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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.

Mixed-use project Modera Gilbert gains approval

12/17/2022
Another mixed-use development at Higley and Ray roads with commercial and multifamily development won approval Dec. 13 from Gilbert Town Council.  Modera Gilbert will feature approximately …

Q&A: Hoffman, Smith vie for District 15 Arizona Senate …

9/13/2022
Republican Jake Hoffman, current District 12 Arizona state representative, will face off against Democrat Alan Smith for the District 15 state senate seat in November. Both Hoffman and Smith ran …

McCellan, Webster: Time to retire Andy Biggs

9/12/2022
We don’t share a whole lot politically. One of us is a long-time Republican who helped to elect Andy Biggs in the 2016 election. The other is a Democratic-leaning Independent who has …