With many businesses closed due to national health issues, finding some entertainment away from home can be scarce, but this isn’t the case for anyone behind the wheel of two American brand mu…
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“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
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CASA GRANDE -- Nikolina Sabo is a recreation coordinator. She oversees activities and classes at the Casa Grande Community Recreation Center.
These are challenging times.
Before the coronavirus outbreak, we conducted an online survey asking you what kind of content you would pay for in a digital subscription to PinalCentral.
I have to admit I am worried right now.
I am writing in response to the AP article “Inmates: Arizona lacks adequate coronavirus plan in prisons.”
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CASA GRANDE — We all get the same 24 hours in a day, but why is it that some people seem to accomplish so much more than others? Do they have some secret bonus hours or clones that do things for them? If so, where can someone get those things? Asking for a friend...
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CASA GRANDE -- I did my best to keep pace. I wasn’t going anywhere, but I felt myself falling behind.
Finding the lighter side amid dark times
Dear Families:
March is Women’s History Month and CASA of Pinal County is expressing their deepest gratitude for the women who are standing up for abused and neglected children in Arizona.
Women behind bars much more common
I often used to lose my car keys. I’d shuffle around the house in search of them. Cindy, the brains of the outfit, would be in the car, waiting. Then she’d return to the house.
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Millennials, especially women, are eating up YouTube food videos.
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Last week was a deadly one in the so-called “Safety Corridor” along Interstate 10 between Casa Grande and Chandler. Five people lost their lives in three separate crashes along the stretch of freeway across the Gila River Indian Community.
Too often, daily controversies covered on cable television or debated on Twitter fail to reflect issues that matter to everyday families. When I hear from Arizonans across our state, they want to discuss how to expand job opportunities, the importance of keeping our communities safe, and — m…
Driving the nighttime backroads of Arizona can be dangerous and lonely for a Department of Public Safety trooper.
Comedian Sarah Silverman had a party recently and invited many of her peers in comedy. She reportedly had a sign at the door that said “No podcast solicitation allowed.”
After years of waiting, the all-new Toyota Supra sports car is finally hitting the dealer showrooms. But before you plunk down hard-earned cash, there are a few things to know about this vehicle.
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BAPCHULE — Amil Pedro learned about native medicines from his Uncle Pete. He learned about his people’s history. He learned to carve wood and make weapons used by early ancestors. He learned to make stone tools.
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Leading up to the 2002 Winter Olympics, northern Utah officials had a novel marketing campaign for the region. They would produce a herd of life-sized, artistically rendered bison sculptures to place throughout the communities in various high traffic areas.
Arizona has this problem: On interstates and highways, when there’s a major wreck, we have to sit in traffic for three, four or five hours to get past the wreck. Arizona should implement the Illinois Minutemen policy: As accident victims are cared for, the state reacts to clear the road, wit…
Yikes, 2020 started with a bang and January flew by so fast people are saying February is the new January! This year opened with an increased pace in the real estate market overall. In January, we had 132 homes close in an HOA subdivision in the city of Maricopa. This is about a 10% increase…
“Meet the real-life action hero taking on a Mexican drug cartel in Arizona.”
When you get older you just don’t expect to experience things for the first time.
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Last Saturday my wife and I journeyed down to Tucson to watch the University of Arizona basketball team take on Colorado in an early afternoon game.
Our society has undoubtedly changed, and the most common form of communication is shifting, from face to face to “Face to Facebook.” There are many claims of what this phenomenon is doing to our society. But regardless of your stance on what technological advancement is doing to our culture,…
When I was elected to represent Arizona’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House, I made a commitment to my constituents to fight for accountability and transparency from your elected representatives in Washington.
Ten years ago when I was editor of the Standard-Examiner in Ogden, Utah, we unintentionally published a photoshopped image on page one of the newspaper.
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CASA GRANDE — OK parents, if you’re anything like me, you don’t exactly jump for excitement at Brown Bag Lunch Day at your kids’ school, but after surviving almost 10 years of them, I’m here to offer some insight and help to those just starting on their elementary school parenting path.
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Earlier this week, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey proposed closing a state prison in Florence.
The Arizona Legislature doesn’t go into session until Monday. But that hasn’t stopped some lawmakers from getting a head start on proposing strange bills.
Arizona is about to tackle the most polarizing political event of the new decade.
FLORENCE — While people across the country are setting goals for the new year, thousands of children in Arizona are unsure where they’ll be living tomorrow. Children in Arizona’s foster care system face a life of uncertainty. They can be moved from place to place with no notice. To make matt…
The LC 500 is a top-of-the-line car from Lexus, carrying its best engineering. This should be obvious from that eye-catching styling that draws attention on the street, whether driven or parked.
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When I was a kid, every Christmas Eve my father would read to me and my brothers the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” more commonly known as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
The Lexus ES 350 is one of the nicest luxury sedans around, and starting in the 2019 model, some changes make it better. It’s longer, wider and the older odd-looking front grille is replaced with another odd-looking grille. An improved suspension provides better handling and smoother ride. T…
OK, Millennial.
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When I was named editor in 2002 of the Standard-Examiner in Utah, I inherited an office the size of a Robeson Ranch villa. A co-worker walked into the stark office as I was getting settled, and looking at the blank walls and shelves, commented: “Where’s your sophisticated artwork? I’ve seen …
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“Unfortunately, at the speeds people are driving — 80 to 85 mph — when something goes wrong — and it will go wrong, somebody will do something inappropriate — things go wrong real fast and real violently.”
Occasionally, you grow to like some people that you previously couldn’t stand.
CASA GRANDE — Change is in the air and I’m not only talking about the seasons.
As the economic development manager for Pinal County, my primary responsibility is to attract new business to our region. From local businesses looking to expand or out-of-market companies looking to relocate, our job is to do what we can to make our cities and towns as attractive as possibl…
The biggest complaint women have about men is that they don’t listen.
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In a way, Katie Sawyer’s path to Maricopa took her through Asia and Europe.
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While visiting Alaska this summer I saw numerous billboards, bumper stickers and headlines referring to the UofA.
I was born and raised in a small city of 6,000 on the Great American Plains of Nebraska.
Two days after the new Panda Express opened its drive-thru on Pinal Avenue in Casa Grande, someone drove into the side of the building.
It was common knowledge in the fall of 2018 that water levels running low at Lake Mead was a harbinger of impending water shortage. On Sept. 27, 2018, the formal introduction of the “Drought Contingency Plan” occurred. Many in the audience were hoping the “Contingency Plan” would produce a s…
