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.
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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.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This is the third in a series of profiles of candidates for Casa Grande City Council.
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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.
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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.
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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.
PHOENIX — In the sprawling urban landscape of Phoenix, where the desert sun sets over bustling streets, there are volunteers quietly tending to a population often overlooked: feral cats.
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 — 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.
PAGE — Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within the dam that holds it back.
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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MARICOPA — The Maricopa Arts Center will accept submissions now through May 11 for a public art display at Maricopa Agricultural Center.
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.
BALTIMORE — Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the river below.
NEW YORK — Sen Bob Menendez, a Democrat, went on trial in Manhattan federal court Monday, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen.
WASHINGTON — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last fall.
WASHINGTON — Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050.
MADISON, Wis. — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row.
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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.
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PHOENIX — Got an opinion on abortion?
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PHOENIX — Arizona may have no pause in abortions, at least through 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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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.
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WASHINGTON — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last fall.
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NEW YORK — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood.
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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…
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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…
MADISON, Wis. — Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row.
COPENHAGEN — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about.
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…
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WASHINGTON — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job?
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NEW YORK — A fraud trail began Monday for the founder of a hedge fund that cost leading global investment banks and brokerages billions of dollars when it collapsed.
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The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze appeared online for the first time in three years, sending the prices of thee quirky and volatile shares sharply higher Monday.
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Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
NEW YORK — Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organizations over the past 20 years.
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SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI's latest update to its artificial intelligence model can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and can even try to detect people's moods.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish Monday, hanging near their record heights.
Now that we’ve reached 2024, you might be thinking about your goals and hopes for the new year. But in addition to whatever personal resolutions you might make — volunteering, going to the gym…
Arizona is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, one of those being a rich reserve of copper ore. In this article, I’m going to focus on three very different mining projects, all loc…
The ancient practice of yoga offers a collection of mental, physical and emotional health benefits, such as stress reduction, improved confidence, greater focus and a greater sense of connecti…
With scenic state routes and plenty of ground to cover, there's a lot of great reasons to road-trip in and around Pinal County. There are also a host of wonderful destinations to see. Here are…
Pinal has plenty of natural beauty, encompassing everything from scenic mountainous horizons to landscapes dotted with the vibrant yellows and purples of wildflowers to vistas filled with the …
A huge shout-out to Brianna González for submitting this adorable picture snapped at the Casa Grande Street Fair's Car Show in January.
Hoping to bring a canopy of green and longterm beauty to the community, several area groups are working to plant a sea of trees across Pinal County.
While the first of the year is well behind us, the spring is sometimes the best time to really make the most out of our New Year's resolutions, mostly because the weather is great.
With gloves, trash bags and a go-getter attitude, volunteers every spring and fall blanket Pinal County to pick up the trash and debris that accumulates along the roadways.
Recently Arizona has received its fair share of rain and, in some places, snow. And while the winter precipitation may be good for improving drought conditions, it can also bring some dangers …
The Avocado Nursery's staff take their years of experience and share it with others wanting to create their own backyard paradise and garden as people drive up to the 10-acre plot along Overfi…
CASA GRANDE — The city Fire Department's addition of ambulance service and a new station come as residential and industrial growth continue to boom in town.
With beautiful wildflowers blooming, an abundance of soft-hued color schemes and the warmer temperatures that come with the end of winter, spring is a great season for crafting and changing ho…
Spring is a time for growth, both literally and figuratively.
Wendy Webb still remembers driving to people's houses or meeting people in the Fry's parking lot to deliver food. The food bank moved into a trailer, then into its current home in the blue bar…
For husband and wife Maria and Ivan Pour, visual and performing arts are a passion and, as teachers, they work to share their art with the next generation.
Chloe Armstrong’s days are like any other teenager's: wake up, go to school, participate in the occasional after-school activity, go home, do homework, go to bed and wake up the next day to do…
Thirty years is a long time to spend with one employer.
In the eyes of Luis Ascencio, the owner of AZ Quality Plumbing, plumbing isn't just what he does for a living — it's a passion.
Issues like the one you are currently holding in your hands are among my favorite to put together.
Amber Liermann joined the Maricopa City Council three years ago and, recently, began her journey as vice mayor.
Although things are changing over at Maricopa City Hall, you may see some familiar faces.
Whether he's installing an air-conditioning unit at a home or organizing a fundraiser for a charitable cause, Robert Felix said his strong sense of community is what drives him.
Family, community and justice are important to Angel Raymond.
In describing the Maricopa Fire/Medical Department, one word comes to mind for Chief Brad Pitassi. It is “passionate,” and it’s one thing he wishes more people knew about the department’s staff.
- 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
- US pledges money, other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms
- Frustrated farmers are rebelling against EU rules. The far right is stoking the flames
- Greenhand creed ceremony encourages FFA pride
- CHS FFA member writes curriculum, teaches agriculture boot camp class
- Florence ag students raising gardens
- 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