2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (624+ words) It's a ritual I've kept since I bought the place up north. I get the dogs inside and unpack the car. Then I grab the American flag, unfurl it and hang it outside to grace the porch. No doubt I'll…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1287+ words) An audit completed by the Arizona Auditor General's Office, released June 19, found that the A-F accountability system used to assign public schools annual letter grades does not provide parents and the public with an accurate picture of school performance." Arizona's…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (664+ words) A rendering shows the planned Festival Ranch Marketplace, a $45 million, 114, 000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a Safeway grocery store planned for the northeast corner of Canyon Springs Boulevard and Sun Valley Parkway in Buckeye." Residents of Buckeye's Festival Ranch community…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (807+ words) Goodyear officials are nearing completion of the city's first comprehensive zoning ordinance rewrite in more than 25 years." Goodyear is moving closer to adopting its first comprehensive zoning ordinance rewrite in more than 25 years, with city leaders proposing new regulations for…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (773+ words) Goodyear officials are moving closer to adopting new water service regulations designed to protect existing customers while creating a predictable process for allocating water to future development as the city prepares for ongoing uncertainty surrounding Colorado River supplies. The Goodyear…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (722+ words) As Buckeye continues to grow, city officials are investing in technology designed to make existing roads work more efficiently and keep traffic moving as development accelerates across the city. Deputy Director of Transportation John Willett said intelligent transportation systems, commonly…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1464+ words) More than $13. 8 million in grant funds were awarded June 22 to West Valley public school districts." Last week, the Arizona Board of Education approved a second round of grant awards to fund school safety personnel across the state, pulling $53 million from…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (634+ words) Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn has been elected chair of the Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Council." Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn has been elected chair of the Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Council, placing a West Valley leader at the helm…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (309+ words) Crowds line up outside Buc-ee's in Goodyear on opening day, where an estimated 41, 000 customers visited the travel destination's newest location. An estimated 41, 000 people rolled through Goodyear on opening day at Buc-ee's. Some customers waited as long as 26 hours just to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (235+ words) Littleton Elementary School District hosted its first summer gifted camp." Throughout the week, students explored a wide range of innovative learning experiences that brought complex concepts to life. Camp activities included coding with bananas and apples, producing stop-motion animation, creating…...