ELOY — In a game which no one expected, played due to COVID-10 cancellations from their respective opponents, Saturday night featured a matchup between 4A Casa Grande Union and 2A Santa Cruz Valley.
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CASA GRANDE — Residents of Mission Royale have formed a fundraising committee in hopes to raise $800,000 to keep the community’s golf course viable.
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ELOY — After finally having decided on a re-opening plan on Monday, the Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District board slammed on the brakes during a special meeting on Thursday after some teachers said they would not return to campus for in-person learning.
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PHOENIX — A Pinal County state lawmaker wants to know whether Pima County employees have a First Amendment right to financially aid candidates for county office.
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ARIZONA CITY — A few weeks ago the Toltec School District decided to return to in-person learning on Oct. 26 for both Arizona City Elementary School and Toltec Elementary School.
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COOLIDGE — Police stopped a vehicle this week in which they reportedly found almost $20,000 worth of methamphetamine.
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COOLIDGE — Local businesses and organization are coming together this weekend to try to bring a little spark to the Coolidge economy.
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ELOY — In a game which no one expected, played due to COVID-10 cancellations from their respective opponents, Saturday night featured a matchup between 4A Casa Grande Union and 2A Santa Cruz Valley.
PHOENIX — The Sequoia Pathway train rolled to a 3-0 start in its first three Arizona Interscholastic Association games. But that train was derailed in an ugly, penalty-filled loss to Phoenix Veritas Prep on Friday.
COOLIDGE — Aside from a comfortable win against American Leadership Academy-Ironwood a week prior, the Coolidge Bears haven’t been a lot of pretty moments this season. That trend continued into Friday night, but the home team still did enough in the second half to improve to 3-1.
CASA GRANDE — Once again, the Vista Grande football team was its own worst enemy.
FLORENCE — Florence defenders held Chandler Valley Christian to just one touchdown in the second half, but the first half belonged to the Trojans, who handed the home team a 30-7 defeat on the Gophers’ homecoming Friday.
GLENDALE — Things haven’t gone Maricopa’s way after its victory over Willow Canyon to start the season. The Rams (1-3) lost a close one to Canyon View, faced powerhouse Saguaro Scottsdale and they couldn’t get things going in a 31-6 loss to Glendale Apollo (1-3).
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona law requires that the School Facilities Board inspect all district school buildings once every five years for building deficiencies and conduct preventive maintenance inspections at 20 randomly selected districts every 30 months.
TUCSON (AP) — The El Tour De Tucson cycling event has ben postponed from November to April. The Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair, an open-air retail extravaganza, was canceled. The Tucson Festival of Books will be held virtually next March. And the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase’s…
PHOENIX — The state Department of Health Services on Saturday reported an additional 890 confirmed cases, with four more deaths, increasing the state’s totals to 236,772 known infections and 5,869 deaths.
PHOENIX — State Rep. Raquel Teran said Saturday she has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the fourth Arizona legislator known to have been infected with the coronavirus.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Friday reported an additional 975 known COVID-19 cases and six more deaths, the fourth day this week in which the state's daily case report topped 900.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — It was improbable enough that light-hitting journeyman Brett Phillips would connect for Tampa Bay against Dodgers All-Star closer Kenley Jansen.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kenley Jansen threw a cutter inside to Brett Phillips for a ball, then a cutter and a sinker for called strikes.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Walker Buehler was dominant for Los Angeles. Just like Orel Hershiser during the Dodgers’ last title run.
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It’s asking for trouble remaking Hitchcock, but with “Rebecca” you might be able to see a sliver of an opening. It’s justly revered as a ghostly Gothic masterpiece and the only film of Hitch's to win best picture. Yet Hitchcock, himself, said it’s not “a Hitchcock picture.” He called his ada…
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CASA GRANDE — As the latest show by the Casa Grande Murder Mystery Players opens, a member of a fictional theater company has been murdered and those in the audience must figure out who among the cast is the culprit.
RICHMOND, Va. — Devon Henry paced in nervous anticipation, because this was a project like nothing he’d ever done. He wore the usual hard hat — and a bulletproof vest.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday after his 2-month-old child was fatally injured when thrown off a second-floor apartment balcony during a domestic disturbance, police said.
SAN FRANCISCO — Northern California officials urged residents to leave homes in the hills, secure backyard furniture and other loose items and have an evacuation plan ready ahead of powerful winds that could lead to widespread electricity outages and leave more than 1 million people in the dark.
BLAINE, Wash. (AP) — Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.
BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease’s grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to the Rocky Mountain West reel under the surge.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a person Friday near the California border with Mexico, authorities said.
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Voters in four states from different regions of the country could embrace broad legal marijuana sales on Election Day, and a sweep would highlight how public acceptance of cannabis is cutting across geography, demographics and the nation’s deep political divide.
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House says.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
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PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko is blaming her ex-husband for a series of financial and legal entanglements in the 1980s and '90s.
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WILLIAMS (AP) — Myron Lizer has no qualms about it: As one of the top officials on the country's largest Native American reservation, he's a proud Donald Trump supporter.
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Republican claims that Democrats would expand the U.S. Supreme Court to undercut the conservative majority if they win the presidency and control of Congress has a familiar ring.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan claimed Sunday it killed a top al-Qaida propagandist on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country's east, showing the militant group's continu…
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered in Thailand's capital again on Sunday, seeking to keep up pressure on the government a day before a special session of Parliament …
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MEXICO CITY — Standing in front of a reopened coal-fired power plant, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Saturday defiantly rejected complaints by a group of 43 U.S. lawmakers ab…
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan's capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said.
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STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh (AP) — Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azer…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Morena party of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador finally chose a leader Friday after two failed, acrimonious attempts.
MARICOPA — Maricopa Community Church, 44977 W. Hathaway Ave., is holding a concert featuring The Casey Family at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22. No ticket is needed. A love offering will be received.
ROME — The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis’ glory days traveling the world to bless the oppressed.
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SANTA FE, N.M. — The Federal Communications Commission has granted broadcast licenses ideal for high-speed wireless internet to rural tribal governments in New Mexico, Arizona and elsewhere.
PHOENIX — Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest utility provider, is proposing a rate increase starting next year, a move opposed by many customers reeling from the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Park officials have said a shuttle program using automated electric vehicles is expected to launch at Yellowstone National Park next year.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sunflower farmers in the U.S. are expected to produce their biggest crop in five years, and North Dakota farmers are expecting their best yield in history.
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LAS VEGAS — If the 1,000-seat sports betting auditorium at the Circa Resort & Casino doesn’t get you, maybe the six rooftop swimming pools will.
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Coca-Cola measured gradual improvement in the third quarter as it focused on emerging leaner from the global pandemic.
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T here’s an anecdote behind how St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery found it’s spot not far from the town of Florence that says much about the place that eventually became a key hub for mem…
MARICOPA -- As if there were storm clouds rising from the horizon, Jim Schoaf could see trouble coming. The reports were coming out of Asia and Europe of a highly contagious virus that was upe…
FLORENCE -- W illiam “Mac” McWilliams visited the Windmill Winery one day while he was looking for a house to buy in Florence. The 79-year-old former Navy diver, who had worked for oil compani…
COOLIDGE -- COVID-19 has changed a lot of things. Long-awaited events have been canceled, many are working from home and schools have put off campus reopenings.
I ’ve always viewed the fall as the start of new beginnings. Growing up in Northern California, I loved watching tree leaves turn colors before eventually drifting down to the earth. In Centra…
CASA GRANDE -- It’s become one of the hottest Mexican food restaurants since coming to Casa Grande over a year ago.
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FLORENCE -- At the Windmill Winery in Florence, the grapevines, barn and farm-like setting provide a rustic backdrop for happy brides celebrating nuptials, couples observing an anniversary or …
Just a year ago, the Future Forward Foundation had evolved beyond its previous passion for planting backyard gardens. The group and its volunteers were focused on big production on larger plot…
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