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CASA GRANDE — Pinal County could see more monsoon storms, like the ones that rolled through on Thursday, over the weekend.
FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors was criticized Wednesday for appearing to condone the "Big Lie” of 2020 election fraud.
MARICOPA — In approving the latest multifamily development proposal, members of the Maricopa City Council stated Tuesday that higher density housing doesn’t mean lowering neighboring property values.
MARICOPA — Early next week, a truck carrying an empty rocket will pass through Maricopa and Casa Grande on its way to New Mexico.
CASA GRANDE — Pinal County could see more monsoon storms, like the ones that rolled through on Thursday, over the weekend.
CASA GRANDE — Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer said he is unsure how his office would deal with abortion now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, but he said he believes Arizona’s new 15-week abortion ban will be the law of the land.
MARICOPA — A woman was arrested on multiple charges, including trying to escape police officers with a stolen vehicle.
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CASA GRANDE — It's certainly been a crazy ride for former Vista Grande and Santa Cruz Valley running back Alec Wyble-Meza, but after many twists and turns he has found his way back to Arizona after transferring to Northern Arizona.
GLENDALE — Although the prep basketball season is still in its peak hibernation stage, some programs aren’t using that as an excuse and are getting back on the court, testing their skills. Over the course of four days, boys basketball teams from across the country gathered in State Farm Stad…
SIGNAL PEAK – Jared Koenig joined a lengthy list of former Central Arizona College baseball players to reach the major leagues when he made his debut on June 8.
CASA GRANDE — Corey Downs is very familiar with taking over a struggling program.
CASA GRANDE — It was absolute domination by two Pinal County teams in the 1A Conference as they secured the top two seeds in the playoffs and ended up in the state title game.
Player of the Year: Danika Bryant (SR, Superior)
WASHINGTON — Advocates welcomed the announcement this week that pay for federal firefighters will increase by as much as $20,000 this year, what one official called a potentially “life-changing” step for the chronically underpaid crews.
PHOENIX — Reaction in Arizona to the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion broke down along predictable party lines, with Republicans celebrating and Democrats blasting the ruling.
PHOENIX — State lawmakers have agreed to use the lure of millions of dollars in tax credits in hopes of bringing Hollywood to Arizona.
PHOENIX — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun’s searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer’s triple digit temperatures…
PHOENIX — Women in the United States have no constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, bringing an immediate — if not permanent — end to legal abortion in Arizona.
In the two years documentary filmmakers shadowed former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the most jarring moment for them was in the kitchen of her Tucson, Arizona, home.
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors selected Arizona center Christian Koloko with the 33rd overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — Arizona sophomore Bennedict Mathurin figures he has a lot to bring to the Indiana Pacers.
CHICAGO — Dalen Terry made no effort to hide his excitement. Then again, that was hardly a surprise.
CASA GRANDE — Popular musical group Rhythm Edition will take the stage on Monday, July 4, in the Paul Mason Sports Complex in a pre-fireworks show hosted by the city of Casa Grande.
MARICOPA — Tracy Morgan aims to get audiences laughing when he brings his "No Disrespect" stand-up comedy show to The Events Center at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino.
CASA GRANDE — Two Phoenix-area children’s book authors will visit the Casa Grande Public Library this month to share their work with children during Storytime sessions.
SURFSIDE, Fla. — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida, came down with a thunderous roar, leaving a giant pile of rubble and claiming 98 lives — one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
MADISON, Wis. — Doctors across Wisconsin immediately stopped providing abortions on Friday, turning away women in waiting rooms and calling to cancel pending appointments following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling striking down its Roe v. Wade decision.
SAN FRANCISCO — Police announced Friday that they have arrested a suspect in this week's fatal shooting of a man on a San Francisco subway commuter train.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman who had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault behind her home in 2017 is scheduled to be released from prison next week.
MADISON, Wis. — A man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more, this week served notice he will try to persuade a jury that he was mentally ill during the incident and if convicted should go to an insti…
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing states to ban abortion stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for same-sex couples to marry.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to …
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts — to figure out what concealed-carry measures they might be allowed to impose while also preparing to defend a wide ra…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
WASHINGTON — The House sent President Joe Biden the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists.
The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has only further fractured an already deep division between the states, where contentious legal battles are almost certain to erupt as legislatures and attorneys general grapple with the new landscape of abo…
BEIJING (AP) — Two people involved in testing for the electric car brand NIO died when one of its vehicles fell three stories from a Shanghai parking structure, the company said Friday.
KYIV, Ukraine — After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country's east to move to stronger positions, a regional governor said Fri…
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special parliamentary elections dominated by questions about his leadershi…
From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more …
New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through its territory to the Russian region of Kaliningrad as part of European U…
KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian official overseeing the country’s push to join the European Union said Wednesday that she’s “100%” certain all 27 EU nations will approve Ukraine’s EU candidacy dur…
Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion, and reactions from faith leaders ranged from elation to anger after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide.
Sabrina Hodak grew up in a Modern Jewish Orthodox family but only truly embraced Judaism at age 16, around the same time she understood she was bisexual.
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CASA GRANDE — Many people from Coolidge and across Pinal County know Tom Shope as an owner of Shope’s IGA market. Others might know him as the former mayor of Coolidge, and some, the former Justice of the Peace for the Coolidge-Florence court.
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.
The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels.
NEW YORK — Stocks are rallying again on Friday, and Wall Street is heading for just its second winning week in the last 12 to provide a bit of relief from its brutal sell-off this year.
DALLAS — The largest pilots union has approved a contract that would boost the pay of pilots at United Airlines by more than 14% over the next 18 months, potentially clearing the way for similar large wage throughout the industry.
TOKYO — Toyota is recalling 2,700 bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could become loose, in a major setback for the Japanese automaker’s ambitions to roll out electric cars.
WASHINGTON — It’s Groundhog Day at the IRS.
When it comes to art forms, architecture is considered one of the most intricate and complex.
After October’s “catch-up” event, Country Thunder is glad to be back in April for the first time in three years.
Florence starts celebrating its big annual country music festival a few days early with the “Road to Country Thunder,” a free Saturday night concert on North Main Street.
Those who marvel at the new fence at the Casa Grande Art Museum, gaze upon the artwork at Casa Grande Municipal Airport or chat with artists during the twice-annual tours might not know the na…
Spring is always a wonderful time of year in Arizona. Consistently sunny, clear and temperate days are strung together throughout this special season like bright blue beads on a necklace.
The scenic Superstition Mountains with their intricate formation and impressive ridges are a source of inspiration for plenty of people, from hikers and trail blazing adventurers to photograph…
A huge thanks to everyone who submitted their work as painters, cake designers, jewelry makers and artists of all kinds to be featured in this issue. We owe another big thank you to the Artist…
Amil Pedro is now 78 years old. His wife passed away a decade ago and his sister died in February. He lost a leg to diabetes in 2015. He admitted there have been periods recently where he’s fo…
Michael Baca is in demand as a portrait photographer, in Arizona’s metro areas as well as his home base of Florence. He has also been hired to shoot in Sedona, Flagstaff and on the beach in So…
A day drip across the county: Seeing the arts wherever you go
The recording studio at Central Arizona College’s Signal Peak Campus is a state-of-the-art facility with instruments and equipment that can produce professional-quality sound. But maybe the ke…
Each person has a story.
Home decor can help liven any house to make it feel like a true home, and that is the mission for the dedicated workers of Signjunkie.
Dancing gives the opportunity for self-expression and communication without having to use words. Ceylan Gentilella describes it as a “beautiful, ever-changing art” that’s a “way of life” and a…
Florence started celebrating its big annual country music festival a few days early with the “Road to Country Thunder,” a free concert Saturday night, from 5 to 10 p.m., on North Main Street.
Morgan Godfrey is the head lifeguard at Copper Sky. He helps make sure things run smoothly, everyone makes it to their shift and everything is ready for the pool guests.
Those who drove through Maricopa as recently as 2000 might not have even realized where they were. The area was still unincorporated, with a smattering of businesses in between farms and dairi…
MARICOPA — For five consecutive evenings every summer, more than 130 children gather at First Baptist Church of Maricopa for a week-long vacation Bible camp. They sing songs, play games, enjoy…
MARICOPA — For those wanting to spend more time with family close to home, there's lots of options in Maricopa to help families do just that.
MARICOPA — Maricopa Community Theatre welcomes all to its family and hopes to bring entertainment and culture to the local community.
One of Arizona’s little quirks that often gets a chuckle from people who come here from elsewhere is that we do everything in the winter. Over in the Midwest and the Northeast, nobody plans an…
"What words do we live by every day and everywhere?"
For most kids, no school is synonymous with all play.