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Fireside Elementary School is one of many Paradise Valley Schools that received A-rating in 2025.
PVSchools expands ParentSquare, launches StudentSquare for high school students
Families are being asked to activate their ParentSquare accounts using the email address and phone number associated with their Infinite Campus accounts. more
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Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was ordered by a judge to redo a ballot description for a measure that would allow military families to bank school voucher funds to help pay for college.
Judge calls for Arizona secretary of state to redo ballot language on one voucher proposal
PHOENIX — Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acted illegally in telling voters that if they approve Proposition 145 they also will be killing Proposition 212 and its voucher reforms, whether they … more
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Linda Holman Bentley, right, of the League of Women Voters, helps to organize others in getting voter registration forms ready at Phoenix College on National Voter Registration Day Sept. 24, 2019 in Phoenix. A federal appeals court has given the go-ahead for the state to enforce a 2022 law that challengers argued could inadvertently make felons out of volunteers who register people to vote.
Federal appeals court allows Arizona to enforce 2022 voter registration law
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court has given the go-ahead for the state to enforce a 2022 law that challengers argued could inadvertently make felons out of volunteers who register people to vote. … more
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Paradise Valley Unified School District Governing Board members meet during an August meeting as the district begins the 2026-27 school year.
PVSchools begins school year with more than 170 new certified employees
Paradise Valley Unified School District kicked off the 2026-27 school year with expanded student programs , new communication tools and additional opportunities for students to travel and compete, as … more
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Matthew Flores
ID of human remains in Litchfield Park homicide probe await autopsy
The Avondale Police Department on Friday afternoon updated a Litchfield Park homicide investigation as the search continues for a 27-year-old man who is considered a suspect in the case that involves … more
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Terrible’s hopes to make north Surprise area not so bad
The Surprise City Council gave its approval of a new convenience store, fast food restaurant and retail building in the growing north area of the city. more
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A Senate panel has voted to put restraints on police to use license plate readers like this Flock ALPR camera.
Chandler ditches Flock cameras after 'anomaly' in use
The city of Chandler is discontinuing its relationship with the Flock Group Inc. for about 40 fixed cameras around the city that read and can track license plates. The reason, city officials … more
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Tom Slade
If findings on Medicare Advantage plans are true, CEO heads must roll
OPINION — It has come to my attention that some of the largest Medicare Advantage plans have been identified by Health and Human Services and Office of Inspector General as having engaged in questionable denials of some Medicare benefits. more
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Gas prices are seen at the Circle K at 59th Avenue and Olive Road in August 7, 2026. Gas prices fell as crude oil prices dropped and the Strait of Hormuz possibly returning to normal operations.
Gas prices drop around the Valley as oil prices drop
A drop in crude oil prices and optimism that the Strait of Hormuz will resume normal operations brought gas prices down in the Valley, as prices fell 7 cents over the past week to settle at $4.42 a … more
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Marc Lamber
State must analyze cause of I-10 median crossover crashes
OPINION — A deadly Interstate 10 crossover pattern has emerged between Phoenix and Tucson. ... Some would call this pattern a compelling case for median barriers. But that addresses only the final seconds of the crash. Arizona also needs to know what sent these vehicles toward the median. more
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Residents fill the Surprise City Council chambers Aug. 4, many holding signs opposing the proposed U.S. Department of Homeland Security detention facility.
Surprise council still fielding questions, protests amid ICE facility talk
When the Surprise City Council returned to City Hall from its summer break on Aug. 4, opposition to the proposed ICE detention facility in Surprise was back in full force. more
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West Valley missing person’s case becomes homicide probe
A 27-year-old man has been identified as a suspect in a Litchfield Park homicide case after human remains were found buried in the backyard of a home, police said Thursday. Originally being … more
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