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Restaurants, retail, industrial uses planned adjacent to Falcon Field Airport in Mesa

An area that in 2005 was slated to be a Sam’s Club is to now be developed with retail, restaurants and light industrial employment spaces on 34 acres south and adjacent to Falcon Field Airport …
COMMUNITY EVENT

State treasurer’s art contest deadline is June 9

The Arizona State Treasurer’s Office, partnering with AZ529, Arizona’s Education Savings Plan, are inviting all K-12 students across the state to take a creative photo of their future …

Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder

Dawud Assad still has nightmares of the day Jewish militias attacked his village of Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem 76 years ago. Assad, then 16, peered out his front window to see his village …
Valley & State
BROADWAY CURVE

SR 143, US 60 sections to close for weekend road, sign work

Northbound State Route 143 will be closed this weekend between Broadway Road and Washington Street, state transportation officials said Tuesday. Paving work will require the closure from 10 p.m. …
KIDNAPPING

Man sentenced to 40 years in Tempe sexual assault of college student

A 33-year-old man has been sentence to 40 years in prison for the sexual assault of a college student in Tempe. Eric Todd Bell was found guilty in April of five counts of sexual assault and one …

An Arizona judge helped revive an 1864 abortion law. His lawmaker wife joined Democrats to repeal it

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick sided with the majority in restoring an 1864 ban on nearly all abortions. Republican state Sen. Shawnna Bolick joined Democrats to repeal the ban a few …

Judge tosses Republican lawsuit that sought to declare Arizona’s elections manual invalid

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Republicans who sought to have Arizona’s election procedures manual declared invalid. The judge on Tuesday threw out the lawsuit filed by the Republican National …
Arts & Culture

Phoenix plans $25.2 million for public art over next 5 years

The city of Phoenix is spending more on public art than ever before, with $25.2 million in projects planned during the next five years, up nearly $5.3 million from last year’s five-year plan. …
Teen Violence

Three ‘Gilbert Goons’ enter plea deals in 2 separate assault cases

Three alleged “Gilbert Goons” have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in Maricopa and Pinal counties. None of the defendants are charged in the October murder of 16-year-old Preston Lord …
MUSIC GRANT

United Sound nonprofit in Mesa receives grant for special needs music program

United Sound, an Arizona nonprofit based in Mesa that provides music lessons to special needs students, recently received a $15,000 grant through Arizona Financial Credit Union’s Local Causes …
EDUCATION / ELECTIONS 2024

Chandler schools could have bond on November ballot

The Chandler Unified School District Governing Board seems poised to vote next month on whether or not to take a bond to voters this November. The district has mostly exhausted its bond funds …
Immigration

Border security legislation stalled temporarily in Arizona senate

PHOENIX — Border security legislation stalled Tuesday, at least temporarily, amid concerns by one senator about some of its provisions. Ken Bennett told Capitol Media Services some of what …

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The phenomenon of multigenerational living has emerged as a trend in contemporary residential dynamics, prompting a closer examination of its underlying motivations and implications. Below we tackle …
Most people enjoy the simple, friendly, neighborhood charm that comes with living in a small town. Part of the appeal is that small-town governments …
The meeting of May 7 hit a new low for providing information, scheduling topics and listening to Peoria residents.
Those who oversee the voluntary carbon markets say they have gotten the message loud and clear — to rid the landscape of greenwashing and help people understand what makes a good carbon offset …
A 300-word letter must quickly make a point, leaving no room for elaboration or counterpoints. The long list of political failures from Bidenomics to withholding congressionally approved support …

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Diamondbacks play the Reds after Newman's 4-hit game

The Arizona Diamondbacks play the Cincinnati Reds after Kevin Newman had four hits against the Reds on Monday.

Kevin Newman's two-run single in the 9th gives the Diamondbacks a 6-5 victory over the Reds

Kevin Newman’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a four-hit night and gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6-5 victory over the reeling Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Newman had …

Mercury eight-time All-Star Brittney Griner has a fractured toe in her left foot

Phoenix Mercury All-Star center Brittney Griner has a fractured toe in her left foot, which will cause her to miss an undisclosed amount of time. The team confirmed the injury on Monday and said she …

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The New York Rangers have gone from being on the verge of sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes to battling to close them out. The Hurricanes have won two straight games after falling behind 3-0 in the …
Adley Rutschman’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Baltimore a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, enabling the Orioles — yet again — to avoid a sweep. Baltimore split …
Bronny James’ famous father was on hand Wednesday to watch him play at the NBA draft combine. LeBron James showed up wearing a black hoodie and sat in the second row for Bronny’s second and final …

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Valley business

Stemistry Scottsdale celebrates third anniversary

Stemistry Scottsdale is celebrating it’s third anniversary June 1 with half off the cost of rose lattes, a free flower stem with purchase, live music and treats.

Stemistry Scottsdale is celebrating its third anniversary this June. Stemisty is a re-imagined and re-invented flower store and coffee lab that was founded by Dylan Capshaw when he was 15, according …

LON’s at The Hermosa Inn 'most romantic restaurant' on OpenTable

Hermosa Inn restaurant Lon’s is the driver of property.

LON’s at The Hermosa Inn has received two new accolades from OpenTable. For the fourth consecutive year, LON’s at the Hermosa has been named by OpenTable one of the Top 100 Brunch …

Build-to-rent bonanza: Communities continue to pop up Valley-wide

Sobremesa Villas has built-to-rent properties available now in Surprise and is in the later stages of construction, as seen in this late April photo (Independent Newsmedia/Richard Smith)

As demand for rental properties in the Valley remains acute, the build-to-rent category continues to boom in ways unique to metro Phoenix.

Trader Joe's coming to Chandler

Chandler's planning administrator, Kevin Mayo, points out during a social media video that helping the city land a Trader Joe's was one of his first assignments as a city intern 25 years ago. The city and Trader Joe's both recently confirmed a South Chandler shopping center will have a vacant space occupied within the next few years by the popular specialty grocer.

A Trader Joe’s market is going to be built in a shopping center on the northeast corner of Ocotillo Road and Arizona Avenue in South Chandler. Not many details, including an opening date, …

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Neighbors

Miss Arizona set for next chapter in life

Miss Arizona Tiffany Ticlo, who was previously Miss Scottsdale, graduated from ASU’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering with a degree in computer science and is starting a career as a solutions analyst with Deloitte. She will also be handing her crown over to the new Miss Arizona in June.

Miss Arizona 2023 Tiffany Ticlo (Formerly Miss Scottsdale) graduated suma cum Laude this month with a 3.9 GPA from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU with a degree in computer science …

Sun City West ladies help brighten Valley kids’ hospital rooms

JoAnn Shaw and the Phoenix chapter of Ryan's Case for Smiles, located in Corte Bella, has sewn and delivered 87,000 pillowcases since October 2014.

Ladies in Corte Bella put their hearts into an effort that they wish they didn’t need to do at all.

UMOM hosts Rock the Block to end homelessness at Phoenix Zoo on Saturday

UMOM New Day Centers is hosting its Rock the Block to End Homelessness event 6-9 a.m. Saturday at the Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway. (Courtesy UMOM)

PHOENIX — UMOM New Day Centers is thrilled to announce its 60th Anniversary Celebration with our Rock the Block event. As UMOM celebrates this significant anniversary, the group invites …

Larry Fitzgerald Jr.’s 14 Annual Fitz’s Supper Club success in Scottsdale

The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation held it’s 14th Annual Fitz’s Supper Club to raise money for breast cancer research and the Larry Fitzgerald Foundation Future Stars Coding Labs at Scottsdale’s Dominick’s Steakhouse April 29.

The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation commemorates another year of achievement at the 14th Annual Fitz’s Supper Club, in collaboration with Dominick’s Steakhouse. This year’s event was …

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Scottsdale Gallery Association presents June Days Gold Palette ArtWalk

The Scottsdale Gallery Association is holding it’s June Days Gold Palette ArtWalk on June 6 in correlation with the City of Scottsdale’s June Days summer spectacular.

On Thursday, June 6, the Scottsdale Gallery Association and participating member galleries present the June Days Gold Palette ArtWalk in conjunction with the city of Scottsdale’s June Days …

Kevin Hart adds 2nd Phoenix show to upcoming comedy tour

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Due to increased demand Kevin Hart has added a new show in Phoenix.

Nick Swardson to bring national tour to Phoenix

Nick Swardson poses at the premiere of

Comedian Nick Swardson will bring his new stand-up tour, Toilet Head, to Phoenix later this year.

Grupo Frontera will bring musica Mexican to Phoenix

Grupo Frontera will play downtown Phoenix on Aug. 3.

After just releasing their newest album “Jugando A Que No Pasa Nada,” last week Grupo Frontera also announced their anticipated tour, of the same name.

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Obituaries & Memorials

Charles Ray Shriver

Charles, 87, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Charles, known as “Charlie” to his loved ones, was a beloved …

Karen Faye Buffington

Karen, 69, of Phoenix, AZ passed away on April 8, 2024. Karen was born August 29, 1954, in Janesville WI. The family later moved to Tempe, AZ where Karen attended schools in the Tempe School …

Dr. Shakti Singh

Dr. Shakti Singh, a larger-than-life person, is impossible to summarize in a few words. She was a beautiful woman, loving mother, devoted wife, stellar gastroenterologist, and a woman of immense …

Patricia Ann Scalzi

Patricia Ann Ingala Scalzi, 83, passed away peacefully in the early hours of April 30, 2024, shortly after suffering a stroke. Patricia had moved to Colorado to be closer to family in late summer …

Thomas (Tom) Hiram Smith

Thomas (Tom) Hiram Smith - dedicated husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, godfather and friend - passed away in his sleep at home in Gold Canyon, Arizona on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Tom was …

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The US says Boeing violated a 2021 settlement. That doesn't mean the company will face charges

The Justice Department's determination that Boeing violated corporate probation for deceiving federal regulators does not necessarily mean federal prosecutors will revive criminal charges against the …

Investigation continues into 4 electrical blackouts on ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse

BALTIMORE (AP) — The electrical blackouts experienced by the container ship Dali before it left Baltimore’s port were “mechanically distinct from” those that resulted in the deadly collapse …

House signs off on FAA bill that addresses aircraft safety and and refund rights of passengers

Congress gave final approval Wednesday to a $105 billion bill designed to increase the number of air traffic controllers, add more safety inspectors at aircraft factories, and require airlines to …

Who gets to claim self-defense in shootings? Airman’s death sparks debate over race and gun rights

For the past decade, “Stand Your Ground” laws have been invoked time and time again by gun owners who claim self-defense after carrying out shootings. Critics have denounced them as “shoot …

When the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth

DALLAS (AP) — Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came …

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World

Reactions as Slovak prime minister Robert Fico is shot and wounded

The shooting Wednesday of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in the town of Handlova following a political event sent shockwaves across Europe three weeks before EU parliament elections are …

US cites 'misuse' of AI by China and others in closed-door bilateral talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — High-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns over “the misuse of AI” by China and others in closed-door talks with Chinese officials in Geneva, the White House said …

Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting?

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence …

'The Fly’ has become notorious in France after a brazen escape. What's his criminal history?

PARIS (AP) — A prisoner nicknamed “The Fly” has become notorious in France overnight after a daring and bloody escape from a prison convoy in Normandy that left two guards dead. Mohamed …

'Mad Max' has lived in George Miller's head for 45 years. He's not done dreaming yet

CANNES, France (AP) — Only recently has George Miller realized just how influential his medical education was to the world of “Mad Max.” Miller was briefly a doctor before finding …

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Entertainment
FILE - Paul Walter Hauser arrives at the ESPY awards on July 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Major League announced an A-list addition to its biggest event of the year Battle Riot VI. Hauser has declared for the 40-man Battle Riot match. Hauser is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor who is trying to make a serious run at a wrestling career. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

From acting to the squared circle, Emmy winner Hauser is ready to rumble for Major League Wrestling

Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser is set to take the next step in his professional wrestling career. Hauser has declared for the 40-man Battle Riot match on June 1 for the Major League Wrestling …
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Anya Taylor-Joy in a scene from "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." The film will world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

'Furiosa' speeds into the Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) — Start your engines. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolls into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller's dystopia-on-wheels to the Croisette promenade and …
This cover image released by Ecco shows "Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk" by Kathleen Hanna. (Ecco via AP)

In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story

Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of “girls to the front” inspired generations, may have a pretty …
FILE - Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the former armorer at the movie "Rust," listens to closing arguments in her trial at district court, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. The movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.” In court documents released Tuesday, May 14, 2024 a defense attorney for Gutierrez-Reed filed a notice of appeal of the March conviction by a jury. (Luis Sánchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool, File)

Movie armorer appeals conviction in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film …
FILE - Saxophonist David Sanborn performs on the Stravinski Hall stage at the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone/Martial Trezzini, File)

David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78

David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and enjoyed …

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