The temperature was already approaching 100 degrees late Saturday morning as volunteers spread across the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, raking gravel, picking up trash, and washing headstones beneath the Valley sun.
more
The Valley heads into a busy September weekend with events ranging from a huge Mexican Independence Day celebration in downtown Phoenix to observances marking 25 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
more
Deer Valley Unified School District is considering a policy establishing guidelines for a potential high school elective examining the Bible’s influence on Western culture while requiring the course to remain religiously neutral.
more
For years, North Peoria residents had a familiar request: more places to gather over dinner without driving across town. That wish is becoming a reality as a wave of new restaurants transforms the Lake Pleasant Parkway corridor into one of the city’s fastest-evolving dining destinations.
more
No criminal conduct was found by agencies that reviewed allegations involving the treatment of a 16-year-old nonverbal autistic student at Mountain Ridge High School this past spring, although the school district says its investigation remains ongoing and the student’s family is considering its legal options.
more
Labor Day weekend offers plenty of reasons to get out of the house around the Valley, but one of this weekend’s most memorable gatherings will also be a goodbye.
more
Dolly Parton, the country music giant whose songs, rhinestones, wit and uncommon generosity made her one of America’s most beloved entertainers, died Tuesday at age 80.
more
More than four decades after emerging from Phoenix’s wonderfully unruly underground music scene, the Meat Puppets will play another hometown show this fall.
more
By 
