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Water-absorbing bricks will help cool Tempe's Smith …

9/19/2023
The Tempe Engineering and Transportation Department has plans for installing new sidewalk bricks at the Smith Innovation Hub that would contribute to surface cooling. 

Practice to verify signatures on early Arizona ballots …

9/7/2023
PHOENIX — A practice used by some, if not all, Arizona counties to verify signatures on early ballots may be illegal.

Maricopa County Republican Committee wants in-person …

8/29/2023
PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Republican Committee wants the state GOP to cancel Arizona’s normal presidential preference election and instead hold its own vote — one that would not include any mail-in balloting and would require anyone who wants to vote to show up and vote in-person on Election Day.

2023 Preps football preview: Centennial

8/24/2023
While 2022 was very successful  bounce back season for Centennial football, the program's standards are such that 8-3 and a first round Open Division loss is not considered all the way back. …

Former Gov. Ducey criticizes prosecutors for bringing …

8/15/2023
PHOENIX — Arizona’s last Republican governor criticized prosecutors for bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.

Q&A: Smith brings passion for learning, support to ISA …

7/27/2023
Jason Smith, director of the International School of Arizona - a dual language immersion pre-K to 8th grade school in Scottsdale specializing in French and Spanish - didn’t start out to be an …

AC problems cause Greenfield Junior High to cancel …

7/25/2023
Greenfield Junior High School got through the first day of school Tuesday, but the second day is on hold. Gilbert Public Schools has canceled school for Wednesday, July 26, at the school because …

Hand counting ballots a 'recipe for chaos' attorney …

7/18/2023
PHOENIX — Allowing Arizona counties to decide to do hand-counts of most or even all early ballots cast in would a “recipe for chaos” in elections, an attorney told an Arizona Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday.

2023 All-West Valley Preps baseball team

6/12/2023
For the 10th year, West Valley Preps has announced honors for the best baseball players it covers in the northwest Valley.

Former UArizona swimming star, Horne back transgender …

5/24/2023
PHOENIX — A former University of Arizona swimming star said Wednesday anyone born male should not be able to compete in girls’ sports, no matter what the age.

Phoenix-area sees sharp jump in heat-related deaths

5/17/2023
Last summer was the deadliest on record for heat-associated fatalities in Maricopa County amid a growing wave of homelessness. Public health data released by the county found 425 heat-related deaths so far in their investigation for 2022.

Dysart district celebrates its students

5/5/2023
Four Dysart Unified School District seniors earned prestigious and significant scholarships for the upcoming academic year.

Technical Solutions leadership receives Sun Devil 100 …

5/3/2023
Susan Bitter Smith (president) and Prescott Smith (vice president) of the Scottsdale-based public affairs firm, Technical Solutions, were named to their 6th straight Sun Devil 100 Class on April 27th …

Mountain Ridge baseball armed for playoff gauntlet

4/29/2023
Later today, Mountain Ridge baseball  starts play in the loaded top half of the 6A playoff bracket. The #4 Mountain Lions host #13 Phoenix Alhambra at 11 a.m., kicking off a double-elimination tournament where one team has to survive

Phone scam possibly uses AI to terrify Scottsdale …

4/24/2023
April 15 was a lazy Saturday morning when Scottsdale residents Andrea and Scott Smith got a phone call around 9:30 a.m. that no parent wants to get. Their 19-year-old daughter Summer was on the …

Scottsdale features NFL’s first Black female coach …

3/22/2023
Collette V. Smith, the first Black female coach in the National Football League, shares her journey, life lessons and challenges faced as a woman on and off the field to be a role model for girls and …

FBI investigates rehab scams targeting Indigenous …

3/22/2023
PHOENIX – The FBI is investigating scams by fake rehab groups that target the Indigenous community, offering substance-abuse recovery or mental-health services at pop-up facilities to rake in government money, FBI officials say.

Banner Gateway opens its expansion in Gilbert

3/21/2023
Banner Gateway Medical Center threw open the doors to its new, five-story patient tower and additional areas Tuesday, March 21, doubling the size of the hospital.   The $243-million …

Arizona Republican legislators announce formal …

3/18/2023
PHOENIX – The Arizona Freedom Caucus wants to preemptively prohibit any use of ranked choice voting to decide city, state, county or federal elections, Republican lawmakers in the caucus said Wednesday morning at a news conference in the state Senate building.

NFL and Hispanic Foundation to honor Gilbert …

1/31/2023
The National Football League and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation will honor, for the second year in a row, ten high school student-athletes as part of the NFL’s Super Bowl LVII week celebration at the Play Football Field inside the Super Bowl Experience at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday, February 7th.

Arriving for the big game: Valley airports prep for …

1/16/2023
Local airports are gearing up for the influx of visitors expected during Super Bowl weekend. That doesn’t just mean Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which will see tens of thousands of people flying in and out. Local airports that can handle private jets also will be seeing a jump in traffic.

Head of International School of Arizona chosen for …

1/5/2023
International School of Arizona’s Head of School Jason Smith was selected to be 1 of 20 school heads from across the world to participate in a fellowship program hosted by Columbia University.

Maricopa County says 1,000 homeless died during 2022

12/29/2022
Dec. 21 marked the national Homeless Person’s Memorial Day, and also marked over 1,000 deaths this year alone for the homeless in Maricopa County. That number means more than double the number of people experiencing homelessness have died 2022 compared with 2021, according to a statement form the Central Arizona Shelter Services. Last December, CASS reported approximately 500 individuals had died on the streets.

Scottsdale business owner releases book on life in …

12/19/2022
Rick Smith, one of the owners of Scottsdale-based Happy Trails House Cleaning, has recently published a book on his experience moving to Arizona later in life and how the cleaning service came to be.