CASA GRANDE — Every table at the CookEJar had salt and pepper shakers. No longer stored away, as a pandemic caution.
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CASA GRANDE — Every table at the CookEJar had salt and pepper shakers. No longer stored away, as a pandemic caution.
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COOLIDGE — Pinal County is the third most populous county in Arizona and continues to see growth, but at least one advocacy group, Rural Arizona Engagement, is sounding the alarm about representation in the state’s redistricting process.
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CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande Police are asking the public for help in identifying the body of a woman found on June 5.
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ELOY — The Arizona Department of Transportation’s high-tech dust detection system is poised and ready for action when the first monsoon storms of 2021 roll into Pinal County.
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MARICOPA — A Maricopa man self-surrendered at the Maricopa police station with the aid of his attorney after being investigated for allegedly uploading explicit photos of children to social media.
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COOLIDGE — A Coolidge man is facing burglary charges after he allegedly broke into the city of Coolidge Growth Management office in March.
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Chris Paul has been a known NBA commodity for more than 15 years. But at age 36, he’s doing things for the Phoenix Suns that defy any sort of established narrative.
PHOENIX -- The six-time world champion Arizona Rattlers defeated the Tucson Sugar Skulls 44-34 in their home opener at Phoenix Suns Arena on Saturday.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Late Friday afternoon, the Arizona Daily Star reported that Luna and teammate Randy Abshier had been put on interim suspension by UA’s dean of students for this weekend’s series against Ole Miss for an off-campus incident in which they were deemed to have violated the student …
CASA GRANDE — The USSSA World Series in San Diego will feature a bit of royalty from Casa Grande and its surrounding areas.
FLORENCE — A standout Gopher softball player got one last chance to wear her red Florence gear on a softball field, playing among the state’s best.
CASA GRANDE — Duane Roepke turns 80 years old this month, but he still golfs all the time. And he’s been known to sink a hole-in-one or two — or more.
PHOENIX -- When the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in an April 16 press release that a trooper “observed 17 undocumented aliens” in a white van he had stopped on a highway, what was most notable to the state trooper was the stench of the men, according to a report of the incident o…
PHOENIX (AP) — The body of a man who may have drowned in the Salt River last weekend has been recovered, authorities said Monday.
PHOENIX — Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first extreme heat wave of the year extends across the U.S. West.
TUCSON (AP) — An Arizona prison inmate in Tucson has died and it appears to be a suicide, authorities said Monday.
BULLFROG MARINA, Utah — Historically low water levels at Lake Powell in Utah led to a fascinating discovery by one family in April.
WICKENBURG (AP) — Four people were killed and another seriously injured after a passenger car collided head-on with a big rig near Wickenburg early Monday, authorities said.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford’s big bat helped San Francisco finally snap out of an offensive funk as Arizona’s road struggles kept going.
LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard and Paul George each scored 31 points — the second straight game they have both had over 30 points — and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Utah Jazz 118-104 on Mond…
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CASA GRANDE -- We make a lot of homemade pizza in our house. It’s one of our favorite meals to make as the dough is easy and pizza is easily customizable to suit just about any taste.
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PHOENIX — Phoenix Art Museum will premiere a new exhibition on Nov. 7 that examines the history, impact and art of mining in the western United States.
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TEMPE — While Jane Austen admirers savor the wit and romance of “Pride and Prejudice” and her other enduring novels, scholars ferret out details of Austen’s life and times, including a family link to slavery that surfaced 50 years ago.
LOS ANGELES -- Death Valley could approach its world record high temperature this week while surrounding areas have records fall.
Authorities in California’s agricultural heartland weren’t looking for a military assault rifle when they went to investigate the domestic assault case, but they found one.
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transportation officials have reported nearly twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads last year compared to the year before, despite less commuter traffic during the coronavirus pandemic.
Jerry Ramos spent his final days in a California hospital, hooked to an oxygen machine with blood clots in his lungs from COVID-19, his 3-year-old daughter in his thoughts.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A popular trail in Big Sur flanked by redwood trees that leads down through a gorge to a 60-foot waterfall is set to open to the public this week after a 13-year restoration needed when a wildfire destroyed access to it, officials announced Monday.
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PHOENIX — A Republican-led hand recount of ballots cast in Arizona’s most populous county hit a major milestone Monday when counters finished tallying all the regular ballots cast in November's presidential and U.S. Senate election, the Arizona Senate's liaison said.
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PHOENIX (AP) — House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding announced Monday that he's running for Arizona Secretary of State.
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey is making it official, calling lawmakers into special session to finance the costs of fighting the current crop of wildland fires and the flood mitigation that will have to follow.
PHOENIX -- State Attorney General Mark Brnovich is warning his federal counterpart to stay out of the way of the current audit of the 2020 election returns.
PRESCOTT -- People who are falsely claiming to be county election officials are knocking on voters’ doors in Yavapai County and asking for information about their voting history, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office warned on Monday.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from members of Congress, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday, amid revelations the department under former President Donald Trump had secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In a huge ballroom in a Buenos Aires basement, the tables are stacked. On the orchestra stage, the piano lid is closed near unplugged speakers and billboard images of…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico received 1.35 million doses of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines donated by the United States Tuesday and Mexican officials said that once they are applied, …
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BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden used his first appearance at a NATO summit since taking office to call on Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from provocative actions targeting the U.…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is vying to mend Turkey’s battered relations with its Western partners, said Monday that a revival of dialogue with fellow NATO memb…
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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Flowers were laid on rusty railway tracks Monday as Lithuania marked the start of a mass deportation 80 years ago by the Soviet Union that was occupying the Baltic nation.
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GENEVA (AP) — Five people have been killed when a glider and a small plane crashed about a kilometer (0.6 miles) apart in the Swiss Alps, police said Monday. Authorities were trying to determi…
SALT LAKE CITY — Top leaders from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced $9.25 million in new educational and humanitarian projects Monday as they seek to build on an alliance formed with the NAACP in 2018 as part of the faith's efforts to improve race relations.
When U.S. Catholic bishops convene virtually for a national meeting Wednesday, they will be divided ideologically as well as physically. They’re split over whether to press ahead with an initiative that could — at least implicitly — rebuke President Joe Biden for receiving Communion while su…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from claims of sexual abuse and simmering tensions around race threaten to once again mire the nation’s largest Protestant denomina…
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WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices, driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount over the past year as the U.S. economy emerges from pandemic lockdowns and pushes inflation higher.
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors has signed a deal to develop railroad locomotives powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and battery system.
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HOUSTON — Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse in Houston, is steadfast in her belief that it's wrong for her employer to force hospital workers like her to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or say goodbye to their jobs. But that's a losing legal argument so far.
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DETROIT — The president of General Motors says his company plans to announce more U.S. battery factories later this week.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas' largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and promises zero net carbon emissions in 2045.
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The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies.
MARICOPA -- Area pool builders say the past year has had record-breaking demand for new pool construction and backyard improvements and they expect the trend to continue.
It’s easy to think of Maricopa as a brand new city. In many ways, when comparing its lifespan to everywhere else, this is true. But whether it feels this way or not, it is now approaching 20 y…
MARICOPA -- For the time being, Maricopans have no need to fret about maintaining a pool or backyard garden for their home.
MARICOPA -- Housing trends in Maricopa are built on the foundation laid by Mike Ingram’s El Dorado Holdings. Ingram is El Dorado’s founder and chairman.
MARICOPA -- If Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino blackjack dealer Agnes Gabica was told in 2009 she would be running a successful plant nursery and landscaping business in just 12 years, she would’ve laughed.
It’s a common story in the home improvement industry: homeowner watches HGTV, homeowner attempts home improvement themselves, mayhem ensues.
As I begin my first column for Copacetic, I want to thank Maricopa Monitor for the opportunity to present a superintendent’s column to inform readers about the MUSD programs, promise and poten…
Last spring was memorable, and I was feeling anxious as I squeezed into my chair at a day-long medical conference in a local hotel. My sister and brother-in-law were coming to stay with us for…
MARICOPA -- It’s all about the details for Maricopa artist Herman Zelig Neuberger.
Maricopa Nursery owner Agnes Gabica is one of the go-to plant suppliers in Maricopa and has her green thumb on the pulse of the latest gardening trends in Arizona. Many of these trends revolve…
MARICOPA -- In most communities in the United States, the farm is far removed from the table. Food can travel thousands of miles from the farm to the grocery store before ending up in people’s…
MARICOPA — In much the same way that a bodega or corner store remains a central part of urban city culture, Water and Ice stores have made their way into the storefronts of the Southwest, serv…
MARICOPA -- Perhaps unlike anywhere else, Maricopa residents are keenly aware of the real estate market. They have to be, as so much of the local economy is based on housing. That is how the c…
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- The Gila River Indian Community innovates for a drought-ridden future
- Community Action at work: CAHRA provides multitude of services to assist area residents
- Hope Women's Center keeps doors open for women who need help
- Healing with Hoofbeats: Nonprofit offers equine-assisted therapy
- CAHRA helped single mom find new footing, restart her life
- Racing to give: Nonprofit marathon designed to support local community