Election 2026
PHOENIX — Arizonans will learn in slightly more than a week if Democrats’ sweep of three top statewide offices four years ago was a fluke or an actual sign the state is no longer blood red.
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Historic Preservation
This summer, Arizona State University dropped a controversial eminent domain case to seize the 124-year-old Louis Emerson House in downtown Phoenix. That house is now taking a step toward being …
ARTS
A new Phoenix group exhibition will celebrate the colorful aesthetic of Grand Avenue and one of the artists who helped shape its creative community.
Parts of the Southwest's Four Corners region remain under a flood warning as saturated neighborhoods begin cleaning up and assessing damage after days of flooding. It's affected areas along the San …
ENTERTAINMENT
Italian singer Ripalta Bufo returns to Scottsdale this year to showcase her talent, headlining the 11th annual Italian Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7-8 at the Scottsdale Civic Center, 3939 N. …
MARICOPA/PINAL COUNTIES
PHOENIX - Crews have begun laying pavement for the third travel lane being added in both directions along 26 miles of Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Casa Grande, state transportation officials …
Health Care
PHOENIX – Mike Renaud says he would hire 20 physicians and 100 mental health therapists tomorrow if he could find qualified candidates.
Renaud, president and CEO of Valle del Sol that provides …
Government
Gilbert Town Council unanimously approves a three-year extension of its partnership with Arizona State University, allowing students to research local sustainability challenges.
Tourism
WASHINGTON – Businesses that rely on the Grand Canyon and 10 of the other most popular national parks say a new $100 fee imposed this year on foreign visitors has driven down tourism.
“We're …
A rain-soaked swath of the Southwest U.S. braced Sunday for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues.
The National …
Public Safety
The city of Phoenix this week took steps toward building a new police precinct and fire station in north Phoenix.
With an 8-0 vote on Wednesday, council approved an $18 million contract for …
NEIGHBORS
In an effort to create a stronger community, the Daily Independent is asking residents to share a little about themselves with some standard questions. Here are Karen Cahn’s answers:
Name: …
ORANGEWOOD AVENUE
A 51-year-old died Friday afternoon after his vehicle crashed into a barrier wall near Orangewood Avenue and the northbound Black Canyon Highway access road, police said.
Preliminary information …
Parked in his truck along a rural Idaho highway on his way to an elk hunt, Neill Goodfellow pondered a question that will appear on his November ballot: which of six historic firearms to choose as …
WEST VALLEY PREPS
Shia Chancellor and Emory Scogin have played volleyball together long enough to have reversed their roles on the court.
They have played together since they were 12, and in those days of club …
development
When a hearing was held in September on a complicated commercial redevelopment proposal, one Chandler Planning and Zoning commissioner asked what happened to including housing in a mixed-use plan.
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Historic Preservation
You can’t change history, but you can move it.
The 117-year-old Seargeant-Oldaker House in Phoenix is being relocated just a few dozen feet to the corner of the property it sits on so that the …
Hundreds of people have lost power and have been told to evacuate in the Four Corners area. Emergency crews staged overnight rescues, and roads and bridges remained closed Saturday because of severe …
Immigration
PHOENIX – Apprehensions along the Arizona-Mexico border have fallen, but in the Sonoran Desert, the migrant death toll remains disproportionally high.
In July 2026, recorded migrant …
POLICE
A Scottsdale officer was injured early Saturday after being struck by a vehicle after police said they were attempting to stop the driver in Old Town Scottsdale.
Officers saw a vehicle driving …
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