At least 15 displaced after apartment fire in Mesa
It happened near University Drive and Gilbert Road Tuesday morning. An infant was hospitalized as a precaution. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
Suspect Captured in Connection with Fatal New Year’s Day Shooting of Central Heights Juvenile
The Gila County Sheriff’s Office has announced a major breakthrough in the investigation into the tragic New Year’s Day shooting that claimed the life of 15-year-old Julian Quintana. Following a multi-month search involving local, state, and federal partners, authorities confirmed the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect...
Aerospace Firm Triples US Repair Capacity with New Mesa Engine Overhaul Facility
Essential Turbines, a Rolls-Royce Authorized Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Center, announced the opening of its new Mesa, Arizona facility—a purpose-built MRO location that triples the company’s U.S. capacity for M250 and RR300 turboshaft engines. The modern facility replaces ETI’s temporary Phoenix-area location and...
Mesa gets big grant for gunshot detection system
In the predawn hours of a Sunday night, 11 gun shots rang out in a Glendale neighborhood. The muzzle blasts triggered strategically mounted acoustic sensors or microphones that pinpointed the location and in under 60 seconds dispatched officers to a house. “As our officers arrived, they observed through the front...
Game of ‘tag’ leads to ASU student’s arrest on suspected voyeurism
An Arizona State University student said he was playing an ongoing game of tag when he followed a woman, whom he believed to be his friend, into a Hayden Library bathroom to record her, according to court records. ASU police arrested 19-year-old Logan Lee France on suspicion of surreptitious photographing at the...
Roundabout reversal at Scottsdale intersection costs city, taxpayers millions
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A Scottsdale City Council vote to abandon a federally funded roundabout project at Scottsdale Road and Dynamite Boulevard has cost the city millions of dollars. According to city officials, the project cost $31 million in federal grant money and pushed the intersection safety project over...
Firefighters battle massive apartment fire in west Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A huge apartment fire broke out in west Phoenix overnight as firefighters are still working to fully extinguish the blaze. Details are still limited. Fire crews responded to the reported apartment fire around 3 a.m. Wednesday near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road. When they arrived,...
These Mexican Restaurants In Arizona Always Stay Crowded (Yes, Even On Weeknights)
I’ve spent enough evenings eating my way through Arizona to know some Mexican restaurants never really have an off night. Even on an ordinary Tuesday, I keep finding dining rooms full of regulars, tables covered in chips and salsa, and that unmistakable smell of grilled meat and warm tortillas pulling me straight...
When to see a rare ‘cougar shadow’ on the Superstition Mountains
APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — It's that time of year again for a unique phenomenon in the Superstition Mountains: the iconic cougar shadow. Twice a year, around the spring and fall equinox, a shadow is cast on the mountains that looks just like a prowling cougar. You have the best...
Mesa Megahub No More: EdgeCore Shrinks Giant Data Center Dream
EdgeCore, the Denver-based data center developer that once teased one of the Valley's biggest hyperscale campuses, is quietly hitting the brakes in Mesa. The company has sliced roughly 800,000 square feet from its plans and reworked the site into a two-building campus, a notable downshift from the supersized vision...
