Four of the six candidates for three Legislative District 22 positions participated in an Oct. 5 online debate.

City grants funneled more than $1 million to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With less than a month until the election, Vice President Mike Pence visited a Peoria military and tactical gear company last week for a “Make America Great Again” campaign event.

As it has been for the last three decades, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 

Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic challenger Mark Kelly, two military veterans battling for a congressional seat in Arizona that is drawing the attention of the nation, debated last week over the country’s COVID-19 response, jobs and immigration, and President Trump’s attacks on …

The Maricopa County Department of Elections began mailing early ballots.

On Sept. 28, a Peoria police officer shot a 15-year-old who allegedly was driving at the officer’s car. 

A crowded field of nine candidates are running for three openings on the Peoria Unified governing board.

Each year, Centennial High football head coach Richard Taylor gives his players homework before the start of the season

Even with President Donald Trump recovering from COVID-19, his second-in-command planned a campaign visit to Peoria at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8.

It’s beginning to look a lot like election season, with campaign signs on nearly every major intersection.

The West Valley is about to get a new hospital.

During a three-hour meeting Sept. 16, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors tackled 80 agenda items. Two items pertained to the Rose Estates. 

Peoria is taking small, cautious steps toward normalcy.

In addition to weighing in on state and national representatives, Peoria voters will decide on school funding.

The Peoria Unified School District was recently awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials International. 

On Sept. 21, seven of the nine candidates  running for the three open slots on the Peoria Unified School District board attended a candidate forum, where they outlined their ideas, perspectives and plans.

In anticipation of the Nov. 3 election, ballots will be hitting mailboxes soon.

Peoria’s third community park, Paloma Community Park, is scheduled to open Saturday, Oct. 3.

Last week, teacher Caitlin Summers’ kindergarten students at Desert Valley Elementary School learned a new phrase:

Gabriel Brandin, a 40-year-old Avondale resident, was arrested Sept. 26 and charged with hitting two officers with his vehicle.

The League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Phoenix is hosting a series of Maricopa County election debates online.

Gov. Doug Ducey will not order businesses to re-close or impose new restrictions even if the infection threat of COVID-19 in any area returns to “substantial.’’

At a September Peoria City Council meeting, Deputy City Manager Erik Strunk gave an update on transit and transportation issues. 

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 16 to reallocate more of the $400 million in federal CARES Act funding it received.

Desert Harbor Medical Commons, a 44,000-square-foot, high-tech health care facility, is scheduled to start construction in 2021.

The “skeleton of north Peoria” is about to be demolished.

Tuesday, Sept. 15, marked the one-year anniversary of Alicia Navarro being missing.  

At the Sept. 8 meeting, Peoria City Council authorized a contract with the nonprofit Foundation for Senior Living to implement and manage a $1 million rent and mortgage assistance program and a $500,000 utility assistance program, beginning in October.

Officials say a new antibody test will help them analyze the spread of COVID-19—and potential immunity to the disease.

As the election enters its stretch run, the group Save Our Schools will sponsor a candidate forum at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.

They save your homes. 

In June, the city of Peoria distributed $100,000 in grants to 19 organizations as part of Peoria’s Arts Enhancement Initiative. 

The newest medical facility in Peoria is Banner Rehabilitation Hospital West, which opened last week.

Youth is leading the way at Peoria Unified School District.

Economists like to say a rising tide lifts all boats.

A “serial bank robber” accused of robbing three Peoria banks—and terrorizing tellers at four other West Valley banks—over the summer was arrested, according to the FBI.

Peoria Mayor Cathy Carlat was elected last week as president of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, an organization committed to supporting local governments throughout the state.

Gov. Doug Ducey has no plans to use state resources to make up for the fact that more than 430,000 Arizonans will see their jobless benefits cut by more than half within weeks.

A challenger has started a debate—about a debate.

Peoria voters soon will have the chance to help choose everything from leaders of school districts to leaders of the state—and country.

Arizona had the highest rate of “housing loss” in the nation, according to a new national study, and that was before what experts called a “tsunami of evictions” that is expected to hit this fall.

The Maricopa County Small Business Relief Program’s phase one closed July 31.

Gompers, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, provides a broad range of services to individuals with developmental disabilities—but when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many of those services were put on hold.