CASA GRANDE — The National Weather Service has added another tool to its monsoon tracking database. Daily reports on monsoon activity in the state now include the number of lightning strikes.
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CASA GRANDE — The National Weather Service has added another tool to its monsoon tracking database. Daily reports on monsoon activity in the state now include the number of lightning strikes.
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CASA GRANDE — A new all-terrain vehicle dealership is coming to North Pinal Avenue after a groundbreaking ceremony was conducted for Iron City Polaris on Tuesday.
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COOLIDGE — On Tuesday, Coolidge-based heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer Nikola Motor Company announced a third change in leadership since its inception in 2015.
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FLORENCE — Final vote tallies out of Pinal County Elections show some signs that printing issues that required sending out supplemental municipal ballots might have led to lower participation in those races.
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CASA GRANDE — The City Council on Monday will consider raising the hotel sales tax to fund a new Destination Marketing Organization after years of planning and a delay caused by the pandemic.
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COOLIDGE — An unattended and prohibited trash burn that started at a local residence within the Twilight Trails community near Randolph and La Palma roads led to the destruction of two homes, two utility poles and the endangerment of several safety officials on Sunday.
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MARICOPA — A promising start turned into a disappointing slog for the Maricopa football team in 2021. But the players and their new head coach believe that a fresh mindset and work ethic can keep them on track for 10 games this year — and hopefully further.
CASA GRANDE – New coach. New conference. New players.
CASA GRANDE — Living in someone else’s shadow is never easy, but that is what the Vista Grande football team has done since the school opened in 2009.
MARICOPA — The transition was seamless for Sequoia Pathway as the Pumas as they enter their third season in the Arizona Interscholastic Association.
FLORENCE – The Gophers have a new head coach and will be young at some positions, but they also have a strong group of seniors.
COOLIDGE – With the high school football season only a couple of weeks away Coolidge head football coach Roger Schenks said his team will be aiming high this year.
PHOENIX — State GOP chair Kelli Ward has no legal right to block a U.S. House committee from getting her phone records about her activities leading up to the Jan. 6th insurrection, an attorney for the government is telling a federal judge.
PHOENIX — Maricopa supervisors are turning the legal tables on the state’s two top Republican election deniers, asking a judge to impose financial sanctions on them and their lawyers.
PHOENIX — Arizona began moving in shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the border wall near the southern Arizona farming community of Yuma on Friday, with officials saying they were acting to stop migrants after repeated, unfulfilled promises from the Biden administration to bloc…
MESA (AP) — Troy Kotsur, who made history as the first deaf man to win an Academy Award, has been honored with a key to his Arizona hometown.
PHOENIX — U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the country.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Acting on a tip, Mexican soldiers seized almost 1.5 tons of meth and 328 pounds of apparent powdered fentanyl at a checkpoint in the northern border state of Sonora, the army said Thursday.
NEW YORK — Left fielder Matt Vierling threw out the speedy Starling Marte at the plate to end the ninth and the Philadelphia Phillies showed off sharp fielding in beating the New York Mets 2-1…
DENVER — Longtime minor leaguer Wynton Bernard singled, stole a base and scored in his major league debut, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Friday night.
NEW YORK — San Diego Padres dynamo Fernando Tatis Jr., one of the brightest, freshest stars in all of Major League Baseball, was suspended 80 games on Friday after testing positive for a perfo…
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LOS ANGELES — Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and her survival isn't expected, according to a statement from a representative.
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COOLIDGE — In its 13-year history, Coolidge-based United Dance Studio has skyrocketed to success and national recognition. After starting out in a basement, the studio’s companies have accepted awards on several competitive and televised stages.
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The long-awaited DLC for Outriders has arrived and it not only provides a first-rate new chapter for the game as well as a redemption for the game which had a rough launch and was targeted by segments of the gaming population.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York has amended several state laws to remove the word “inmate” and replace it with “incarcerated person” to refer to people serving prison time.
MANSFIELD, Pa. (AP) — Services were set to begin Friday for young siblings who died last week in a Pennsylvania house fire that also killed eight other people, as investigators continued to look for the cause.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear called out the Federal Emergency Management Agency for denying too many requests for assistance in flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky, where the number of people who died as a result of the disaster has risen to 39.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.
Talk about hot nights, America got some for the history books last month.
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WASHINGTON — A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats’ flagship climate and health care bill, handing President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on coveted priorities that the party hopes will bolster their prospects for keeping their House and Senate majorities in No…
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WASHINGTON — The FBI recovered “top secret” and even more sensitive documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the sudden, unprecedented search this week.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — An increase in turnout among Democrats and independents and a notable shift in Republican-leaning counties contributed to the overwhelming support of abortion rights last week in traditionally conservative Kansas, according to a detailed Associated Press analysis of the voting…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A gunman who died in a shootout after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati office apparently went on social media and called for federal agents to be killed “on sight” following the search at former President Donald Trump’s home, a law enforcement official said.
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A judge overseeing the second trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took steps Friday to keep a lid on a defense lawyer's concerns about whether a juror will be fair.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Federal officials have agreed to recognize Connecticut pardons as legally valid again and stop deporting people who have been pardoned for their crimes by a state board, reversing a hard-line stance taken by the Trump administration, authorities announced Friday.
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BATURAJA, Indonesia — Soldiers from the U.S., Indonesia and Australia joined a live-fire drill on Friday, part of annual joint combat exercises on Sumatra island amid growing Chinese maritime …
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — With 100 days to go until the World Cup starts in Qatar, Human Rights Watch on Friday again urged FIFA and the host nation to improve compensation for migrant workers an…
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PARIS (AP) — Firefighters from across Europe started arriving in France on Friday to help battle several wildfires, including a giant blaze ravaging pine forests in the southwest.
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BEIJING (AP) — Latvia and Estonia say they have left a Chinese-backed forum aimed at boosting relations with Eastern European countries, in what appears to be a new setback for China's increas…
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LUX, France (AP) — Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France’s Burgundy region in what was the Till…
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BAGHDAD — Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals, followers of an influential Shiite cleric who stormed the parliament last month and hav…
CASA GRANDE — “Love Your Enemies” — Matthew 5:10-12; 44-45
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ROME — Pope Francis has met with a fourth group of transgender people who found shelter at a Rome church, the Vatican newspaper reported Thursday.
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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BEIJING — Three state-owned Chinese corporate giants announced plans Friday to remove their shares from the New York Stock Exchange, adding to a growing financial separation between the biggest global economies in the midst of a dispute over scrutiny of company audits.
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NEW YORK — When the Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step in June 2020 of issuing $1 billion in debt to help stabilize other nonprofits, it delighted investors and inspired several other large foundations to follow suit.
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NEW YORK — Stocks rose broadly in midday trading on Wall Street Friday and added to weekly gains for the major indexes.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation has opened a query into seat belt pretensioners on certain 2020-2022 Kia/Hyundai vehicles, saying that they may rupture or explode.
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Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer.
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NEW YORK — Wall Street's big gains this summer have been spread widely across industries. The profit growth helping to underpin those gains? Not so much.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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 …
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…
To most kids, the word "summer" may as well be synonymous with fun.
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.
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.
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…
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.
There are few places in Pinal County that are quite as serene as Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
There's something about a few hours in a place where animals live and play that can turn your whole day around.
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…
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…
In March, the Maricopa Pantry lost nearly everything to a massive fire that consumed multiple semi trailers of food and a storage container.
A new school year is just on the horizon.
There's no denying Maricopa is a growing city.
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…
The brand new Desert Sunrise High School opens on Thursday, and staff members say they're eager to meet the new students and welcome them back to a new year at a new school. Copacetic intervie…
Ron Harrison composed hundreds of songs back in the day, but now he plays piano for himself and those who stop by to listen.
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…
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…
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…
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.
