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County: Liberty High in Peoria declared as outbreak for second time
The Marricopa County Department of Public Health has declared Liberty High School as an outbreak, according a letter from the Peoria Unified School District. more
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ADHS: Peoria area ZIP codes have 20,459 cases
Arizona Department of Health Services reported 9,398 new coronavirus cases and 244 new deaths Thursday, for a total of 699,942 cases and 11,772 deaths. more
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Peoria approves agreement with contractor for street improvements
Peoria approved an agreement with contractor Via Sun Corp. for micro and slurry seal work in the amount of $1 million. more
Peoria seniors may schedule vaccination appointments
The Arizona Department of Health Services offers vaccine doses to adults 65 years and older at state-operated vaccination sites in the Phoenix metro area, Peoria officials said. more
Grand Commons project in Peoria to be continued
The Peoria City Council was expected to consider a request Jan. 19 that will pave the way for the 7.5 acre Peoria Commons, a mixed use project planned to serve as a gateway to the southern part of Old Town Peoria. more
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A 234-unit, luxury, three-story, multi-family residential development on about 12 acres is proposed near Thunderbird Road and Loop 101.
Long vacant lot off Loop 101 in Peoria could see life
A lot near Loop 101 in Peoria that has been vacant for about 15 years could see development soon. more
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Amalia Ayala, front, a resident of Las Brisas Sunset senior apartment complex in San Luis, Ariz., deposits saliva for her COVID-19 test during the ASU and Equality Health Foundation pilot program on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Free saliva tests engineered by Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute are administered in Yuma County's small border city of San Luis to disabled and older people living in subsidized housing. The tests have also been given to hundreds of farmworkers. (Cesar Neyoy/The Yuma Sun via AP)
Military nurses, tests coming to help hard-hit Arizona city
PHOENIX (AP) — Exhausted nurses in rural Yuma, Arizona, regularly send COVID-19 patients on a long helicopter ride to Phoenix when they don't have enough staff. The so-called winter lettuce capital … more
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The city of Peoria is considering changes to its zoning ordinance to regulate recreational marijuana.
Peoria to regulate zoning on recreational marijuana facilities
Peoria is the latest city looking to regulate legal marijuana. more
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Holiday changes for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
City of Peoria facilities will be closed or have different hours of operation on Monday, Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Both city libraries will be closed. Rio Vista Recreation Center … more
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. An Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob wearing a fur hat with horns was also charged Saturday in Wednesday's chaos. Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, was taken into custody Saturday, Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials
PHOENIX (AP) — The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,” federal prosecutors said in court documents. The remarks came … more
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Former Peoria fire-medical captain succumbs to cancer
Peoria Fire-Medical Department retired Capt. David Rehnke, 59, succumbed to a 10-year battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma on Jan. 11, 2021. more
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FILE - This June 15, 2015, file photo shows in the distance, part of the Resolution Copper Mining land-swap project in Superior, Ariz. A group of Apaches who have tried for years to reverse a land swap in Arizona that will make way for one of the largest and deepest copper mines in the U.S. sued the federal government Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Apache Stronghold argues in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona that the U.S. Forest Service cannot legally transfer land to international mining company Rio Tinto in exchange for eight parcels the company owns around Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Apaches object to Forest Service review of huge copper mine
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is scheduled to release an environmental review that will pave the way to create one of the largest copper mines in the U.S., against the wishes of a … more
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ADHS: Peoria area ZIP codes have 18,407 cases
Arizona Department of Health Services reported 7,311 new coronavirus cases and 182 new deaths Thursday, for a total of 649,040 cases and 10,855 deaths. more
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L. Darlene Smith captured the Sun City sunset. [Submitted photo]
Readers can submit Scenic Arizona photos for Daily Independent at YourValley.net
The Daily Independent at YourValley.net is publishing submitted photos that highlight the community and showcase Arizona’s beauty. more
Check out the top stories of 2020 in Peoria
These are the top 10 stories of 2020 in Peoria based on online traffic. more
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A lot is on tap this year for Peoria. A big highlight is Stadium Point, planned for the P83 Entertainment District, adjacent to the Peoria Sports Complex. In the coming months, the developers could sign a development agreement with the city, further solidifying a full-fledged live, work, play project.
What is to come for Peoria in 2021?
Battling the fallout of a worldwide pandemic that touched everybody, good riddance to 2020 has been a common rallying cry for many. The year 2020 in Peoria was no cake walk. Residents … more
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This screen grab from a traffic camera shows a vehicle speeding off after doing donuts in the middle of an intersection at 95th Avenue and Cardinals Way in Glendale.
Illegal street racing drawing Peoria concerns
For residents living near Grand Avenue in Peoria, the noise of revving engines and racing cars has become more common lately, leaving the streets at risk for pedestrians and lawful drivers, citizens … more
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West Valley Symphony cancels 2020-21 season
The West Valley Symphony board of directors has canceled the group’s remaining concerts for the season, due to the continued increase in COVID cases. more
ADHS: Peoria area ZIP codes have 16,832 cases
Arizona Department of Health Services reported 11,658 new coronavirus cases and 197 new deaths Friday, for a total of 956,251 cases and 9,938 deaths. In the Peoria area, cases are at 16,832, … more
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Supply & Demand: Phoenix metropolitan housing market continues appreciation climb
In a world turned upside by a global pandemic amid a quickly changing economic landscape where laws of yesterday no longer apply — one law of business a part of the Arizona real estate … more
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