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New apartments usher in residents in downtown Mesa

5/7/2024
Downtown Mesa is getting more housing, with an apartment complex local leaders say is a continuation of efforts to redevelopment the city’s central core. While residents have been moving …

Local aviation schools teach students to fly high amid …

5/7/2024
Jason Cascone has his eyes on the sky. The 21-year-old moved to Mesa from New York to complete his flight schooling. A student at Relentless Flight School in Mesa, Cascone is currently in a …

Phoenix Fantasy 5 ticket worth $695K

5/7/2024
A Bashas’ Food City in Phoenix sold a Fantasy 5 ticket for the May 6 drawing that is worth $695,000, Arizona Lottery officials said Tuesday. The ticket was sold at the store located at …

Arizona schools chief forms task force on dangers of …

5/7/2024
PHOENIX — State schools chief Tom Horne announced the formation of a task force Tuesday designed to warn teens of the dangers of fentanyl. But this one is designed to be different than the …

Pinal County Elections Department offices returning to …

5/7/2024
After many years in Coolidge, the Pinal County Elections Department is returning to Florence in June. The new 53,000-square-foot facility at 320 W. Adamsville Road will be shared by the county …

Surprise mayoral candidate investigated for removing …

5/7/2024
It turns out Aly Cline is battling more than one opponent in this year’s Surprise mayoral election.

DPS identifies Mesa man shot, killed by trooper on …

5/7/2024
A 44-year-old Mesa man has been identified as the person shot and killed by an Arizona trooper early Sunday along Loop 101 in Tempe, authorities said. Lemonte Anthony Knobelock died after …

Smyth: Civility over bedlam

5/7/2024
Another reader expresses her concern about the Independent’s civility checklist for opinions, arguing that it can constrain free speech. I respectfully disagree.  There are plenty of …

Six to vie for three open seats on Arizona Corporation …

5/7/2024
Candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission won’t have to worry about a primary election for the three seats up for grabs in November. Three Republicans and three Democrats are …

Glendale Republican legislator banned from Senate …

5/6/2024
PHOENIX — A state senator who complained about Democrats hosting a “drag story hour” has lost his privileges to use Senate broadcast facilities after he used them to do an interview …

10 apply for vacant seat on Florence council

5/6/2024
The Florence Town Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday to interview 10 applicants for the vacant council seat once held by Michelle Cordes. Cordes resigned from council March 28 to run …

L.A. actor will join live podcast taping at Sun City …

5/6/2024
Ghostlight Theatre is taking a one-night pause from its usual busy schedule of plays for a special presentation in June.