE — Santa Claus and the Grinch appeared to have settled their differences in a surprise appearance at the Pita Patio Grill in Coolidge this past Saturday.
SAN TAN VALLEY — With the release of their debut fantasy novel, two brothers open a new fictional world, filled with princesses, gods and communities who must unite to defeat a common foe.
COOLIDGE — There are few as passionate about providing a quality music education and opportunities for students to shine as Imagine Coolidge Elementary’s Chris Steward.
FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, Mont. (AP) — Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm plows that turned open prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed into cropland…
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — People are asking questions about a storm protection proposal for New York and New Jersey that would be among the most massive and costly flood control projects ever done in America.
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge declined to ease bond conditions Thursday and release a Chicago woman who is charged with conspiracy in the 2014 death of her wealthy mother during a luxury vacation in Bali.
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Five people in West Virginia are facing indictments on federal fraud charges related to COVID-19 aid programs.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge unsealed a dropped bomb threat case Thursday against the Colorado gay bar shooting suspect who threatened to become the “next mass killer” over a year before allegedly killing five people and wounding seventeen others at the LGBTQ enclave Club Q.
His name was Joseph Augustus Zarelli.
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she now has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow voting majority in the Senate.
ATLANTA (AP) — In Georgia’s Senate runoff, Republicans once more met the realities of giving Democrats a head start they could not overcome.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. What they haven't named yet is a suspect or a motive.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is still actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women, even as it bumps up against a complex web of strict new state laws enacted in the months after the Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said last month’s international global warming talks didn’t do enough to speed up cuts in emissions of heat-trapping gases.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer was unanimously elected Thursday for another term as Senate Democratic leader, helming a bolstered 51-seat majority for a new era of divided government in Congress.
PARIS (AP) — Families of the 228 people killed on a Rio-Paris flight that crashed in 2009 were hoping for justice at last. Instead, they're wracked with anger and disappointment as a long-awai…
TABAWA, Nigeria (AP) — When the floodwaters reached Aisha Ali’s hut made of woven straw mats and raffia palms, she packed up what belongings she could and set off on foot with her eight younge…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin said Thursday it’s up to Ukraine’s president to end the military conflict in the country, suggesting terms that Kyiv has repeatedly rejected, while Russian Pre…
LONDON (AP) — An American woman who left the U.K. after killing a teenager in a road accident was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence on Thursday, though she declined to come to Bri…
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is investigating the death of a migrant worker who reportedly was killed while doing repairs at a resort that had served as the Saudi team's training base during the W…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government called for calm Thursday after overnight unrest in an Athens neighborhood and an area outside the country's second-largest city following the police s…
MARICOPA — The Blue Christmas service at Maricopa Lutheran Church provides those struggling mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically an outlet for healing during the holidays.
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis wept Thursday in the center of Rome as he prayed for peace in Ukraine during an annual Christmas visit to venerate a statue of the Virgin Mary near the Spanish Steps.
CASA GRANDE — Area residents will celebrate the miracle of Hanukkah as a 9-foot menorah is illuminated at 5 p.m. in front of Casa Grande City Hall on Sunday, Dec. 18.
ELOY — Sit down with Eloy Mayor Micah Powell for just a few minutes and one thing becomes evident: Powell is passionate about seeing the city of Eloy, and its residents, thrive.
Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month's abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of strongest parts of the U.S. economy.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of New York Times journalists and other staff walked off the job for 24 hours Thursday, frustrated by contract negotiations that have dragged on for months in the newspaper's biggest labor dispute in more than 40 years.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in midday trading on Wall Street Thursday, but remain lower for the week after five straight losses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fourth consecutive week and have dropped more than three-quarters of a point since hitting a 20-year high last month.
LONDON (AP) — Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information is clearly wrong, the European Union's top court said Thursday.
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There's a new sushi place in Casa Grande that features rolls fused with traditional Mexican flavors on the menu.
This Pinal in Pictures is all about food, and we're excited to share some of the tasty creations from around our county that our readers have shared with us. Once again, thank you to all those…
Let's face it. We're obsessed with food.
Pinal County and many of our communities are once again leading Arizona in the rate of population growth, growing living wage jobs and becoming a leader in economic prosperity. To keep the eco…
Is it good and is it easy?
Editor’s Note: Though we do our best to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date directory of the restaurants currently serving customers in our area, this list reflects the establishments open for…
For this Discover Pinal, we're taking you on a tour of our county through the cuisine local restaurants offer. We asked a number of area restaurants to submit information about and, in some ca…
For more than three decades, the annual Taste of Casa Grande event helped to define the broad range of foods and flavors in Casa Grande, from its various restaurants and eateries to the culina…
There's a lot of history in Pinal County. Some of that history can be told through food.
Amid all the other tasks of working in a restaurant, Gilbert Romero checks the smoker every 40 minutes to make sure the temperature is right, and maybe throw another white oak log on the fire.
When customers walk into A Latte Vino bistro, cafe and wine bar, owner Tanya Powers is hoping her guests feel right at home.
There's a jovial atmosphere that greets guests as they step up to order at the new Café Rio Mexican Grill on Hunt Highway.
Before sitting down for her break while working at the Fort McDowell Casino, Anna Brown had brought a Hostess raspberry-filled donut to eat during her lunch. As she sat down, Gary Brown, who a…
Each school in Maricopa works hard to ensure their students get the best education and experience while studying. These are the schools the community chose to honor by nominating them for Best…
Some of the councilmembers featured here were recently voted to serve another four years on top of being honored by the community in the Créme de la Copa contest. Another councilmember, though…
From images of classic cars to Greek island scenes or an Arizona landscape, George Vakaleris aims to bring each of his subjects to life with color, light and detail.
David Anderson loves life and all aspects of it — his wife, family, church and community.
Nominated for the Youth Services category this year were BeAwesome Youth Coalition, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor and Desert Sun Performing Arts. These local Maricopa institutions…
Eli'Ana Smith is the owner of Speechless Reflection Photography. This is the third time her photography company has been nominated for Creme de la Copa, having won first place in the photograp…
With every photograph she takes, Rhonda Thom aims to tell a story. Whether it's a wedding, an engagement, family reunion or other type of photo shoot, she said she tries to capture the moment …