Gila Bend News

Orme High School played Gila Bend High School in the first round of the AIA 1A State Football playoffs on Friday, October 23, 2009.

Further budget cutbacks to state law enforcement agencies could mean losing 350 to 570 positions at the Arizona Department of Public Safety, with the majority them being Highway Patrol officers, some of whom will be from Yuma's District 4. "The specific number of positions that will be lost in the Yuma area is difficult to figure out right now," ...

Al Slusser from Cottonwood, AZ is walking from the West Coast to the East Coast pulling his homemade wagon that carries his tent and some clothing supplies.

During a summer that included the hottest July on record, APS continued to provide its 1.1 million Arizona customers with top tier reliable service.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has announced temporary closure of 13 of 18 state-owned rest areas, which could begin closing as early as Oct.

After a rough year trying to pry open the tight financial markets, Abengoa Solar is moving forward on its vaunted Solana Generating Station with potential funding and a new project director.

A motorcyclist was in critical condition Thursday, a day after being struck by a pickup truck near a Buckeye school, authorities said.

A 58-year-old Yuma man was killed Tuesday when he crashed his motorcycle into the rear of a pickup near Dateland.

Two badly decomposed bodies have been found in the desert southwest of Gila Bend.

Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the discovery of two "heavily decomposed bodies" found in the open desert southwest of Gila Bend.

The Maricopa County Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting Tuesday to introduce area residents to proposed plans for a new parkway in the far West Valley.

A court ruling could open the door to residential development around Luke Air Force Base and its ancillary facilities - or not.

The story of a rare herd of wild horses from Gila Bend, Arizona, is featured in a new book.

After being teased with rain last night, the Valley woke up to heavy clouds and rain Saturday.

Officials say two people were killed in a rollover accident on Interstate 8, south of Maricopa, Saturday.

The first game of the season went well for the Shamrocks, but the next three went downhill from there in a 23-25, 25-23, 25-10, 25-18 loss to Gila Bend.

Even though the Tohono O'Odham Nation's closest border is some 70 miles from Glendale, the tribe wants to turn a sliver of land at 91st Avenue and Northern Avenue into sovereign territory in order to build a hotel and casino there.

Courtesy of Sonic Youth THE SCORE Sonic Youth, which just released "The Eternal," is doing a Southwestern mini-swing. The band is set to play the Rialto Theatre on Oct.

It's been a while since Gila Bend last jammed together. So long that we had to dig into the archives to find an article that mentioned the band.

Authorities say they rescued three people found wandering in the desert near Gila Bend on Tuesday but another person was found dead of apparent heat exposure.