1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (159+ words) Drum Arizona, a Sun City-based nonprofit organization, has received a Lifelong Learning Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts to provide a hands-on Native American drum-making and painting experience for 25 adults at the Olive Branch Senior Center. The November…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (324+ words) Every day, local nonprofits across the Desert Foothills area feed families, care for seniors, protect animals, support children, preserve open spaces and strengthen the community. What many of these organizations have in common is one growing challenge—they need more…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (154+ words) Queen Creek residents can continue celebrating 250 years of America by participating in the town’s Constitution Week contest. The town’s art and poetry contest for K-12 students who attend a school within Queen Creek’s municipal boundaries. Students are encouraged to submit…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1248+ words) Arizona officials are awaiting final word from the federal government on an agreement that would reduce the state’s allocation of Colorado River water by 760,000-acre feet for two years. The town of Carefree uses about 70% of the town’s CAP allocations…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (314+ words) Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego spoke for the need for reform around data centers in the most recent Phoenix City Council meeting. She referenced a recent article calling Phoenix “Mecca for data centers.” “That’s not the word I would have chosen,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (307+ words) The four candidates in Glendale’s two competitive City Council races ramped up the spending in the second quarter, though two competing election campaigns remain largely self funded and a third was at almost a 50/50 split between her own funds and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (115+ words) LD 7 candidates report second-quarter finances yourvalley.net LD 7 candidates report second-quarter finances Of the eight candidates running in the Arizona Legislative District 7 primary, four filed second-quarter campaign finance reports. Join our family of readers starting at $5 for your first month…...

2+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (266+ words) PHOENIX — Arizona posted an error rate in handling food stamp applications last budget year higher than the national average, a move that could cost the state $208 million in federal penalties. New figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture put the…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1130+ words) Allied tribes came together on that hot day in June 1876 near the banks of the Little Bighorn River in present-day Montana to hand the U.S. Army a rare defeat as they fought to preserve their way of life in the face…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (859+ words) A proposed pumped-water electricity storage facility at Seminoe Reservoir could decimate the prized Miracle Mile trout fishery on the North Platte River and jeopardize a bighorn sheep herd that wildlife officials rely on to support the species’ populations in other…...