CASA GRANDE — PPEP Tec Alice Paul High School students began the new academic year by bowling.
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CASA GRANDE — PPEP Tec Alice Paul High School students began the new academic year by bowling.
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COOLIDGE — Updated vote totals on Saturday afternoon had Casa Grande City Council incumbents Bob Huddleston and Matt Herman closer to reelection while Anthony Edwards led Brent BeDillon by 41 votes for the third seat.
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MARICOPA — Work on Sonoran Desert Parkway requires closed roads to create the "first leg" for what could be a major new connection between Maricopa and Interstate 10.
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FLORENCE — The Pinal County Board of Supervisors heard from five speakers Wednesday who said Sheriff Mark Lamb’s politics are affecting his job.
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FLORENCE — A day after Pinal County Recorder Virginia Ross resigned to head the county's Elections Department, her compliance officer was appointed to be the new recorder.
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FLORENCE — A 32-year-old California man is being accused of fabricating low-priced earbuds to look like Apple AirPods before returning them to stores for refunds.
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ELOY — Known for skydiving and its fair share of dust, those who travel into the heart of Eloy know that the city has another claim to fame: producing athletes who play on Sundays.
It’s finally August and that can only mean one thing — football season is just around the corner. Here in Pinal County all teams have started some form of practice or conditioning as the start of the season will be divided up with smaller schools starting on Aug. 19 while 4A-6A schools kick …
FLORENCE — Two auto racing siblings who grew up on short-course races were behind the wheel for the longest race in the country, more than 650 miles in the Nevada desert.
CASA GRANDE – The second season of PinalCentral’s Retro Rewind podcast capped off this week with the final guest being former Casa Grande Union football player Louie Ramirez.
MARICOPA — The Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club will take center stage in May as the host site for the first National Golf Invitational.
CASA GRANDE — Pinal County may not get the same amount of sports exposure for its athletes when it comes to college recruiting, but the county is proof that you can find quality talent anywhere.
PHOENIX — Drivers may not know what catalytic converters do, but it’s clear that they’re valuable. Thefts of the emissions-control devices from under vehicles are skyrocketing across the country, authorities say.
PHOENIX — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Roopali Desai to be the newest judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals despite grilling by Republicans in her role in fighting laws approved by Republican state lawmakers and defending Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
PHOENIX — On the morning of the first big election he’d ever run, election deniers’ most hated man in Arizona wore an easy smile and downed a Diet Coke while brushing off mean tweets, misinformation and angry emails.
PHOENIX — Arizona Republicans were deciding Tuesday between a well-known former news anchor and a development attorney in the race for governor of a crucial battleground state.
PHOENIX — Republican Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers lost his bid for a state Senate seat after refusing then-President Donald Trump’s pleas to help overturn the 2020 election results and testifying before Congress about the efforts.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Voters from the Navajo Nation will see familiar faces in the tribe's general election: their current president and a former vice presidential candidate, both of whom were on the ballot in 2018.
GLENDALE — Arizona Cardinals running backs coach James Saxon has been charged in Indianapolis with two counts of domestic battery stemming from an alleged incident in May.
KHIMKI, Russia — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars in a politically charged cas…
CLEVELAND — Amed Rosario hit a mammoth three-run homer and rookie Oscar Gonzalez added a solo shot, sending the Cleveland Guardians to a 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — As the Justice Department bids to convince a federal judge that the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would damage the careers of some of the most popular authors, it is leaning in part on the testimony of a writer who has thrived like few others: …
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MARICOPA — The Maricopa Arts Council has invited the public to its gallery opening next week, featuring local contest-winning artists.
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MARICOPA — A Maricopa resident and Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino employee said she is humbled to have been recognized for a national Caesars Founders Award.
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he must pay for the suffering he put them through by claimi…
NESCOPECK, Pa. — Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania early Friday, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family, authorities said.
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Flash flooding at Death Valley National Park triggered by heavy rainfall on Friday buried cars, forced officials to close all roads in and out the park and stranded about 1,000 people, officials said
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville activists put in long hours on phones and in the streets, working tirelessly to call for arrests in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor — but it was mostly two years filled with frustration.
NEW YORK (AP) — When camp counselor Allie Tarantino was flipping through a magazine years ago, he came upon a familiar name: Mark Zuckerberg. He rifled through boxes of memorabilia in his basement, running his fingers over old photos, newspapers and bus maps before finding a baseball card fe…
NEW YORK — Democrats displayed a newfound sense of optimism about the election-year political climate Wednesday after voters in traditionally conservative Kansas overwhelmingly backed a measure protecting abortion rights.
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PHOENIX — The Republican Governors Association is going to put at least $11 million into commercials to ensure that Doug Ducey’s successor is of the same political party.
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PHOENIX — Kari Lake proved this week that she has the backing of a majority of Arizona Republicans — at least those who voted in the primary.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin sealed the deal reviving President Joe Biden’s big economic, health care and climate bill. But it was another Democratic senator, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who intently, quietly and deliberately shaped the final product.
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PHOENIX — Blake Masters will lead the bid by Republicans to take back control of the U.S. Senate.
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PHOENIX — The Republican nominee to become the state’s chief elections officer is someone who has publicly denied that Joe Biden actually won the popular vote here in 2020 — and someone who said he might not certify the results of the 2024 presidential race. Pinal County residents know him well.
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NEW YORK — Democrats displayed a newfound sense of optimism about the election-year political climate Wednesday after voters in traditionally conservative Kansas overwhelmingly backed a measure protecting abortion rights.
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MADRID — Police in Spain are investigating about 50 reported cases of women getting pricked with medical needles while at nightclubs or parties, a trend that previously came to the attention o…
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan after a visit that heightened tensions with China, saying Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in her delegation showed…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxi…
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LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors have charged a man with intending to “injure or alarm” Queen Elizabeth II after he was arrested at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day.
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HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala — Guatemalan authorities arrested more than a dozen alleged members of a migrant smuggling network near the shared border with Mexico early Tuesday, including four sou…
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LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to prevent a hospital withdrawing life support from a 12-year-old boy with catastrophic brain damage, rejecting a bid by his parents to exte…
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Click and gape at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam’s most sacred site. Or strap on a headset and enter the holy city of Jerusalem.
ROME — Pope Francis will travel next month to Kazakhstan, where he could meet with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has justified Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
CASA GRANDE — Rickey Robinson came to Pinal County with the dream of playing music and enjoying his days in retirement while living in Maricopa.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added an astonishing 528,000 jobs last month despite flashing warning signs of an economic downturn, easing fears of a recession and handing President Joe Biden some good news heading into the midterm elections.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Eviction filings in Arizona’s largest county have surged higher than at any time in the last 13 years.
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Click and gape at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam’s most sacred site. Or strap on a headset and enter the holy city of Jerusalem.
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NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue Airways lost $188 million in the second quarter, as fuel costs nearly tripled and wiped out a large increase in revenue during the early part of the peak vacation-travel season.
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Uber's effort to meld its pioneering ride-hailing service with food and freight delivery showed progress during the past quarter even though the company sustained a huge loss stemming from a sharp decline in its outside investments.
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NEW YORK — Stocks shifted between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as investors reviewed the latest corporate earnings for clues on inflation's continuing impact.
Located only minutes away from the hustle and bustle of Florence Boulevard, the Casa Grande Mountain trails offer local residents several hiking options complemented with picturesque and spect…
It’s naturally a little cooler, plus there’s often a nice breeze blowing though the mountainous terrain — just one reason visitors are drawn to Arizona Zipline Adventures.
CASA GRANDE — With the onset of the long, lazy days of summer, it's tempting for Pinal County residents to retreat to their air-conditioned homes, avoiding the balmy outdoors and Arizona's cha…
One thing I enjoy about being a part of a magazine like Pinal Ways is that it gives me the opportunity to look at each season through a new lens.
If you've ever driven to Coolidge by way of State Route 87 or driven past the city on your way into the Valley, you may have passed by the massive structure under the protection of an equally …
With many folks seeking to regain a semblance of "normal" following two years of restrictions caused by the pandemic, you couldn’t find a more fitting place for an experience of old school Ame…
Laser tag and the arcade at Ak-Chin Circle Entertainment Center have reopened, offering new, fun options for the community to enjoy with more to come.
Once again, we asked and local readers and photographers delivered. A special thank you to Ann Loyd and Lisa Manifold for their submissions of these incredible nature scenes snapped in differe…
When the summer temperatures ramp up in Arizona, residents look for fun ways to spend their time while also beating the heat. Tucked away in Eloy, Skydive Arizona presents not only a fun activ…
Whether it's the soft green grass, the shade of the sprawling trees, the playgrounds or a chance to watch ducks frolicking in a pond, the municipal and county parks throughout the area are pop…
Guests can pretend they're cruising down the mighty Mississippi almost 200 years ago. But on a desert lake, they'll enjoy views that a young Mark Twain never had.
There's something about a few hours in a place where animals live and play that can turn your whole day around.
There are few places in Pinal County that are quite as serene as Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
To most kids, the word "summer" may as well be synonymous with fun.
It may not be the ideal time of year, but there are people enjoying the desert's beauty these days at Lost Dutchman State Park.
Maricopa Mayor Christian Price shocked the city in April when he announced that he would be stepping down from his position at the end of June to become the president and CEO of Maricopa Econo…
There's no denying Maricopa is a growing city.
Surgery has been around for years with the first surgical procedure, trepanation, taking place in 6500 B.C. Think a drill hole in the skull.
It’s just before 5 p.m. on Monday, April 4. Maricopa commuters are making their way home from another long workday. About halfway between the Phoenix metropolis and the city of Maricopa, traff…
With its large farmers market-style produce section in the center of the store, aisles of healthy bulk items, spices and unique foods, the Sprouts grocery store has become a popular spot for M…
With the 2022 election season in full swing, it's always a good idea to get acquainted with local and state candidates. We spoke with four of the five candidates running for seats in the Arizo…
A new school year is just on the horizon.
Ron Harrison composed hundreds of songs back in the day, but now he plays piano for himself and those who stop by to listen.
In March, the Maricopa Pantry lost nearly everything to a massive fire that consumed multiple semi trailers of food and a storage container.
As I mentioned in my previous article, Pinal Partnership’s committees are proving to be the go-to forum where some of our best subject matter experts explore a full range of possibilities to g…
The start of a new school year was always something I, equal-parts, dreaded and looked forward to as a kid. I dreaded it because the end of those two months off marked the end of meeting up wi…
