A total $8 million that Kyrene and Tempe Union High School districts were not supposed to get because they defied Gov. Doug Ducey by requiring face masks is sitting securely in their bank account after all.

The first public step in the Canyon Reserve developers’ effort to get the city approvals they need to begin building the mammoth Canyon Reserve community on the former State Trust Land parcel in Ahwatukee has turned out to be a stumble.

An Ahwatukee Foothills man who already helped two relatives flee their war-torn homeland is raising money to bring more Ukrainians to the United States.

The nationwide labor shortage will impact summer fun for untold thousands of Phoenix children and adults this summer after the city announced it can open only half of its pools beginning Memorial Day weekend.

Signs advising people they don’t have to give money to panhandlers are being installed on city light posts along main arteries throughout Ahwatukee at city Councilman Sal DiCiccio’s request to discourage what he calls “unsafe situations that neither benefit the individual nor our community.”

A traffic study estimates that the incoming Canyon Reserve master planned community in Ahwatukee will generate a maximum 13,704 daily trips after buildout and provides a vision for how those trips will impact traffic in the area.