Mesa AZ

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Arizona is one of the most permissive states in the country when it comes to keeping bees — but that does not mean anything goes. While state-level beekeeping regulations are minimal, local ordinances, zoning codes, and a handful of statutory re

PHOENIX — Phoenix firefighters stopped a burning RV from spreading to a nearby home Sunday afternoon in Phoenix. According to the Phoenix Fire Department, crews were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. to the area of 59th Avenue and Indian School Road after reports of a house fire. When firefighters arrived,...

"Every single house in this Valley is too big to fail."

MESA, Ariz. — A man was injured after a crash in Phoenix, police said. According to Mesa police, this incident began with a failure to yield. During the incident, a motorcycle rider reportedly fled from officers. Police said officers decided not to pursue the rider. The suspect then later...

A private consultant’s five-year economic development strategy plan for Queen Creek is based on one premise: The town does not need reinvention. It needs alignment. The report from Austin, Texas-based CivSol presents five goals and actions to achieve them. CivSol co-founders Laura Huffman and Steven Pedigo lavishly praised the...

When it comes to patient safety, Dignity Health-Arizona General Hospital in Mesa earned an “A,” according to a nonprofit watchdog. Mesa’s other three hospitals – Banner Desert Medical Center, Banner Baywood Medical Center and HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center – got a“C.”. Both Banner...

The proposed 2026-27 fiscal year budget that the Chandler City Council is poised to adopt this month raises some intriguing contrasts. Staff projects that at current spending rates and revenue levels, expenses will overtake revenue in about four years. This year’s budget is $1.87 billion, nearly 15% higher than a year ago.

“We can all overcome the challenges that life puts in front of us, and not only overcome them, but become better because of them,” said graduate Heather Porter

As January was ending, two teenagers living on the outskirts of idyllic Pismo Beach – recently named “best small coastal town in America” by USA Today – took a long, overnight drive to Scottsdale. Three and a half months later, Skylar LaPaille and Jackson Sullivan are...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Six people were hurt, one critically, in a wrong-way crash on Loop 101 in Scottsdale late Saturday night. Just after 11 p.m., troopers responded to a three-vehicle crash on Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) near Chaparral Road, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Troopers...