CASA GRANDE — State Rep. Teresa Martinez, R-Casa Grande, will visit the City Council on Monday.
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CASA GRANDE — State Rep. Teresa Martinez, R-Casa Grande, will visit the City Council on Monday.
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SACATON — The Pinal County Fair isn’t the only festival in the area this weekend, as the Gila River Indian Community’s Mul-Chu-Tha Fair & Rodeo returned to Sacaton on Friday following a two-year hiatus.
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WASHINGTON — With just three weeks until convicted murderer Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be put to death, a court battle continues to rage over whether the state will be ready to execute him by lethal injection on April 6.
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MARICOPA — Patrick Melvin has told PinalCentral he will be running for Pinal County sheriff in the 2024 Democratic primary.
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CASA GRANDE — A 36-year-old man is dead after a deputy shot him north of Casa Grande during a stop in which authorities said the man pulled out a gun.
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MARICOPA — The Maricopa Community Foundation Scholarship program allows local high school seniors to receive scholarships based on various criteria to help further their post-secondary education.
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COOLIDGE — The game between the Coolidge Bears and the Santa Cruz Valley Dust Devils was a testament to how quickly momentum can shift in a baseball game.
FLORENCE — After building the program over the last few years, the Florence High School softball team is enjoying hitting the field with some seasoned players for a change.
CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Union boys tennis team had a fairly successful season last year, with three qualifiers for the state tournament the team is hoping to continue its solid run.
CASA GRANDE — According to Casa Grande Union girls tennis head coach Denise Echeverria, the team is always rebuilding and looking for future stars that can compete for a championship.
CASA GRANDE — Poston Butte and Vista Grande have developed a great little rivalry within Pinal County, having produced a couple nail-biting thrillers that have come down to the wire.
SIGNAL PEAK – The fourth-ranked Central Arizona College baseball team disposed of Chandler-Gilbert in rapid fashion on Friday at McSwain Field.
PHOENIX — When biologists began their annual count of the Mexican wolf population in November, they hoped to find at least one more wolf than the previous year. They soon realized that the numbers far exceeded their expectations.
FLAGSTAFF — Arizona Snowbowl has three terrain parks for freestyle snowboarding where riders can grind down rails, flow through halfpipes and fly through the air with various-sized jumps.
PHOENIX (AP) — Only a handful of complaints out of hundreds of calls to a new state hotline for reporting race-based lessons have warranted investigation, Arizona’s top education official said Friday.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — When Shaina Pellington left the game with four fouls early in the third quarter, Arizona didn’t miss a beat.
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected sign an executive order banning discrimination based on hair.
PHOENIX — Residents and tourists in northern Arizona tried to return to business as usual after evacuation orders triggered by rain and flooding were lifted Thursday morning.
PHOENIX — As the newly formed LIV Golf takes its tour to Tucson this weekend, many former Sun Devils will return to the desert for the first time since they switched to the controversial league.
Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense. The shortest team in the tourney, the Knights showed no fear in swarming 7-foot-4 All-America center Zach Edey from the start. FDU’s players were quicker and more composed than the Big Ten champion Boilermakers. Five years ago, UMBC showed the way for the little guys by overwhelming Virginia in the first 16-over-1 victory after numerous close calls over the years. Still, No. 16s had a 1-150 record against No. 1s and were 1-151 overall before FDU’s shocker.
PHOENIX — Team USA was on the ropes earlier this week after Mexico delivered it an upset blow in Pool C of the World Baseball Classic. Uncertainty swirled around the Americans’ chances of adva…
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QUEEN CREEK — A teenage music producer has released a new project on Spotify in which he collaborated with a major recording artist.
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SIGNAL PEAK — Those who miss the glam metal bands of the 1980s are in for a treat when the community cast of “Rock of Ages” take the stage in the Pence Center at 7 p.m. March 31 and 2 and 7 p.m. April 1.
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MARICOPA — Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers will be opening its “Neighborhood Burger Joint” in Maricopa on Thursday.
ATLANTA — Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists decided Friday against making rule changes that had been pushed by Republicans amid conspiracies targeting the group, prompting more GOP-leaning states to leave.
NEW YORK — Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” "Fringe” and the "John Wick” franchise, has died. He was 60.
Oh, Danny boy, 'tis the time of year when Irish bagpipes are calling in the concrete glens of New York City, across the swooning boughs of Savannah, Georgia, and in the halls of the White House as the U.S. celebrates St. Patrick's Day with parades, pub crawls and a state visit.
SANTA FE, N.M. — A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence and missing persons cases in Indian Country is demanding more transparency from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, saying there should be greater accountability in the system for vetting state-appointed…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it easier to bar them from working in the industry.
MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd pleaded guilty Friday to two tax evasion counts, admitting that he didn't file Minnesota income taxes for two years due to “financial concerns.”
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PHOENIX — Over the objections of Democrats, all 16 Republican state senators approved two measures Thursday that proponents say are designed to outlaw “drag shows’’ that can be seen by children — even as neither measure actually uses those words.
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PHOENIX — It’s being billed as a method to get more rapid election results.
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NEW YORK — Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the possibility that former President Donald Trump could be indicted in the coming weeks and appear in a Manhattan courtroom in an investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encount…
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ATLANTA — Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists decided Friday against making rule changes that had been pushed by Republicans amid conspiracies targeting the group, prompting more GOP-leaning states to leave.
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SANTA FE, N.M. — A coalition of advocates dedicated to stemming the tide of violence and missing persons cases in Indian Country is demanding more transparency from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, saying there should be greater accountability in the system for vetting state-appointed…
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PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected sign an executive order banning discrimination based on hair.
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BEIJING (AP) — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA commingled with the virus, adding evidence to th…
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THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility …
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MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico confirmed Friday that six women who went missing on March 7 were killed and their bodies burned by a gang of armed men.
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PARIS (AP) — Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down French President Emmanuel Macron's government…
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MEXICO CITY — Three police officers and one suspect were killed and seven suspected drug cartel members were arrested Friday following a dramatic running gun battle on the eastern edge of Mexi…
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VATICAN CITY — A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free…
VATICAN CITY — A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali.
CASA GRANDE — CrossRoads Church of Casa Grande will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:45 a.m., prior to the 11 a.m. service, on Sunday, March 19, at its new location, 2024 E. Florence Blvd.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to allow regulators to impose tougher penalties on the executives of failed banks, including clawing back compensation and making it easier to bar them from working in the industry.
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The parent company of Silicon Valley Bank filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, a week after the tech-focused bank failed in a sudden collapse that set off fears of wider problems in the global banking system.
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WASHINGTON — The government’s response to the failure of two large banks has already involved hundreds of billions of dollars. So will ordinary Americans end up paying for it, one way or another? And what will the price tag be?
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WASHINGTON — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Rescue operations at a coal mine in central Colombia that collapsed earlier this week ended Thursday and officials said the accident had left 21 workers dead.
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ANACORTES, Wash. — Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound.
With its five fun-filled days of spinning and twirling rides for thrill-seekers, an array of sweet and savory carnival foods, games, exhibits, entertainment and livestock competition, the Pina…
MARICOPA — The first year Copa Glow was hosted by the city of Maricopa, it soared beyond expectations. Three years later, the event's popularity has continued to climb, and with it so has the …
In the town of Florence, history is on display every day. And at least once a year, during the historic home tour, the public is invited to see how people live amongst that history each day.
Ask any of the past or present Dancing for Our Stars participants and they will tell you that the first word that comes to mind when they think about the experience is "fun."
There's so much that Casa Grande has to offer, but it may not always be easy to determine just how much. Which is something the Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce is keenly aware of.
A longstanding tradition of the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce is to gift small cotton bales to visiting guest speakers as a way of signifying that since the city’s founding in 1925, Coolidge ha…
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There's a common cliché saying that knowledge is power.
CASA GRANDE — Few things are quite as fascinating as visiting artists in the space where they do most of their work. An artist's studio can tell visitors a lot about the artist, and even the a…
It's 2002 and multigenerational farmer Waylon Wuertz is set to graduate from the University of Arizona in agriculture tech management.
Artists have been capturing beautiful vistas, meadows, ocean-side views, cityscapes and even desert landscapes for centuries.
Our latest Pinal in Pictures celebrates fall events! From Halloween events like the Florence Fright Fest to Eloy's magical Glow Festival, we hope you enjoy the latest collection of photos subm…
For two days every January, hundreds of vendors, exhibitors, mobile eateries, artists and others line the streets of historic downtown Casa Grande for the annual street fair and car show.
Though the winter months bring chillier temperatures to Pinal County, we are lucky enough to live in a climate that rarely gets snow and rarely see days where temperatures drop well below free…
In most places, City Hall is at the heart of what is historically known as “downtown.” In Maricopa, City Hall is located in the middle of what the city will be in the future.
Even though it's a young city, Maricopa has many stories to tell.
Nadine Edwards's family has been a part of Maricopa for generations.
Drive around Arizona long enough and you’ll inevitably come across a community that just exists to sell cheap houses. There’s nothing wrong with a cheap house, of course, but drive around a bi…
Grace Gomez has been living in the same home for just under four decades. In that time, she's seen a lot around Maricopa change.
On Oct. 15, 2003, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors met to do something that hadn't been done in 25 years.
Maricopa may be a young city, but it's made a name for itself as an epicenter for development in Pinal County in the last two decades.
It's hard to picture Maricopa without also thinking of State Route 347, the state highway that serves as the primary entrance into the city.
Headquarters Restaurant has been a part of the Maricopa community for nearly 70 years. And since opening, the restaurant's reputation for good food, service and as a meeting place for the comm…
In the past few years, Maricopa has made somewhat of a name for itself with events like Merry Copa and Copa Glow, which bring plenty of fun and entertainment to area residents and visitors alike.
Mayor Nancy Smith has "thoroughly enjoyed" her time as mayor thus far.
Crystal Dennis loves fabric.
As motorists zip along the streets and roads of Maricopa, they might not realize they are traversing on a piece of history.
- Sheriff Lamb pleased with safety level at Country Thunder
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- Valley couple experience Country Thunder before getting hitched
- Redemption: Swing dancing pair take first place at Country Thunder competition
- Fan collects 25 years' worth of artist signatures and lifelong memories at Country Thunder