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After another dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in the county and state, Gov. Doug Ducey ordered restaurants to reduce capacity to less than 50% and emphasized more tests were coming.
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The Tempe Union High School Governing Board last week deferred action on a move to transfer $450,000 earmarked for school resource officers at four high schools, including Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe as it unanimously approved a $113-million maintenance and operations budget and a $20.…
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The six-year battle over the future of the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course could land before the nation’s highest court, owner Wilson Gee’s attorney disclosed last week.
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The new school year in Ahwatukee schools was further scrambled last week as Gov. Doug Ducey ordered campuses across the state to remain closed until at least Aug. 17.
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The vast majority of Arizonans may get a chance to decide whether the top 4 percent of wage earners should pay more to support education.
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Lori Vallow’s former husband warned Gilbert Police that his wife had “lost her mind” a few months before he and his children wound up dead.
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Lori Vallow’s former husband warned Gilbert Police that his wife had “lost her mind” a few months before he and his children wound up dead.
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New pressure is building on Gov. Doug Ducey to reverse his defense of having monuments to the Confederacy on state-owned property.
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An Ahwatukee pet food and supply store will offer a class on CPR for pets this weekend.
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When Sharon Wozny realized that kids with cancer were missing out on important learning opportunities – a result of cancer-related school absences – she went to work on a solution.
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Gov. Doug Ducey’s latest executive order to slow the spread of COVID-19 last week blindsided those who work in the fitness industry and drew defiance from at least one major chain of gyms.
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Arizona voters may be asked in November if they’re ready to overturn some mandatory sentencing laws adopted decades ago.
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Backers of a campaign to legalize recreational use of marijuana submitted about 420,000 signatures on petitions Wednesday to put the issue on the November ballot.
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Registration is now open for the Area Agency on Aging’s Too Many Treasures Hoarding Therapy Group. The 14-week virtual sessions will begin in early September and run through mid-December.
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The fight that pits scores of Club West homeowners against their HOA board and the new owners of the golf course intensified this week as the nonprofit that oppose s homes on the ravaged site asked a judge to stop any further efforts to advance a plan for the property until at least October.
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Horizon Honors last week unveiled its reopening plan for the fall, giving parents of K-12 students the option of fulltime in-class instruction with a requirement to wear face masks or all-online instruction with a strict regimen that even includes a dress code.
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