Gilbert AZ

Here we are at the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st century. While many are wondering what this new year holds, that got me wondering what Mesa’s year was like a century ago. Obviously, Mesa is distinctly different in 2026. Compared to our population of about 520,000...

Seventeen-year-old Marvin Aneer Jalo appeared in a Maricopa County courtroom on charges related to a planned attack on last year’s Phoenix Pride Festival, according to authorities. The hearing was brief and procedural, with no new plea entered, no evidence presented, and no significant developments reported....

An apartment complex in Mesa, Arizona, was engulfed by flames early Saturday, Jan. 24

A Mesa cop who lost his job after he was accused of lying about a parking mistake will keep his certification. The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board last week unanimously rejected staff’s recommendation to revoke Joel Hight’s police license for dishonesty and instead impose a two-year retroactive...

Scottsdale seems to be rolling from one mystery-shrouded scandal to the next. “Forget about ‘Parkingate,’ ” one City Hall insider snarkily commented. “This is ‘Whitmergate.’”. Or, as an onlooker at Mayor Lisa Borowsky’s Jan. 21 press conference on the cryptic suspension of her chief...

Emotions were high as Tempe Mayor Corey Woods honored his assistant and Tempe City Manager Rosa Inchausti honored the city engineer leaving and retiring from their roles. Mayor Woods teared up

A chaotic Friday afternoon street fight in downtown Phoenix left a man with life-threatening injuries and another person detained, according to police. Officers were called to the area of 12th Avenue and Madison Street at about 3:56 p.m., where they found the critically injured man and took him to the hospital....

Glen Guyett’s signs were works of art planted in plain sight along the streets of Phoenix. The prolific artist and designer, who died on Jan. 5, created signs not only functional but fun to look at. They shimmered, curved and flashed their way into the everyday lives of Valley residents for decades.

PHOENIX — Federal authorities are assisting in the search for a Phoenix woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint earlier this week in Mexico, an incident captured on video that has since gone viral online. The video, reportedly taken from the 20-year-old victim’s Cybertruck, appears to show Nicole Pardo Molina...

I’ve long believed that the soul of a culture often hides in its simplest foods. For me, that soul wears a corn husk and goes by “tamale.”. At The Tamale Store in Phoenix, Arizona, that soul is thriving. This is a kitchen born from Sunday family gatherings and from the belief that food should taste like home.