SUPERIOR — After promises of a green light earlier this year, the controversial mining project at Oak Flat, near Superior, Arizona, is once again in limbo after U.S. Forest Service representat…
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MARICOPA — Auntie's Soul Food & Grill owner Janice Wilson hopes the Maricopa community grows to call her new restaurant home.
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CASA GRANDE — Area shoppers will have a new place to get their latest home decor and furnishings as HomeGoods will soon be opening in Casa Grande.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Tucson, says that he supports the House passage of the contentious Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was forwarded to the Senate with a clear 314-117 majority late Wednesday.
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CASA GRANDE — Over the past few weeks of graduation activities and awards banquets, Casa Grande Union High School FFA adviser Casey Farnsworth has been busily saying goodbye to his much-loved Class of 2023.
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CASA GRANDE — Following road improvements to Florence Boulevard, Casa Grande residents are being advised to be aware of a couple of other upgrade projects happening around the city and area.
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MARICOPA — The Seven Ranches Domestic Water Improvement District signed a resolution to officially dissolve and transfer operations to the city of Maricopa.
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Pinal County has always been a hotbed when it comes to the diamond and this season was no exception as a handful of teams reached the state tournament in baseball.
MARICOPA — It’s been a busy past couple of weeks for the Maricopa Rams as a handful of athletes have signed their letters of intent to continue playing sports in college.
HOBBS, N.M. — Sharvis Simmonds was pure gold for Central Arizona College in the Division I NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
CASA GRANDE — There’s a new sport booming among high school athletics as girls flag football became the most recent sanctioned sport by the Arizona Interscholastic Association.
MESA — Before taking his first jump at the all-divisions championship state track meet last weekend, San Tan Foothills junior Da’Merrion Person already felt like a winner.
MESA — When it comes to the Poston Butte track and field team, junior Julia Harris has become the iron woman of the program — competing in multiple events, Harris has set herself apart as a leader among her peers.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Standing at the microphone at the Scripps National Spelling Bee may be nerve-wracking for students, but for parents watching their children on stage after months of preparation it’s “emotionally gut-wrenching.”
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University will establish its own medical school amid an ongoing shortage of health care workers across the state.
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is urging President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act to designate the tribally proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument.
PHOENIX — The system of universal vouchers enacted by Republican lawmakers is going to cost Arizona taxpayers $900 million this coming school year, more than 60% more than what lawmakers put into the budget just a month ago.
TEMPE (AP) — The family of a man who drowned in Tempe Town Lake a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city Wednesday, noting that its police department doesn’t have a policy requiring officers to go into the water to save someone.
BISBEE (AP) — A former Cochise County elections director has received a $130,000 settlement following claims of a toxic work environment.
DENVER — Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets were facing some questions going into their first NBA Finals, and their answers came in resounding fashion.
A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Diamond Sports to pay the full value of its media contracts to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers.
PHOENIX — Corbin Carroll had a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Thursday to tie the idle Los Angeles Dodgers for a shar…
DESTIN, Fla. — The Southeastern Conference will play eight league games in 2024 when it expands to 16 teams with the additions of Oklahoma and Texas, but beyond that the schedule model is stil…
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CASA GRANDE — When photographer Dave Bentley set about to explore and photograph abandoned spots throughout Arizona, he didn’t skip Pinal County.
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ARIZONA CITY — With elementary school students preparing for summer break, many families will be searching for fun and accessible activities to partake in. As the hot summer temperatures roll into the county, residents from across Pinal will get a chance to beat the heat at Arizona City Wate…
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CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande artist and former art teacher Erica Herman is one of several featured artists in a new exhibit that opened Friday at Herberger Art Galleries in Phoenix.
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CASA GRANDE — A vibrant and colorful new mural at Velocity Skate Park not only represents the Casa Grande community, it was also created by the community.
Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a Native American transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday.
EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation’s leadership accountable for its role in climate change.
NEW YORK — The auction house Sotheby's will buy the modernist Marcel Breuer-designed building that housed New York's Whitney Museum of American Art for nearly 50 years, Sotheby's announced Thursday.
LOS ANGELES — A former Playboy model who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her and another woman at his home in 1969 sued him Thursday under a new California law that suspends the statute of limitations on sex abuse claims.
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday convicted actor Danny Masterson of two counts of rape in a retrial that focused on allegations the "That ‘70s Show’ star raped three women between 2001 and 2003. The verdict sided with two of Masterson's accusers, but the panel was unable to reac…
PITTSBURGH — Rabbi Jonathan Perlman took the witness stand Thursday wearing the yarmulke he had on the day a gunman burst into his Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath services and began shooting anyone he could find.
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Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a Native American transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday.
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EUGENE, Ore. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years after they first filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold the nation’s leadership accountable for its role in climate change.
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WASHINGTON — A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation plan passed the Senate on Thursday and now awaits an expected veto.
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WASHINGTON — Days away from a default crisis, the U.S. Senate dashed on Thursday to wrap up work on a debt ceiling and budget cuts package that overwhelmingly cleared the House, aiming to send it to President Joe Biden's desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that federal agencies are taking new steps to stop racial discrimination in appraising home values by proposing a rule intended to ensure that the automated formulas used to price housing are fair.
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JERUSALEM — Thousands of people on Thursday marched in Jerusalem's Pride parade — an annual event that took place for the first time under Israel’s new far-right government, which is stacked with openly homophobic members.
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JERUSALEM — Thousands of people on Thursday marched in Jerusalem's Pride parade — an annual event that took place for the first time under Israel’s new far-right government, which is stacked w…
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DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death t…
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AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace ceremony attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world, as massive crowds …
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OSLO, Norway — NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on member nation Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden's membership as the military organization seeks to deal with the issue by the time U…
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LADARIO, Brazil — One year ago on a Friday afternoon, Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist, motored along the Itaquai river in far western Bra…
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a pre-dawn missile barrage at the Ukrainian capital Thursday, killing three people, including a 9-year-old and her mother, and damaging apartment buildings, sch…
PITTSBURGH — Rabbi Jonathan Perlman took the witness stand Thursday wearing the yarmulke he had on the day a gunman burst into his Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath services and began shooting anyone he could find.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A court in Cyprus on Thursday gave a former bishop in the Greek Orthodox Church to a 12-month suspended sentence after he was found guilty of indecently assaulting a 16-year-old girl 42 years ago.
NEW DELHI — A bishop acquitted of raping a nun resigned as leader of the Catholic diocese in an Indian city on Thursday.
CASA GRANDE — There’s a lot you can learn about Chuck Wright just by stepping into his office off Sacaton Street in Casa Grande. Wright is a professional designer, but his passions are many.
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NEW YORK — The auction house Sotheby's will buy the modernist Marcel Breuer-designed building that housed New York's Whitney Museum of American Art for nearly 50 years, Sotheby's announced Thursday.
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NEW YORK — Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps because their funds might not be safe during a crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — The release of “Diablo IV” is right around the corner. Early access for the highly anticipated action role-playing video game begins Thursday night — ahead of next week's official launch.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A structural engineer report issued just days before an Iowa apartment building partially collapsed indicated a wall of the century-old structure was in imminent risk of crumbling, yet officials did not order residents to leave and said Thursday they relied on the engineer…
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WASHINGTON — In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete.
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TORONTO — Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes.
San Tan Valley residents can now enjoy many of the delicious offerings food trucks bring to the Queen Creek Feastival a little closer to home.
There are five cities, seven towns, four Indian communities and about 12 ghost towns in Pinal County.
There's always something new to discover in Pinal County. It's one of the things I love most about living and working here.
Large farming areas sit just about five minutes from downtown Eloy. While to some it may seem like open spaces, to others, it is where Arizona’s newest cash crop blooms in the desert.
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."
Another Pinal in Pictures is now in the books! We are incredibly grateful to all those who have submitted photos of spots they consider hidden gems from all over the county. In this collection…
If you've ever been driving down Riggs Road headed toward Hawes, you might have found yourself wondering what the large complex at the intersection of Riggs and Ellsworth Loop is for.
There are plenty of fun hangouts in Pinal County and in late 2022, a new one, Throwback Family Fun, was added to the recreational landscape.
If the world of birds had a Mr. Clean, it would be vultures. And in Arizona, two species of vultures are the cleaners of the desert.
Ziplining offers a thrilling experience that is packed with exceptional views. In Oracle, those views are of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts.
What started as a celebration of the beautiful community of Kearny continues this year with the third annual Gila River Music Festival in Kearny.
A sweet, herbal smell hits your nose the moment you step into the newly opened store at Life Under the Oaks farm in Oracle.
Much like the Midwest gets unfairly labeled as “flyover states,” Pinal County has often been stuck with the reputation of a “drive-through” area, a place one must pass by to get from Phoenix t…
Off-road recreation is one of the most popular outdoor activities in Arizona, with 24% of state residents identifying as motorized recreational users, according to a 2020 survey conducted by t…
The Boyce Thompson Arboretum provides a space to marvel at the wonder of nature with 12 different gardens that span 135 acres. Nestled just off U.S. 60 not far from the town of Superior, the a…
Len Mejia loves a lot of things about being the owner and chef of his own food truck.
The Dunn family has impacted Maricopa's history in many ways throughout the years — helping to create the Maricopa that people see today.
Steve and Cynthia Portrey don't like to think of themselves as an artist power couple, but after decades of honing their crafts and taking part in art events together, they've become well-know…
