8 Native And Desert-Adapted Plants To Start In April In Arizona Landscapes
April in Arizona is the perfect time to bring new life to your garden. With warming soils, longer days, and frost largely behind us, plants planted now can get a strong start before the summer sun intensifies. Native and desert-adapted species have weeks to send roots deep, making it easier...
Valley Heat Cranks Up As Phoenix Charges Into Mid‑90s This Week
Phoenix is wasting no time jumping into early summer mode this Sunday, April 5, 2026. Sky Harbor is already reporting clear skies and dry air with morning temperatures in the mid 70s, a calm start that will quickly give way to a hot afternoon in the mid 90s. Overnight, it stays on the warm side, with lows only...
Warm week ahead for Phoenix, with cooler temps by next weekend
Monday will bring another breezy day along with increased cloud cover. Pete Mangione has the latest forecast.
Several people, including child, critically injured in crash in south Phoenix
PHOENIX — Several people, including a child, were seriously injured after a crash in south Phoenix on Saturday evening. The crash happened at the intersection of Southern and 23rd avenues just after 6:30 p.m. Two vehicles were involved. One person had to be extricated from one of the vehicles....
Suspect facing charges for allegedly murdering man at Mesa home
Mesa police said detectives arrested 32-year-old Shaquenton Orr in connection with 31-year-old M C Oden's death.
10 Arizona Grocery Stores Where The Meat Counter Is The Only Reason To Go
Arizona’s grocery stores offer more than standard shopping trips. Some have quietly built a reputation around one feature that keeps customers coming back again and again: outstanding meat counters. The stores themselves are approachable and welcoming, and balance efficiency and care. You can browse alongside...
Beloved Arizona chain opening new location in this metro Phoenix city
One of the fastest-growing local restaurant chains is continuing its takeover of metro Phoenix. Angie's Food Concepts opened its 13th Valley location, and 20th in Arizona, in Mesa in April. Angie's grew to local fame for its first concept, Angie's Lobster. Owners Tony and Roushan Christofellis then opened spinoffs...
Here are the shops and restaurants Peoria residents wish to see the most
PHOENIX — The city of Peoria released the results of its 2026 retail and restaurant survey this week. More than 2,100 Peoria residents responded to a survey that asked what retailers, restaurants and entertainment destinations they want to see come to their community. “This level of participation shows how...
Phoenix Cops Nab Suspect In 2023 Steele Indian School Park Slaying
Phoenix police say they have finally made an arrest in the 2023 killing of a young mother whose body was found inside her car at Steele Indian School Park, announcing the development on Thursday, April 2. It is the first public break in a case that has kept the victim’s family searching for answers for more than...
Teen dies after being hit by car near Chandler High School
A 17-year-old boy is dead after being hit by a car outside a high school in the East Valley on Thursday.

















