WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action …
AUSTIN SMITH
PHOENIX - A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was …
NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest …
Valley & State
EARTH DAY
Local sustainable living nonprofit Keep Phoenix Beautiful will add to Earth Day efforts this Monday.
scholarships
Paradise Valley Community College’s fourth annual Be a Student’s Hero Week of Giving is fast approaching.
The PVCC community at large in conjunction with the Maricopa County …
IN CONCERT
Acclaimed songwriters and musicians Ray LaMontagne and Gregory Alan Isakov will join forces for an extensive co-headline tour this fall.
POLICE
A 27-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with assaulting a school bus driver last week in Mesa, police said.
Hermenegilda Marquez faces one count of aggravated assault on a school …
MEDICAL EXAMINER
The Buckeye Police Department is asking the public for help as it investigates the death of a 60-year-old man whose body was found last week at the Southwest Regional Landfill.
Shawn …
first amendment
A group that advocates for the separation of church and state and the Peoria mayor are sparring over this year’s state of the city being held at a church.
education
Peoria Unified School District welcomed Dr. K.C. Somers as a full-time member of the Peoria Unified family on April 1.
STRATEGIC PLAN
State transportation officials are looking for the public’s help in updating Arizona’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan and creating the state’s first Active Transportation Safety …
A southern Arizona jury will hear closing argumentsin the case against a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly was charged with …
Read more