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Wintersteen: Why celebrate MLK Jr. Day now?

1/8/2021
For 23 years, the Town of Paradise Valley has had a tradition of honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an in-person celebration and luncheon, and this year, while dramatically different in some …

MLK celebration in Glendale will ‘march’ on

1/5/2021
When Charles St. Clair arrived in Arizona in 1990, to begin a faculty position with the School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies at ASU West in Glendale, the local culture was shifting.

Mesa remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with virtual …

1/4/2021
While Mesa is not hosting an in-person parade and festival due to the pandemic, the city will honor and celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a virtual parade. The event is on …

Lost Dutchman Days won’t be held in February 2021 …

12/16/2020
Superstition Mountain Promotional Corp., the Apache Junction Mounted Rangers and the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce have canceled the 2021 Lost Dutchman Days event due to increasing health and …

Adult day programs struggle with coronavirus concerns

12/5/2020
Adult day programs are one of those industries that continue to worry about maintaining a healthy environment in the wake of the coronavirus pandemeic.

2 Arizona women-owned businesses blaze own trails of …

11/20/2020
Nov. 19 marks Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and two Phoenix-area businesses run by women have found hope despite the fear of suffering financial impacts of COVID-19. Before the pandemic hit, …

Families remain committed to children in foster care

11/16/2020
Fears about the spread of COVID-19 caused families around the world to shut their doors to strangers, literally and figuratively. But dozens of foster families and adoptive families with Aid to …

Akers: What Veterans Day means to me

11/9/2020
Let me start out by saying that even in the veterans community there seems to be some confusion as to what makes someone a veteran. Some say you have to have completed a contract of service. Most …

Kimes: Some notes on celebrating Labor Day

9/3/2020
Since its earliest days, the labor movement has sought to improve the quality of work life, create workplace democracy and participate in employer-employee decision-making. The many benefits and …

Honor first-responders at in-person, virtual events in …

8/31/2020
This year marks the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The date is now …

Walgreens takes 'Red Nose Day' digital, championing …

5/19/2020
Red Nose Day is back for the sixth year at Walgreens, with 240 locations across Arizona. While the mission to raise money to end child poverty remains more important now than ever, the "Red Nose" …

Arizonans open their hearts, give $6.1M to 913 …

4/20/2020
In a show of generosity and selflessness at a time of unthinkable challenges, nearly 39,000 Arizonans donated a record-shattering $6,095,007 to 913 nonprofit organizations participating in the …