FLORENCE — The sun has set on another weekend full of country music in the Florence desert. As Country Thunder 2024 came to a close, some attendees said that despite a more “low-key” lineup, t…
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PHOENIX — House Republicans are weighing putting one or more of their own abortion measures on the ballot in a bid to undermine an initiative to enshrine the right to terminate a pregnancy in the Arizona Constitution.
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FLORENCE — The sun has set on another weekend full of country music in the Florence desert. As Country Thunder 2024 came to a close, some attendees said that despite a more “low-key” lineup, they still had plenty of fun at the four-day festival.
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CASA GRANDE — The City Council will meet in executive session on Monday to discuss the contentious proposed 120-unit apartment complex dubbed The Lofts at G-Diamond near the southeast corner of Kortsen Road and Colorado Street, with the city facing litigation by the applicant.
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MARICOPA — An apparent crash landing near Ak-Chin Airport left the pilot of a paramotor-powered aircraft dead.
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FLORENCE — Already having a big moment on the Main Stage at Country Thunder, Avery Anna had a surprise audience visit from a former teacher who traveled down to watch her perform at Country Thunder.
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FLORENCE — Some country music fans received a special treat, hearing a new, yet-to-be-released song at Country Thunder.
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MARICOPA — Ethan Chavez, Dante Westmiller, Cody Gallardo and Kenton Wilson will always have certain things in common when it come to the Maricopa baseball team.
CASA GRANDE — Expectations were high for the Coolidge girls basketball team entering the 2022-23 season after some stellar performances the previous season by it young core.
ELOY — Wrapping up a very busy four-game week with its second on back-to-back days, the Santa Cruz Valley softball team looked to finish on a high note.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Although the season did not end the way they hoped, the Poston Butte girls volleyball program has a lot to be proud of.
CASA GRANDE — The 4A Black Canyon region may not be one of the most competitive in the conference, but the Vista Grande Spartans are happy to rack up wins on their quest for a state championship.
SIGNAL PEAK — After going down meekly in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, the second-ranked Central Arizona College baseball team answered with authority to claim a split with Yavapai at McSwain Field.
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FLORENCE — The sun has set on another weekend full of country music in the Florence desert. As Country Thunder 2024 came to a close, some attendees said that despite a more “low-key” lineup, they still had plenty of fun at the four-day festival.
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FLORENCE — Already having a big moment on the Main Stage at Country Thunder, Avery Anna had a surprise audience visit from a former teacher who traveled down to watch her perform at Country Thunder.
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FLORENCE — Some country music fans received a special treat, hearing a new, yet-to-be-released song at Country Thunder.
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FLORENCE — Country Thunder, with its blowing dust and lack of showers, doesn't tend to be a place where people look better as the weekend goes along. But thanks to a barber-for-the-stars and a local salon owner, fans and musicians alike can stay looking sharp.
TEMPE — Kenyon Belyeu was handing out leaflets and condoms at the Aunt Rita’s Paint the Town Red AIDS Walk Arizona & 5K Run, when he talked candidly about his own HIV diagnosis — a discovery he made only because he was being treated for substance use disorder.
As Union and Confederate armies clashed in a bloody fourth year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln tasked one man to create the legal code for Arizona, almost 50 years before the territory became a state.
CAMP VERDE — After setbacks and struggles and eager anticipation and waiting, Rockin’ River Ranch State Park opened on Feb. 9.
PHOENIX — Black people in Arizona die from opioid overdoses more than any other race or ethnicity, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Film Festival is celebrating its 24th year and is dedicated to promoting independent cinema and providing a platform for filmmakers to showcase their work.
Guilty plea by leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out
PHOENIX — A guilty plea by the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out due to an unmet condition of his deal that hinged on whether others charged in the case also would plead guilty.
PEORIA — To trace the success of this spring’s Cactus League, look no further back than the 2023 World Series, when the Texas Rangers blanked the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-0, in Game 5 at Chase …
TEMPE — “Skattebo, Skatte-can, Skatte-touchdown!”
BOSTON — Sisay Lemma scorched the first half of the Boston Marathon course on Monday, setting a record pace to build a lead of more than half of a mile.
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are back in the play-in tournament. So is Stephen Curry, as he and Golden State will be fighting for their season. And Jimmy Butler returns as well, aft…
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FLORENCE — The sun has set on another weekend full of country music in the Florence desert. As Country Thunder 2024 came to a close, some attendees said that despite a more “low-key” lineup, they still had plenty of fun at the four-day festival.
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FLORENCE — Already having a big moment on the Main Stage at Country Thunder, Avery Anna had a surprise audience visit from a former teacher who traveled down to watch her perform at Country Thunder.
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FLORENCE — Some country music fans received a special treat, hearing a new, yet-to-be-released song at Country Thunder.
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FLORENCE — Country Thunder, with its blowing dust and lack of showers, doesn't tend to be a place where people look better as the weekend goes along. But thanks to a barber-for-the-stars and a local salon owner, fans and musicians alike can stay looking sharp.
SANTA FE, N.M. — A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” during a hearing Monday in which tearful family members and friends gave testimonials that included calls for jus…
NEW YORK — The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration worked to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities following Iran’s weekend aerial assault on Israel.
A quarter-century ago, the Justice Department had few meaningful relationships with Native American tribes. The recently retired longtime director of the department’s Office of Tribal Justice says the federal government worked with state and local police and courts, but tribal justice systems didn't have the same level of recognition. Over the past 24 years, Tracy Toulou has confronted the serious public safety challenges facing Indian Country by working to expand the power of tribal justice systems. There's still much work remaining, but Attorney General Merrick Garland says the office is now an institution within the Justice Department.
JUNEAU, Alaska — President Joe Biden looks to nudge further ahead in his party's nomination for reelection with Democratic voting Saturday in Wyoming and Alaska.
WASHINGTON — Stephen Garrett, a 27-year-old graduate student, always thought he would study in China, but first the country's restrictive COVID-19 policies made it nearly impossible and now he has other concerns.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on the industry that cares for troubled teens by requiring more transparency from youth treatment facilities.
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PHOENIX — A bill aimed at limiting the presence of pedestrians on medians and intersections was one of the five bills vetoed by Gov. Katie Hobbs earlier this week.
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PHOENIX — Last week, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill allowing students at Arizona’s state universities to opt out of having their student activity fees support campus groups they don’t like.
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PHOENIX — Attorneys for Planned Parenthood and its allies are rushing to see if there is a viable legal theory to keep the state from once again enforcing its territorial-era abortion law.
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PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes won’t be answering questions Wednesday from a special House panel formed to investigate her.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration worked to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities following Iran’s weekend aerial assault on Israel.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration worked to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities following Iran’s weekend aerial …
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military renewed warnings on Monday for Palestinians not to return to northern Gaza, a day after witnesses and medical officials said Israeli troop…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international repercussi…
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NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party …
SYDNEY — Horrified worshipers watched online and in person as a 15-year-old boy stabbed a bishop and a priest during a church service in Sydney on Monday evening before the congregation overpowered him, police said.
CASA GRANDE — An effort to raise money to build a monastery in Casa Grande has garnered more than half a million dollars in donations.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility.
CASA GRANDE, Art has been a significant part of Regis Sommers’s life for as long as she can remember.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on the industry that cares for troubled teens by requiring more transparency from youth treatment facilities.
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Boeing is defending the integrity of the fuselages on two of its largest planes, which have come under criticism from a whistleblower who warns that panels on the outside of one of the planes could eventually break apart during flight.
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DETROIT (AP) — After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Monday after higher yields in the bond market caused by a strong U.S. economy cranked up the pressure on Wall Street.
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NEW YORK — The stock price for Donald Trump's social media company slid again Monday, pushing it more than 66% below its peak set late last month.
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Supermarket beverage aisles are starting to look a lot more like a pharmacy.
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…
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.
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.
Every year, as winter slowly gives way to spring, the desert landscape in Pinal transforms from sand-colored browns and tans to blankets of purple, yellow, reds and other hues as wildflowers c…
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…
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.
Since it reopened last year, the Arizona City Community Library at 13254 S. Sunland Gin Road has become popular, especially with retirees and families with young children, Manager Jeff Prock s…
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 …
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…
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…
Spring is a time for growth, both literally and figuratively.
A huge shout-out to Brianna González for submitting this adorable picture snapped at the Casa Grande Street Fair's Car Show in January.
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 one of the largest populations in Pinal County, there's no doubt that Maricopa is a growing city.
In late 2023, we announced that we were developing a new section of our magazine called Community Corner. For our first Community Corner, we asked members of the community to help us recognize…
Maricopa might be considered a young city, but it has a lot to offer when it comes to exploring. Though some might find Maricopa to be a fast-moving urban community, it also has a rich rural h…
Sometimes as adults, it can feel like meeting new people and making new friends is challenging — like trying to fly a kite in the middle of a thunderstorm while simultaneously trying to juggle…
Four is the magic number this year.
Art is good for the soul — even if you consider yourself not to be much good at it.
Maricopa is always buzzing with activity during spring; the weather is just warm enough without being too warm, making daytime and evening events both practical and enjoyable. Here are just a …
Prepare your tastebuds for delicious dishes from all over Arizona brought to one location in the city of Maricopa, thanks to Food Truck Friday. Here are four menu items from four food trucks t…
Whether you're looking to get involved and give back to the community or you'd just like to know more about local service organizations throughout Maricopa, here are four that should be on you…
Whether you're looking to spend more time outdoors, get in shape or visit new places, there are many options within Maricopa.
Maricopa has many hidden gems and plenty of historical treasures. With a history that goes back to the late 1880s — including the establishment of previous sites Maricopa Wells and Maricopavil…
While there’s nothing inherently wrong with scrolling through Instagram from time to time or streaming a show or two on Disney+ or a similar streaming app, many parents find these activities t…
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- Keep your garage door going up, down
- ALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn't benefit
- Pinal County food inspections for March
- FDA considers updating pulse oximeter guidelines to make readings on dark skin more accurate
- Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials aren't sure if it's blip or trend
- Lawsuit seeks to force ban on menthol cigarettes after months of delays by Biden administration