About The Ahwatukee Foothills News

The Ahwatukee Foothills News, an award-wining community newspaper located in suburban Phoenix, is currently enjoying its 31st year as the primary news and information provider for the Ahwatukee Foothills village and surrounding communities.

Started with an intial press run of 3,500 in 1978, the Ahwatukee Foothills News has grown into a twice-weekly news product circulating more 28,000 copies (each day) on Wednesdays and Fridays every week.

The Ahwatukee Foothills News staff is committed to providing breaking news coverage in a timely, complete fashion online -- as it happens -- at ahwatukee.com

AFN staff is also charged with the production of what has quickly become a daily news vessel at ahwatukee.com, the organization's online flagship. Readers can find all the news that's fit for the AFN print publication, as well as breaking news, exclusive features, locally produced video, photo slideshows and much more. Readers can also interact with each other and AFN staff through blogs, message boards and reader commenting tools.

The Ahwatukee Foothills News and ahwatukee.com offices are located on S. 51st Street just north of E. Ellliot Road, at 10631 S. 51st Street, Suite 1 (Phoenix, Ariz. 85044).

A local affiliate of the East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.) and Northwest Valley Newspapers (Sun City, Ariz), the Ahwatukee Foothills News is owned by Irvine, Calif.,-based Freedom Communications, Inc.