Mesa AZ

Mesa Public Schools to Cut 50 Positions Amid Enrollment Decline. In response to ongoing challenges with decreasing student enrollment, Mesa Public Schools announced plans to cut 50 positions by May. The job reductions will impact roles such as behavioral specialists and instructional coaches. The school district has...

A drug bust in the state of Arizona took a dangerous turn when one of the suspects allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers. Border Report noted that the shooting occurred in the parking lot of a discount store in west Phoenix, where a Drug Enforcement Administration informant was waiting to receive a...

When I first rolled into Arizona with a craving for something more than a plain old taco, I discovered that the state’s real culinary treasure isn’t tucked away in a desert‑side food truck. It’s waiting on the counters of humble delis, folded between slices of freshly baked bread.

What was supposed to be a routine neighborhood walk turned into a nightmare for Phoenix resident Matt Boiseau, who says he watched a pit bull attack and kill his 5-year-old dog, Charlie, right on the sidewalk. Still reeling from the loss, Boiseau is demanding answers and accountability, saying the attack never should...

PHOENIX – Two Mesa residents were each sentenced to at least a year in prison for defrauding Arizona’s Medicaid agency out of over $3 million, authorities announced Friday. Eric Riley, 39, and Britney Gooch, 38, previously pleaded guilty to health care fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

A video recorded by onlookers one night in January shows liquid spewing out the passenger window of a moving pickup truck onto a crowd of people gathered in front of a Zipps Sports Grill — one of a handful of the restaurant chain’s locations raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents...

What is the construction? The Arizona Department of Transportation is set to begin a pavement rehabilitation project along a 9.5-mile stretch of State Route 51 in March. ADOT said the purpose of the project is to extend the life of the pavement and improve the driving experience and safety on the roadway. The project...

PHOENIX — Construction has begun on 353 multifamily apartment units located within Medina Station, a 60-acre master-planned community in Mesa. The units will be located near Signal Butte Road and Southern Avenue. They will be situated alongside what will eventually be 300,000 square feet of retail space, including a...

PHOENIX — Phoenix set a daily heat record for the second day in row on Sunday. The mercury at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service uses for its official readings, hit 90 degrees at 1:27 p.m. to surpass the previous March 1 record of 89 degrees in 2016. It later reached 93...

A 15-year-old Mesa teen is under arrest after allegedly planning a racially motivated attack on a school and a mosque, according to the Mesa Police Department. On February 18, the FBI told Mesa police that the adolescent was making racially motivated internet threats to “potentially carry out a mass casualty...