SEDONA -- Five people had to be rescued after they got stuck in areas of northern and eastern Arizona blanketed by heavy snow from the latest major storm, authorities said.
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FLORENCE — The Town Council approved various agreements pertaining to continued local operation of McFarland State Historic Park, although some members weren’t entirely pleased with plans to begin charging $5 admission to adults.
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CASA GRANDE — A Casa Grande Union High School student is on track to be part of the Harvard University 2025 graduating class.
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SUPERIOR – Two lost hikers spent a cold night on Picketpost Mountain near Superior before they were picked up by members of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office’s Search and Rescue Posse.
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ELOY — In an effort to make one intersection easier to navigate for both vehicles and pedestrians, Eloy is working on a plan to improve the five-way intersection at Frontier Street, Main Street and Third Street.
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CASA GRANDE — A multivehicle accident closed westbound Interstate 10 near Casa Grande on Monday.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — Johnson Utilities customers will save more than $40 million in a series of settlement agreements with the water and wastewater utility, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality announced.
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MARICOPA — After three years leading the Maricopa High School football program, Brandon Harris has resigned.
FLORENCE — In a game where neither coach was particularly happy with their players’ discipline, it was Florence that had enough offensive efficiency Tuesday to overcome the general sloppiness.
FLORENCE — Even with his Gophers up by double digits heading into the fourth quarter, and more than six years since the last time they have lost to Coolidge, coach David Silvas knew better than being complacent.
ELOY — All high schools that decided to continue with winter sports are basically in the same boat when it comes to navigating the challenges of having a season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MARICOPA — For the first time in 722 days, the girls basketball team at Sequoia Pathway has lost a game.
MARICOPA – The past two years Sequoia Pathway (0-1) has seen some success, with winning records and postseason berths. But this year the Pumas are making the transition from CAA to AIA and their first game in the new league did not go as well in a 76-50 loss Friday to Gilbert Classical Acade…
TUCSON (AP) — Pima County Sheriff’s officials are cracking down on illegal street racing south of the Tucson city limits.
SEDONA -- Five people had to be rescued after they got stuck in areas of northern and eastern Arizona blanketed by heavy snow from the latest major storm, authorities said.
PHOENIX (AP) — Hospital administrators across Arizona warned residents Wednesday not to become complacent because of a noticeable decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, stressing the importance of wearing masks and social distancing.
PHOENIX -- State lawmakers are moving to let people divert more of the tax they owe the state to instead help their children and grandchildren attend college.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona had one of its worst wildfire seasons in nearly a decade last year, state Department of Forestry and Fire Management officials said Wednesday,
PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Transportation is warning residents that a text message telling drivers that their license needs to be updated is a scam.
PHOENIX — Chris Paul reminded the Oklahoma City Thunder what they were missing after trading him during the offseason. Then the Thunder turned around and reminded the Phoenix Suns and Paul why…
NEW YORK — In a deal between two of baseball's busiest teams this winter, the New York Mets traded left-hander Steven Matz to the Toronto Blue Jays for three young pitchers Wednesday night.
With a coronavirus-enforced quarantine coming to an end, the world’s elite tennis players will go from two of the quietest weeks of their lives in Australia to three of the busiest.
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ARIZONA CITY — COVID-19, the quarantine and looking forward to a post-pandemic world are the themes to a new lineup of songs by five-time Native American Music Award-winning group Cody Blackbird Band.
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CASA GRANDE — A Casa Grande-based entertainer is involved in a show that aims to raise thousands of dollars for pride organizations statewide.
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Even before the pandemic, “The Little Things” would have been a throwback.
ATLANTA (AP) — Late baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron is among several names being considered to replace a Ku Klux Klan leader's name on an Atlanta high school.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lawyer who Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler hit with pepper spray after the man aggressively confronted him on Sunday has released a statement expressing remorse.
SAN FRANCISCO — A storm that pounded Northern California with rain, snow, wind and mud rolled southwards on Thursday, prompting flood warnings and threats of mudslides in areas burned bare by wildfires.
DENVER — Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a house fire in Denver that killed five recent immigrants, including two children, from the West African nation of Senegal, police said Wednesday.
The leader of the Proud Boys, who was arrested in Washington shortly before the Capitol riot, previously worked undercover and cooperated with investigators after he was accused of fraud in 2012, court documents show.
LANSING, Mich. — States are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and cautiously, in part because of the more contagious variant taking hold in the U.S.
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WASHINGTON — In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed executive orders Wednesday to transform the nation’s heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one, pausing oil and gas leasing on federal land and targeting sub…
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the lingering potential for violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election, suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extr…
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Defense attorneys for jailed Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin urged a federal judge Wednesday to release the New Mexico county commissioner and gun rights advocate as he awaits trial in Washington in connection with the siege on the U.S. Capitol.
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PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to hire two firms to audit election equipment and software used in the November election, but a key member of the state Senate who has demanded access to election machines and data to conduct his own review is not…
PHOENIX – On his first day in office, President Joe Biden sent to Congress his plan to reform the U.S. immigration system. The bill includes preserving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and outlines a path to permanent residence and citizenship for its recipients.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump has lost his social media megaphone, the power of government and the unequivocal support of his party's elected leaders. But a week after leaving the White House in disgrace, a large-scale Republican defection that would ultimately purge him from the party app…
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico posted its highest one-day total of newly confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday, with 27,944 infections, and a near-record 1,623 confirmed deaths.
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WARSAW, Poland — New anti-government protests broke out in Polish cities Wednesday, shortly after the country’s top court confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the pre…
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon — At least 53 people have died and 21 others were injured in Cameroon when a bus collided with a truck early Wednesday in a village in the western part of the country, offici…
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WASHINGTON — When marine biologist Stuart Sandin talks about sharks, it sounds like he’s describing Jedis of the ocean. “They are terrific predators, fast swimmers and they have amazing senses…
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BRUSSELS — China’s envoy to the European Union on Wednesday urged the 27-nation bloc to deepen its ties with his country even further and said that he hoped the EU’s desire for “strategic auto…
NEW YORK — Declaring “God is on your side,” a Roman Catholic cardinal, an archbishop and six other U.S. bishops issued a statement Monday expressing support for LGBT youth and denouncing the bullying often directed at them.
RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a rural Nevada church’s request to enter a legal battle over the government’s authority to limit the size of religious gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic — after the church won an appeals court ruling last month that found Nevada’s res…
VATICAN CITY — Ailing Pope Francis, who this week is making limited public appearances due to persistent pain, has drawn attention to the plight of homeless people in winter, including a Nigerian man who froze to death near the Vatican.
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The future looks bright for solar and other renewable energy technology.
SCOTTSDALE -- Meritage Homes Corp., builders of communities in Casa Grande and Maricopa, have announced it has seen a 52% increase in home sale orders over the year, despite the pandemic.
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Technology companies led a broad sell-off in stocks Wednesday, knocking more than 600 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average and handing the market its worst day in nearly three months.
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Across most of America, GameStop is just a place to buy a video game. On Wall Street, though, it’s become a battleground where swarms of smaller investors see themselves making an epic stand against the 1%.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Sands Corp. posted a fourth-quarter loss of $299 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier, as the casino and resort operator saw its business dry up due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve will keep pursuing its low-interest rate policies until an economic recovery is well underway, acknowledging that the economy has faltered in recent months.
CASA GRANDE -- For a few years, Kelsey and Peter Redwine have been on a mission to bring a good old-fashioned family fun venue to Casa Grande. And they’re on track to open their new entertainm…
SAM TAN VALLEY -- Redeemed Threads may be limited to a compact space between four walls, but the thrift store’s mission is limitless.
In big cities, the history associated with the downtown is often forgotten — or in some cases reduced to street names and the occasional mural or memorializing statue.
COOLIDGE -- Skip Laclair understands cars. He also understands car collectors.
ARIZONA CITY -- Connecting to the good ol’ days is the goal at Flashbacks, a ‘50s-themed casual diner in Arizona City.
COOLIDGE -- When Larry Roberts was growing up, his favorite hangouts included the local arcades around Coolidge and surrounding areas.
GOLD CANYON -- On any given night, you may be sitting down to your meal at a local eatery in Gold Canyon when all of a sudden, the front door swings open and you hear the shout of excitement: …
CASA GRANDE -- Jeff Law still remembers his first record. He was 7 years old and rode his bike with his allowance in his pocket to a local store, where he found a 45-rpm single of Cheap Trick’…
CASA GRANDE -- Stepping into Grande Central Station is a visit back to early Casa Grande.
FLORENCE -- When Tom and Lynn Smith were newlyweds in the early 1960s, they would drive up from Tucson to visit Tom’s aunt and uncle, with whom he lived as a teenager. Lynn still recalls her s…
COOLIDGE -- Kenilworth School is one of the oldest buildings in Coolidge. The property is also one of the oldest schools in Arizona.
CASA GRANDE -- There’s nothing better than spending the day in your car on a long, open road with the windows rolled down, accompanied by 40 of your closest friends. At least, that’s what the …
When Kelli Brown laces up a pair of roller skates, pushes to her feet and begins a gentle, rolling glide, the stress of the day begins to melt away.
What does it look like to take something old and make it new again? That’s what we set out to explore nearly three months ago when our Pinal Ways team began discussing the theme for our winter issue.
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their photos for this season’s section of Pinal in Pictures! We were thrilled to see so many classic cars throughout our county. Don’t miss our onlin…
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