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Scottsdale's Etta Restaurant to Undergo Refurbishment After Acquisition by Austin-based RDM Hospitality
Etta, a restaurant nestled in the Scottsdale Quarter shopping center, is set to close doors on July 22 for a series of renovations. According to ABC15, the establishment, which opened its Scottsdale location in 2022, has been recently acquired by Austin-based RDM Hospitality. The takeover comes on the heels of...
Former Mayor Jim Lane, Misguided Opponents to Popular Scottsdale Initiative Get Smacked Down in Court
Regular readers and most Scottsdalians are aware of Proposition 490, the Protect and Preserve Initiative that will expand maintenance and upgrades for our city’s many parks while simultaneously reducing our collective tax burden, a situation that’s as much of a win-win as you will ever find in government. But of course, you will never make 100% of people happy, even with something that’s as obvious of a Yes vote as this.
ASU men’s golfer Wenyi Ding continues remarkable year, wins 118th Southern Amateur Championship
ASU men’s golfer Wenyi Ding pieced together arguably the best freshman season in Sun Devil Athletics history, and he has continued that momentum on a much larger stage. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!. This past weekend, Ding was the champion of the 118th Southern...
Cowgirls Receive ITA Team Academic Award
TEMPE, Ariz. (July 22, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team continued its 2023-24 academic year success Monday as they were named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Team Academic Award honoree for the 12th time under Head Coach Dean Clower. The Cowgirls, who had a team GPA of 3.42...
5 area residents are tied to $140M in health care fraud
Four Gilbert residents and a Tempe man face different legal actions from state and federal authorities for their roles in various schemes that allegedly swindled over $140 million from Medicaid and Medicare. State and federal court records show that two of those residents allegedly colluded with others accused of fraud...
Circle the City expands downtown Phoenix family medical center
Circle the City's Family Health Center in downtown Phoenix on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Local nonprofit Circle the City sees thousands of patients every year who are facing homelessness, whose numbers in Maricopa County have risen more than 70% since 2017. Dr. Rebecca Moran sees patients at their downtown Family...
MCSO: 1 hospitalized, 1 arrested after shooting Fountain Hills
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. — One person has been taken into custody after a shooting in Fountain Hills that sent a man to the hospital, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. MCSO told 12News the shooting happened near Crystal Point Drive and Crystal Hills Drive, which is just south...
Live updates: Lightning and strong winds expected as storms continue to move across Valley; thousands without power
PHOENIX — Thunderstorms are moving across a large portion of Arizona on Sunday, from Northern Arizona to the southern Arizona/New Mexico border. Maricopa County is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m. Blowing dust in the Valley caused a ground stop at Sky Harbor Airport earlier in the...
10 tons of snow, ice bring heat relief to Phoenix Zoo
Here’s a phrase you don’t expect to hear this time of year: snow day. But that’s what the Phoenix Zoo recently celebrated. It’s not a typical sound or sight at the Phoenix Zoo. Four people feed 40 pound bags of ice into a machine that blows out 10 tons of snow.
Power mostly restored across metro Phoenix morning after storms rolled through
PHOENIX — Power was largely restored around metro Phoenix on Monday morning after storms knocked out electricity for thousands of customers the night before. However, around 200 people went without power between 67th and 59th avenues as well as Cholla Street to Olive Avenue early Monday morning, according to the Salt River Project. SRP estimated the power to return around 7 a.m.
Arizona sees dramatic drop in kindergarten classes protected from measles. See how your school rates
Measles is a highly infectious disease that can immensely harm children — and the risk to kindergartners in Arizona is escalating. Over the past decade, the number of schools whose kindergarteners are protected from an outbreak has dropped by half. Now, only one in three schools in the state has "herd immunity," or...
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