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Most Influential Women: Angela Creedon, Intel
Az Business and AZRE magazines announced the publications’ lists of the Most Influential Women in Arizona of 2024, including Angela Creedon, Arizona public affairs manager for Intel. In celebration of the Most Influential Women program, azbigmedia.com is profiling one of the Most Influential Women of 2024 each day leading up to the Most Influential Women of 2024 dinner and reception.
Arizona Facebook User’s Epic Response: ‘Not All Handicaps are Visible’
We've all parked in a busy parking lot and noticed the vehicles in the disabled spot. Sometimes, a person's disabilities are clear. An elderly woman walking with a cane, for example, or a man confined to a wheelchair or a walker. But not all disabilities are that obvious. To the...
ABC15 creates searchable database to help moms choose quality Arizona midwives
PHOENIX — As demand for home births increases, ABC15 is helping moms find the best care for themselves and their babies by providing an interactive database with information on all Arizona midwives. Below you will find a first-of-its-kind online tool that families can search, combining information from the Arizona...
Mesa Leadership Training and Development names new board of directors
The Mesa Leadership Training and Development program is announcing new leadership within its board of directors. They will lead the organization in its mission to educate and train potential leaders ...
Derek Zellner returns home to help lead Dobson
Some of Derek Zellner’s fondest memories on a football field involve his own playing career at Dobson from 1984-88. He was part of the Dobson dynasty, the team that challenged rival Mountain View on a yearly basis as top dog in the state on the gridiron. It took time for them to triumph, however. But when they did, the moment was as sweet as he thought it would be.
Schools comes full circle for 2 GPS principals
As students come back to the classroom this Tuesday at Gilbert Public Schools, it is a true homecoming for two of the district’s new school principals. Chip Pettit, the incoming principal at Patterson Elementary and Brian Lockwood, his counterpart at Greenfield Elementary, both share the distinction of being alumni of the school district.
Salt & Straw ice cream company to open 1st Arizona store in Gilbert
The East Valley will have a new spot to cool off when Portland-based Salt & Straw opens their first stop in Gilbert on Friday. The company has been planning this opening for the last several years. “We draw a big, just group of people from all different walks of lives...
Local Thai Chili 2 Go to celebrate National Ice Cream Day July 21 with free food giveaway
Thai food and ice cream enthusiasts can win free Thai food for a year in celebration of National Ice Cream Day at one nearby Thai Chili 2 Go. On Sunday, July 21, which is recognized as National Ice Cream Day, guests of Thai Chili 2 Go’s City Gate location in Gilbert, near Queen Creek, will have a chance to win free Thai Chili 2 Go for an entire year.
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, some of basketball's biggest names said.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 the WNBA have ever wanted," retired WNBA superstar Sue Bird said...
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