The National Association of Realtors recently announced that the inventory of unsold homes increased nationally from 7.3% to 1.32 million from June to July – equivalent to 2.6 months of the monthly sales pace.

I am an eighth-grader at Ira Murphy Elementary and I believe masks should be required in schools. When I got to my first math class this year, I felt anxious and unsafe. No one was social distancing. There were 32 kids in the classroom and seven were wearing masks. I sat next to two kids, two feet away, and both were unmasked. No one even cared.

Northwest Valley Connect officials are looking for people who can give four hours per week of their time to drive neighbors to the doctor or shopping. Volunteers can join the cadre of others as a …

State leadership passed a law against two proven COVID-19 mitigation strategies that now directly affect our youngest learners who are not eligible for vaccines.

Those who serve, such as Peoria Unified School District employees, have been the most vulnerable during the pandemic. Our teachers are our children’s first line of defense not only from an educational perspective but in many ways a personal one.

When it comes to the pandemic, the new boogeyman in the room seems to be Social Emotional Learning.

The city of Peoria and Embry Health have partnered to offer two new testing sites in Peoria.

A group of West Valley public safety agencies are coming together in honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, 10-11 a.m., Sept. 11.

Peoria Unified’s human resources department will host a support staff job fair from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at the District Administrative Center, 6330 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale.

Billy’s Place is hosting an open house Sept. 9 to showcase its grief support center located at 21448 N. 75th Ave., suite 5, on the Glendale/Peoria border.

Peoria made the list as one of the best cities in the U.S. for outdoor grilling, and even leads the nation in low-cost chicken.

For Peoria resident Kimberly Muhammad, volunteerism and lifting her community up is a way of life.

Benevilla announced their West Valley Life Enrichment Day program, and will be hosting an open house, 5-7 p.m., Oct. 6. The program is located at the Church at Cactus, 8133 W. Cactus Road.

Arizona Department of Health Services reported 3,707 new coronavirus cases and 63 new deaths Friday, for a total of 1,001,871 cases and 18,724 deaths.

Sections of northbound Loop 303 between El Mirage Road and Lone Mountain Parkway in north Peoria will be closed this weekend, Aug. 27-30, as the Arizona Department of Transportation sets the stage for shifting traffic onto newly constructed travel lanes.

Been too busy or missed your mammogram screening due to COVID-19? Please take this opportunity.