CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande Union High students launched a balloon over the weekend as part of a Near Space Research project. The team’s small payload is designed for a scientific experiment wit…
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FLORENCE — An active downtown resident who continuously engages with the Town Council, and almost every other town staff function, was appointed to a vacant seat on the council.
CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande Union High students launched a balloon over the weekend as part of a Near Space Research project. The team’s small payload is designed for a scientific experiment with tomato seeds to determine if they are affected by being in outer space.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This is the third in a series of profiles of candidates for Casa Grande City Council.
MARICOPA — An increase in fire activity in Pinal County has prompted the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to warn residents and put in place additional safety measures.
FLORENCE — Florence Hospital’s parent company announced it had filed for bankruptcy protection and that its hospitals were for sale, but it did not expect any changes in day-to-day operations.
MARICOPA — At the May 10 board meeting, the Maricopa Unified School District honored its employees who will be retiring when this school year comes to an end.
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MESA — Call it a bit of beginner’s luck with a mixture of athletic prowess for Maricopa’s Jalen Hardy as he competed in the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s state championship track and field meet on Friday at Mesa Community College.
MESA — With the new open format for the state track and field championships, athletes from schools big and small have the opportunity to compete against one another.
CASA GRANDE — There really isn’t a more exciting and long standing rivalry in Pinal County like the one between Coolidge and Florence.
COOLIDGE — Robles Boxing & Fitness is presenting its summer Cooltown Throwdown 11 event and a chance to support local small businesses.
Pinal County was well represented at the divisional championship track and field meets over the weekend in Glendale and Mesa.
SIGNAL PEAK — Free passes were a killer for the Central Arizona College baseball team in the opening round of the Region 1 tournament.
LEUPP, Ariz. — A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress has taken a major step forward with its introduction to the Navajo Nation Council.
CHICAGO — Dorothy Jean Tillman II's participation in Arizona State University's May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK (AP) — The body of a New Mexico man has been recovered from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said Monday.
WASHINGTON — It’s a “scary” trend that border county officials say is getting scarier: Mexican cartels paying teenagers from throughout the country to smuggle illegal migrants across the state as “load car” drivers.
PHOENIX — Jade Lara was five months pregnant in January 2022 when she arrived at a group home in San Tan Valley with the promise of daily classes and group therapy to help her with sobriety. However, when she arrived, she was met with a lack of assistance and care and provided with only one …
PHOENIX — Kevin Newman’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a four-hit night and gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-5 victory over the reeling Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
PHOENIX — Phoenix Mercury All-Star center Brittney Griner has a fractured toe in her left foot, which will cause her to miss an undisclosed amount of time.
With the spring transfer portal window closed, a look at six college football teams that cleaned up in various ways.
Paul Maurice is in his second season coaching the Florida Panthers, trying to guide them to a second consecutive appearance in the Stanley Cup Final. It was pointed out to him not long ago tha…
ELOY — As one of the longest-running events for the organization, the Eloy Chamber of Commerce is planning some unconventional aspects for the 30th annual chamber golf tournament to make the event stand out from previous years.
ELOY — In previous years, the Cinco de Mayo holiday was predominantly an afterthought within the Eloy community. However, with the city celebrating its third annual event this past weekend, Cinco de Mayo is another opportunity for the community to come together.
CASA GRANDE — A pair of local residents got a nice surprise from the scratcher tickets they purchased in Casa Grande stores, as they were among several in the state to take home big prizes in recent weeks.
MARICOPA — The Maricopa Arts Center will accept submissions now through May 11 for a public art display at Maricopa Agricultural Center.
Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK — It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.
Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year.
The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr, dies at 95
HOUSTON — The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 95.
CHICAGO — Dorothy Jean Tillman II's participation in Arizona State University's May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.
Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial.
Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK — It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year.
PHOENIX — A Republican-backed plan to convince voters to duplicate federal immigration enforcement by letting police officers arrest migrants and Arizona judges deport them could end up costing the state at least $325 million every year.
PHOENIX — Got an opinion on abortion?
PHOENIX — Arizona may have no pause in abortions, at least through 15 weeks of pregnancy.
PHOENIX — Republican David Cook’s name will be on the primary ballot for the Arizona Senate’s Legislative District 7, the Arizona Supreme Court decided on Thursday.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their qu…
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers around the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine on Monday, pushing ahead with a ground of…
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid workers struggled Monday to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited milita…
DJENNE, Mali — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.
ROME — Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits in an unusual, public challenge to Pope Francis’ governance.
The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century B.C. This is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on …
CASA GRANDE — Robert Miguel may be the chairman of the Ak-Chin Indian Community, but in his mind, he will always be “Bob,” the same approachable guy whom kids would get excited about seeing roll up to the local convenience store because they knew he would emerge from the store with a few ext…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, prosecutors told a federal judge on Tuesday.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their questions about the endowment, bringing a peaceful end to the kinds of demonstrations that were broken…
Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK — It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.
Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment there last year.
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year.
WASHINGTON — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job?
- Simple or Not Kitchen: Mayonnaise is easy to make at home in jar
- Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere
- Coates: If Caesar sees a pothole: ‘I saw, I clicked, they fixed’
- Simple or Not Kitchen: Social media helps prevent food boredom
- Preparing bare wood for paint or stain
- Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?
- Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone
- Pinal County food inspections for April
- Medical interpreters increase accessibility at hospitals
- Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says
- Country fans hang up their hats after another successful Country Thunder
- Country Thunder singer had big fans in the crowd: high school teachers
- Songwriter Stage at Country Thunder provides deeper dive into the artistic process
- Onsite barber, salon provide fans and musicians alike with fresh style at Country Thunder
- Some Country Thunder campsites become destinations of their own