Luke Air Force Base will host a job fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at Club Five Six, 14000 W. Eagle Street, Building 161.

The late Sen. John McCain combined leadership positions that came from almost four decades in Congress with a flair for the media spotlight – as one analyst noted, the Arizona Republican was typically “unavoidable for comment.”

At its first meeting of the year Jan. 7, Peoria City Council unanimously appointed Councilman Michael Finn to serve as vice mayor and Councilman Jon Edwards to serve as mayor pro tem. Both are one-year terms.

Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives are promising “tax relief for Arizonans” in 2020.

Gov. Doug Ducey sent a letter Jan. 8, to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao urging her to prioritize funding for the Tonto Creek Bridge in Gila County.

Uber to meetings, Uber to parties, Uber to work. Sure. 

State lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to deal with something they appear to have plenty of: Money and who gets it.

The American Red Cross said a family of four was displaced by a Peoria fire early Monday, Jan. 13.

A Peoria man who plotted his wife’s murder for two years before killing her was sentenced to death last week.

The Peoria Chamber of Commerce hosted Peoria Chief of Police Art Miller and Fire Chief Bobby Ruiz at a networking breakfast at the Montecito Senior Living Jan. 7. 

Who said safety has to be boring?

State Sen. Rick Gray, a Republican representing District 21, is pretty busy in the state Senate.

An 18-year-old customer at Peace Smokeshop and Vape Peoria customer was shocked when he tried to buy tobacco last week.

A nightmarish few hours for Anthony Michael Grad ended well, thanks to a Peoria resident who called 911 to get Grad medical assistance. 

While it is halfway into the current fiscal year, the city of Peoria recently released final numbers on the previous fiscal year, which ended July 1.

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus holds a surgical weight-loss informational seminar at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Abrazo Arrowhead Campus Physician Plaza Palo Verde Room, 18699 N. 67th Avenue, Glendale.

A Scottsdale financial advisor with a questionable history is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he breached his fiduciary duty when he made risky investments on behalf of a Glendale resident.

The League of Women Voters-Northwest Maricopa County hosts a meeting with Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 17540 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise. 

Attorney General Mark Brnovich said an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon with offices in Glendale and Peoria has been fraudulently billing for years.

The Peoria City Council, after a hiatus for the holiday season, planned to hold its first regularly scheduled meeting of the year Tuesday, Jan. 7. Items on the agenda included appointments of several board and committee members, budget amendments and elections for city vice mayor and mayor.

Why should newborns have their feet dipped in ink?

The Do Not Call list is there for a reason.

The nest is primed and the live-streaming camera is already broadcasting the day-to-day life of a pair of bald eagles hoping to raise a family inside their Lake Pleasant Regional Park nest. 

Those who purchased Powerball tickets at Fast Market in Peoria might want to check pockets, wallets and purses, as a $100,000 winning ticket was sold there.

A sage rock preacher once proclaimed, “You can’t always get what you want.”

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, in partnership with the Arizona Community Foundation, is launching a special year-long project to cover the rise of youth suicides in Arizona, exploring the underlying causes and looking for possible…

One lucky guest at Desert Diamond Casino West Valley hit the jackpot for more than $1 million, scoring plenty of holiday shopping money.

The West Valley’s newest freeway is getting a little touch of what it used to be before bulldozers and pavers went to work to create the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway.

Arizona gained nearly 111,000 residents in the 12 months ending June 30.

Surprise Police are investigating the deaths of two who were found dead with gunshot wounds in a vehicle at 11:47 p.m., Friday, Dec. 27.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Roderick Smith, 18, early Sunday, Dec. 29.

Fueled by CB scanners picking up police chatter, a small section of the population ardently started following law enforcement communications decades ago.

After decades of planning and preparation, years of litigation and 36 months of digging, blasting and back-breaking work, the Congressman Ed Pastor Freeway connecting the East and West Valleys opened Saturday, Dec. 21.

While the nation was focused on the likes of impeachment, trade issues, low unemployment and a rollercoaster stock market, here are some of the top local stories of 2019:

Banner Health announced the acquisition of Phoenix Orthopedic Consultants, a physician practice located in Glendale. As a result of the acquisition, four orthopedic surgeons and one certified nurse practitioner have joined Banner Health’s medical group.

The new year will usher in a new way for Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division customers to get license plates, registration tabs and many documents such as vehicle titles.

The 65-foot sign that lit up last week is also a sign that the opening of the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley is approaching.

According to the Internal Revenue Service, retirees born before July 1, 1949,  usually must take distributions from their retirement plans by Dec. 31.

A state lawmaker is seeking to force state health officials to do something they have previously rejected: allow the use of medical marijuana to treat autism.

Westgate Entertainment District celebrates the winter even with Glendale’s comparatively-balmy holiday season.