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Cash flows in supervisor races in 2 Mesa districts
Money is flowing to the two hotly contested Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Primary Election races that impact Mesa. While there is only one Democrat in each of the County District 1 and 2 races, two Republicans in each district are vying for the nomination. In District 2, which includes...
Firefighters Battle Blazes in Arizona's East Valley and Ross Island, Southeast Portland
Smoke signals of distress billowed across two separate horizons this past week as firefighters battled blazes both in the east Valley and on Ross Island, Southeast Portland. In the arid expanse of Maricopa County, teams from Mesa, Gilbert, and the Superstition Fire Department converged on a storage yard conflagration near Apache Trail and Mountain Road, Fox 10 Phoenix reported. While no casualties have been reported, the cause behind the flames remains a shrouded mystery, as persistent as the smoke that rose high into the Arizona sky.
“Disorienting”: Basketball greats talk women’s sport surge at WNBA All-Star weekend
Phoenix played host to the WNBA All-Star Game over the weekend at a time that's both exciting and a bit disorienting for female athletes.The big picture: Women's sports, and basketball especially, have finally reached a large and engaged audience, but with it has come uninformed opinions and a lack of appreciation for the great players who came before today's stars, said some of basketball's biggest names, who were joined by soccer legend Megan Rapinoe over the weekend.What they're saying: "I am so excited for what's happening in women's basketball, this is everything all of us that have been involved in...
Metro Phoenix should brace for monsoon rain while high temperatures stay
Valley residents need to pack an umbrella over the course of the week as we may see some rainy weather. The National Weather Service says a chance for storms will come into the lower desert region on Monday. “Through the first half of the week, we’ll be still around that...
Aubrey Plaza tears ACL and attends basketball game with crutches and ice wrap for injured knee in new photos
PARKS and Recreation actress Aubrey Plaza is making the most out of her torn ACL. She decided to attend a basketball game despite her injury, and made sure to ice and wrap her knee. Aubrey, 40, tore her ACL while playing a game of knockout at the Phoenix Mercury practice...
Sen. Mark Kelly being vetted by Harris campaign as possible running mate: Updates
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed a quote from U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva to U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton. President Joe Biden ended his bid for reelection Sunday and offered his "full support and endorsement" to Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party nominee. The move puts the Democrats in uncharted territory...
Phoenix Mercury leave footprint on WNBA All-Star weekend in the Valley
Tia Reid covers the Phoenix Mercury for The Next. Her other work has also appeared on NCAA.com, College Gym News, Cronkite News/Arizona PBS and the Walter Cronkite Sports Network. Tia is a senior at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Lightning strike likely to blame for fire on South Mountain
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Fire officials said a lightning strike likely caused a brush fire that burned on South Mountain late Saturday. Firefighters were called out around 9:30 p.m. to reports of a small brush fire on the mountain. Fire crews then arrived to find flames near television antennas. At...
'Plenty of time' to replace Biden on Arizona's November ballot, secretary of state says
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article incorrectly listed the dates of the Democratic National Convention. Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race has opened widespread speculation as to who will be the Democratic ticket at the top of Arizona's Nov. 5 ballot. ...
Legend rips record-breaking media deal
Basketball Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller is back around the WNBA and Phoenix Mercury this weekend as the coach of the All-Star team. But she isn’t there to play nice. In a pregame media availability on Friday, Miller ripped the league’s record new broadcast rights package and the negotiators who put it together. Miller called Read more... The post Cheryl Miller rips ‘lowball’ WNBA media rights deal: ‘We need a bully’ to negotiate appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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