When Gov. Katie Hobbs on March 17 signed an executive order banning state agencies under her control from discriminating against workers based on their hair texture and style, her staff had figured one man had to be there.
Savoring an overwhelming victory in the Phoenix City Council District 6 election last week, Councilman-elect Kevin Robinson immediately rolled up his sleeves and got to work, pledging regular meetings with his constituents throughout the district – including Ahwatukee.
The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that caused a dangerous hazardous material spill has raised concerns across the country about rail infrastructure and the response to these environmental emergencies.
Learning to live life without alcohol creates a better, not a lessened, life.
It was a no-brainer for a homebuyer nearly half a century ago in a little-known area of Phoenix called Ahwatukee.
Kevin Robinson, whose service to the City of Phoenix began as a patrol office and ended 36 years later as second in command of Phoenix Police, today maintained a seemingly insurmountable lead in the runoff election for the Council District 6 seat that represents Ahwatukee.
A Superior Court judge ordered the owner of the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course to pay a $2 million sanction for failing to meet another judge’s deadline for completing its restoration.
The new dual-use pickleball-tennis courts at Desert Foothills Park have been open for more than a month but last week, the city celebrated with a formal ribbon a facility that came to fruition because of the efforts of two local residents.
The long campaign to succeed termed-out city Councilman Sal DiCiccio as Ahwatukee’s representative to the Phoenix City Council ends next Tuesday as the final votes are cast for his former chief of staff and a former assistant Phoenix Police chief.
A Chicago-based global real estate investment company has purchased the Mountain Park apartment complex in Ahwatukee for just over $70 million.
Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts spent more money in the classroom last school year than in 2020-21 and students out-tested the passing averages for both the state and similarly sized districts in state assessment tests.
Have you ever heard a thump on a window in your house? Unless you live on a golf course or ball field, you probably heard a bird crashing into the glass.
It was standing room only at Cactus Jacks Bar & Grill recently as Music Maker Workshops held its fifth annual drum competition.
Retired teacher Marcy Forde had hoped that vandals were finally leaving her beloved Western Star Park in Ahwatukee alone.
Take William Shakespeare and add the atmosphere of a Mad Max movie and you have a good idea of how the Desert Vista Thunder Theatre is reimagining “Romeo and Juliet” this weekend.
The Mountain Pointe High School community and Tempe Union administration were breathing a sigh of relief last week after police identified a student who had been posting online threats against the school since mid-January.
The Phoenix Water Services Department can show that its water and sewer rates are among the most affordable in the nation with several incentives that can help households cut their monthly bills.
As he appeared Feb. 14 before the state House Education Committee, state Rep. Travis Grantham bluntly told members that he wasn’t happy last year when he was assigned to the task force on teen mental health that had brought him before them.
COVID-19 may be little more than a memory for most people, but millions in pandemic relief funds that school districts and charters in Ahwatukee and throughout the state received directly or indirectly from the federal government are very much a part of the present, according to a new report…
In a cautiously optimistic report released last week, the City of Phoenix administration says it expects to start the new fiscal year beginning July 1 with a $134 million surplus and total spending for the new fiscal year to rise to $1.88 billion from a current $1.78 billion.
