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Az Big Media will be profiling one of the Most Influential Women in Arizona for 2026 each day leading up to the celebratory dinner on August 20, 2025. Today, meet Laura Bianchi of Bianchi & Brandt. From a field of more than 2,200 women under consideration, the Most Influential Women...

With one symbolic gesture, Dr. Shane McCord's tenure as superintendent of Gilbert Public Schools officially came to an end. At the district's June 23 Governing Board meeting, McCord removed his own nameplate from the dais and replaced it with one bearing the name of his successor, Dr. Jared Ryan, marking the official t

This spring, as the Phoenix City Council debated whether to pass a controversial parks ordinance that would ban distributing food and providing medical care to homeless people in city parks, the city commissioned a survey to gauge public sentiment on the issue. But despite survey questions seemingly slanted to drum...

June was a tasty one for the Phoenix New Times food team. In our travels around the Valley, we stumbled on some stellar pizza, snacked on spicy wontons and marveled at a high-quality, low-cost lunch. As you’re out and about on your own travels across town, these spots are worth...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix homeowner says he was hit with a nearly $3,000 water bill after a city-owned transmitter failed to report his water usage for seven months and he believes the city should be held responsible. Cameron Green said he opened his water bill last month to...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — Two people are recovering in the hospital after a shooting in Mesa early Tuesday morning. The shooting was reported in a neighborhood near Ray and Ellsworth roads around 4:30 a.m. Police say two people were shot and rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, but are expected to survive.

A suspect is in custody after a man was stabbed near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Officers responded to a call about a stabbing in the area of 24th and Jefferson streets, just north of the airport, about 3:25 a.m., according to the Phoenix Police Department.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police have identified the man who was found on fire near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport late last month. Phoenix police shared that the victim was identified as Calvin Burns, 71. Just after midnight on June 26, officers received reports of a body on fire near a...

A Walmart Supercenter is set to anchor a massive new retail and auto complex near the State Route 24 interchange in southeast Mesa, with the store expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2026. The master plan pairs a roughly 100-acre auto mall with a 65-acre retail power center just off Signal Butte Road. Developers

Fireworks spark Northeast Valley house fire, leaving six homeless and family cat dead.