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Saint Peter's Episcopal Church and Montessori School. The church is in negotiations with the city to construct a shared parking lot between the church and the adjacent Staggs Park.
Litchfield Park and St. Peter's negotiate shared parking lot at Staggs Park
The city of Litchfield Park and the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona are in negotiations to create a shared parking lot between Staggs Park and Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church near Old Litchfield … more
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Sixth-grade science teacher Matthew Hinds works with a student at Belen Soto Elementary School in Goodyear recently
Litchfield Elementary School District finalizes 2021-22 COVID readiness plan
Board members of the Litchfield Elementary School District finalized their COVID-19 readiness plan Tuesday amid conflicting guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the Arizona Legislature, … more
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Litchfield Park City Council meetings have been held virtually since March 2020 even as COVID precautions in the city have eased. Members are now expected to return in September.
Litchfield Park City Council to resume in-person meetings in September
Litchfield Park City Councilmembers are expected to resume in-person meetings in September after going virtual in March 2020. City Manager Matthew Williams recommended meetings resume in-person … more
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Litchfield Park is moving ahead with the second phase of development for the long-awaited City Center development project--a five-phase undertaking expected to cost around $52 million.
'Moving of dirt' begins at site of Litchfield Park's $52M City Center project
                Madeline Ackley can be reached at mackley@iniusa.org. more
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ADHS reports 45 new weekly COVID cases in Litchfield Park
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 45 new cases in Litchfield Park, 85340 ZIP code in the week ending in July 23, bringing the total number of cases to 4,146 compared to 4,104 last … more
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The city of Litchfield Park now recognizes New Year's Eve and Juneteenth as official holidays, bringing the total to 13 city holidays. The move is expected to cost $25,000 annually.
Litchfield Park officially recognizes two new holidays
Litchfield Park City Council approved an agenda item Wednesday to make New Year’s Eve and Juneteenth official city holidays. Prior to the adoption, Litchfield Park recognized 11 city … more
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Agua Fria Union High School District, based in Avondale, covers 96 square miles and serves more than 8,300 Southwest Valley students.
Agua Fria school district announces new COVID guidelines
The Agua Fria Union High School District has released its COVID-19 guidelines ahead of reopening for the fall semester in early August, showing a loosening of restrictions in line with other Arizona … more
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Lightning streaks across the night sky as a monsoon storm sweeps through the Phoenix metro area in this Aug. 10, 2016 file photo. As the wet summer season kicks into full force across the state this week, transportation officials are warning motorists to prepare before traveling.
Arizona monsoon season brings rain, dust — and dangers
Finally, a little relief arrived this week with the start of monsoon season, bringing with it rising humidity and thunderstorms across much of the state. While the moisture could improve air … more
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Litchfield Park is moving ahead with the second phase of development for the long-awaited City Center development project--a five-phase undertaking expected to cost around $26 million.
Litchfield Park adopts $45M budget
The city of Litchfield Park adopted its Fiscal Year 2022 budget on July 7 without much fanfare or discussion. more
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Valley Metro plans, builds, operates and maintains a regional multi-modal transportation system, including buses (above) and light rail.
Valley Metro releases new app with real-time tracking
Ever wonder when your bus is arriving? Or, when the next train will pull into the station? Ponder no more. Valley Metro officials report as through partnership with the city of Phoenix and Vix … more
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ADHS reports 22 new weekly coronavirus cases in Litchfield Park
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 22 new coronavirus cases in the Litchfield Park 85340 ZIP code over the week ending Friday, July 2, three fewer  than the 25 new weekly cases reported last Friday. more
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This trailer has been fully outfitted as a barbershop; all Trevor's Vision and The Dreaded Barber Darryl Brandt need is a truck to haul it.
Litchfield Park barber, nonprofit seek help to provide haircuts to Valley homeless
Litchfield Park-based mobile barber Darryl Brandt has partnered with nonprofit Trevor’s Vision to provide haircuts to the homeless and less fortunate throughout the Valley, but they need help. more
American Leadership Academy students turn the Earth during a groundbreaking ceremony for the charter’s first West Valley school April 23. ALA West Foothills was planned to open this summer, but permitting delays caused the K-12 school on Olive Avenue and Citrus Road, just west of the 303, to wait a year.
ALA delays Waddell campus a year
The planned American Leadership Academy-West Foothills campus near 175th and Olive avenues in Waddell was on a tight but possible turnaround, breaking ground April 23 with plans on opening for classes in August. more
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Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Independent Newsmedia offices to close July 5 for Independence Day
Goodyear and Litchfield Park will join other city, county, state and federal offices across the state that are closed Monday, July 5, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. more
Recreation Superintendent Mike Beadle shows off aquatics features at the Goodyear Recreation Campus.
Goodyear to open $67.4M recreation campus July 3
Mike Beadle may or may not have hurtled down a 27-foot water slide at the new Goodyear Recreation Campus 10 or more times over the past few weeks. more
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Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Litchfield Park Posse members pose for a photo in front of Litchfield Park City Hall, commemorating a new patrol vehicle donated by the Tohono O’odham Nation. Litchfield Park has switched from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to Avondale Police for its public safety services, resulting in a reduction of almost $900,000 to Maricopa County’s $3.4 billion budget for the upcoming 2021-22 fiscal year. [Submitted photo/Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Litchfield Park Posse]
Maricopa County approves $3.4B budget
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors last week unanimously approved a $3.4 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts Thursday. The main change from the tentative budget the … more
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Airmen from the 56th Contracting Squadron participate in a Contingency Contracting Officer exercise June 9 at Luke Air Force Base. During the three-day exercise, airmen worked through various contracting scenarios in a simulated deployed environment to enhance their readiness capability for conducting overseas operations.
Luke AFB airmen simulate austere environment to test deployed capabilities
As the Air Force continues to build a lethal and ready force, the 56th Contracting Squadron tested its deployed capability by conducting a three-day exercise in a simulated austere environment at Luke Air Force Base. more
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David Vose stands in a field of organic sudangrass June 21 at Blue Sky Organic Farms. The cover crop provides food for the farm’s livestock as well as organic matter for planting. Behind Vose are the White Tank Mountains.
Blue Sky Organic Farms leases 40 acres to replace land it’s losing to Fulton Homes
For more than 25 years, David Vose, his partner, Sara Dolan, and their crews at Blue Sky Organic Farms have enjoyed unencumbered views of the Estrella Mountains in the distance as they worked, but that won’t be the case much longer. more
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ADHS reports 25 new weekly coronavirus cases in Litchfield Park
The Arizona Department of Health Services reported 25 new coronavirus cases in the Litchfield Park 85340 ZIP code over the week ending Friday, June 25, nine more than the 16 new weekly cases reported … more
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All legal fireworks permitted for use in Arizona ahead of Fourth of July holiday
Goodyear and Litchfield Park residents wondering why it’s already beginning to sound like the Fourth of July in their neighborhoods should be aware that beginning today, June 24, through Tuesday, July 6, additional fireworks that are legal in Arizona are permitted for use by residents. more
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