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Chandler Awarded Grant for Native Plant Education
Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) awarded a $50,000 grant to the City of Chandler Community Services Department to create the Chandler Native Plant Oasis at Veterans Oasis Park, located on the northeast corner of Chandler Heights and Lindsay roads. The proposed project focuses the park’s existing community education garden into...
Gin Blossoms to headline new music and food festival in Gilbert
PHOENIX — Late 80’s rock band and Arizona’s own Gin Blossoms will headline the new Sound Bites Music & Food Festival in Gilbert this fall. The new festival will occur at Gilbert Regional Park on Oct. 12 and will run from 2-9 p.m. Originally from Tempe, the...
Rivals Project Arizona as Front-Runners for Hudson Greer
Arizona is emerging as the frontrunner to secure four-star small forward Hudson Greer, according to Rob Cassidy from Rivals. The Wildcats hold a slight lead over Kansas, with defending champions Connecticut positioned as a potential contender. Greer, previously from Lake Travis High School, has transferred to Montverde Academy for the upcoming season. He ranks 32nd overall and 13th among small forwards in the 2025 class according to Rivals. Arizona currently lacks commitments for this class but is actively recruiting Greer alongside multiple other prospects.
Alloy Midtown opens for leasing
Soltrust Residential REIT, which specializes in development of infill, build-to-rent, and value-add apartments, created Alloy Midtown, which is comprised of two unique structures, forged to create one community. On one side of the community, residents will find a converted office-to-apartment structure, built out of the former Phoenix Drug Enforcement Agency...
Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller: Older, rawer and 100% banging
Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller Band ruled the airwaves of their day with three different approaches to hitting the mainstream where it lived, each one earning a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as quintessential people’s bands for slightly different people. And those differences were plain as day in downtown Phoenix when their co-headlining Summer Stadium Tour hit Chase Field for an all-star hit parade on Friday, Aug. 23, that presented the acts...
Willcox outlasts Arizona Lutheran in clash of top 2A teams
Willcox coach Jeston Lotts had seen this movie before. As Arizona Lutheran Academy quarterback Owen Beilke took the snap with three seconds to play and rolled out left for a Hail Mary pass attempt, Lotts’ memory went back to the 2020 Arizona Interscholastic Association 2A playoffs. Lotts was then the head coach at Parker, and in that quarterfinal game on Nov. 27, Arizona Lutheran’s Tanner Plitzuweit heaved a game-winning touchdown on a Hail Mary, ending the Broncs’...
Great AZ Puppets to Present HANSEL & GRETEL
"HANSEL & GRETEL" will play the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre from September 5-29. Large, hand-crafted rod puppets tell the traditional tale of a poor brother and sister, a wicked witch, and an amazing, magical gingerbread house with music from Humperdinck's opera. Recommended for ages 5 and up. SHOWTIMES: Thursdays and...
Avery johnson explains what makes Devin Booker one of the most misunderstood stars in the NBA: "He’s got a mean streak"
NBA guard Avery Johnson believes Devin Booker is a misunderstood star in the league and claims the Phoenix Suns superstar is extremely tough.
Election deniers in key states are newly empowered in 2024
Local election officials in key swing states are taking on new power heading into 2024, worrying some legal observers who expect attempts to slow down the certification process in favor of GOP candidates. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, which former President Trump baselessly claimed was rigged against him, local election offices, which […]
Dosmann shines as T-Birds take down Chandler-Gilbert in season opener
Saturday August 24, 2024 - 9:00 p.m. | Dylan DeVlieger. No. 14 Mesa Men's Soccer took care of business Saturday night in their season opener, defeating a revamped Chandler-Gilbert team, 2-1. In a physical game the Coyotes seemed to have caught the T-Birds off guard with their resistance to Mesa's...
Jewish War Vets Post 619 remembers founder
The Jewish War Veterans Copper State Post 619 – which draws a number of veterans from across the East Valley, including Ahwatukee – is paying tribute to one of the men who helped to found the organization. Richard Askinazi passed away at age 89 in June. Mr. Askinazi...
Chandler officials start reimagining the future
Chandler is running out of undeveloped land. As the city begins work on updating its General Plan, it needs to think differently about its future growth. “We’re going to have to reimagine our employment corridors,” said Micah Miranda, the city’s economic development director. “In my mind, become much more mixed use, vertical development.”
Chandler wades into city-run ambulance service
Chandler, the self-proclaimed City of Innovation, usually is in front of its neighbors when it comes to trends, such as driverless cars and blockchain voting. But in at least one case, it is lagging behind and now working to catch up. The city is preparing to take its first steps...
LSU Soccer Falls in Home Opener to Arizona State, 5-2
BATON ROUGE –- The LSU Soccer team (1-1-0) fell in their 2024 home opener against Arizona State (2-0-2) by a score of 5-2 on Sunday night in the LSU Soccer Stadium. “Obviously, we’re incredibly disappointed. It’s not the way we wanted to open our season at home,” said LSU Head Coach Sian Hudson. “I thought it was a really positive start, getting a goal in the first couple minutes, but we just had a lapse of concentration and let them get back into the game.”
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