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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Phoenix, Ariz. – A warmer-than-normal start to March is expected across Arizona, with mild desert air favoring rain in lower elevations and periods of snow confined mainly to higher terrain from Sunday,...

A House bill imposing a four-year pause on municipal and county increases of fees, taxes and utility rates beyond their current levies is being touted as a boon for taxpayers and disastrous by local governments. Mesa Rep. Justin Olson’s HB 4030 also would block new tax classifications and tax-base expansion...

Carcara, located inside the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Phoenix, offers a range of snacks and drinks for less than $15! Ian Schwartz highlights some favorites.

Mesa Public Schools is handing out pink slips again due to its shrinking student enrollment. The Governing Board is expected this week to approve a list of names after giving staff the go-ahead Feb. 12 to begin the process of selecting the employees. Board member Sharon Benson cast the dissenting vote.

PHOENIX — A man is dead and a police officer was taken to a hospital Monday night after a gun was discharged during a scuffle in south Phoenix. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. The scene played out near Broadway...

At Jewish funerals, the final act is often the simplest: The casket is lowered into the earth, mourners take turns with a shovel, and the grave slowly fills. It is a moment many rabbis describe as the essence of burial — the point at which ritual, grief and physical reality meet. At a cemetery in...

Kara Braxton, a former WNBA All-Star who played 10 years in the league, including two with the Phoenix Mercury, died in a car accident in Cobb County, Georgia, on Feb. 21, USA Today Sports confirmed. Cobb County Police confirmed in a statement that Braxton died in a single-car crash outside of Atlanta around 5:13...

Picture this: you walk into a thrift store expecting the usual chaos of tangled hangers and mystery smells, but instead you find clean, color-coded racks, fitting rooms, and price tags that make you do a double take. That is exactly what this place delivers every single visit. Shoppers are routinely...

Have you ever wondered why there's a chain link fence next to the entrance of the Phoenix tunnel on I-10? Here's what it was SUPPOSED to be, and what happened next.

An Arizona Circle K manager is being sued by his company after allegedly purchasing a lottery ticket that he already knew would win $12.8 million Google An Arizona convenience store manager is facing a lawsuit for allegedly purchasing a $12.8 million lottery ticket after confirming it was a winner. Robert Gawlitza,...