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Jan Brewer urges tribe to allow freeway on tribal land
Gov. Jan Brewer has joined the lineup of officials who want the planned South Mountain Freeway built on the Gila River Indian Community.
ASU student killed by suspected red-light runner
Dozens of friends gathered Monday at the Laveen home of an Arizona State University student killed in a traffic collision caused by a suspected red-light runner.
Phoenix officers continue work amid threat of layoffs
Barry Cassidy knows his time as a sworn Phoenix police officer is ending. He was the last officer hired.
Buckeye police's 2-month-old party patrol showing results
If parents have to pick up the tab when minors are caught drinking, will they be more vigilant? That's the thinking behind a handful of cities in Arizona that hold adults financially accountable for underage drinking.
'09 was busy year for Ahwatukee
It was one of the newsiest years of the decade in the Ahwatukee Foothills. Funding for an extension of Loop 202 through Ahwatukee and South Mountain, the purchase of 240 acres for a new park in the western Foothills and a heated race for the Phoenix City Council District 6 seat were just three of a long list of eye grabbing headlines.
DiCiccio details land holdings on Gila River tribe land
Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio has a long-term lease to develop 75 acres of Gila River Indian Community land just north of Wild Horse Pass, on the south side of Pecos Road at 40th Street.
Wild Horse Pass an economic engine for Gilas
With its new 10-story hotel and casino, plans for an upscale retail outlet center and dreams of a ballpark for spring training, Wild Horse Pass south of Ahwatukee has become the economic engine of the Gila River Indian Community.
Loop 202 could find a new path
The controversial South Mountain Freeway could move onto tribal land if recent behind-the-scenes negotiations gather momentum.
Freeway talks with Gila River buoy Foothills residents
Ahwatukee residents who oppose the extension of Loop 202 through the Foothills are cautiously optimistic about the opening of freeway talks between the state and the Gila River Indian Community.
PD: Pregnant woman hides in car, calls 911 as teens rob home
Two teens were arrested Monday after a Laveen homeowner hid in a car and called 911 as the boys ransacked her home.
The Business Journal of Phoenix
Construction projects to offer new options in higher education
Dean Chuck Jeffery, vice president of office information technology at Glendale Community College, visits the construction site of the college's Public Safety Science Building, which features "safety orange" walls to denote training space.
The Business Journal of Phoenix
Tempe shoppers line up in pre-dawn hours
Heavy advertising and promotions seemed to pay off this morning as Black Friday shoppers filled the parking lot of Tempe Marketplace looking for deals.
The Bearded Truth | Size DoesA Matter
Minneapolis has 13. San Francisco has 11. Indianapolis has 25. Houston has nine.
Bicyclist dies after crash with Flagstaff truck
Authorities say a bicyclist has been killed in Flagstaff after a collision with a city dump truck.
2 children killed in I-10 crash early Saturday
Two children died in a two-car, high-impact collision on Interstate 10 near 83rd Avenue early Saturday morning.
Nation's tree tours state before heading to D.C.
They came, they saw - sort of. People came to the state Capitol by the dozens Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Arizona blue spruce that will headline the Christmas display at the U.S. Capitol next month.
Teen's grieving family deserves answers
There is not much to mark the spot where Francisco Elias died, just two candles sitting beneath a street light as traffic whizzes by, not even slowing at the place where he left this Earth.
DPS Seizes Over $300,000 at Traffic Stop
The Arizona Department of Public Safety found $308,450 during a routine traffic stop on eastbound I-10, about 50 miles west of Phoenix.
Police seeking IDs of 3 in traffic death of teen
Phoenix homicide investigators continued to search Thursday for witnesses to identify three teens who chased a 15-year-old boy from a Laveen convenience store before he collapsed into oncoming traffic.
State, tribal officials to meet about freeway
Arizona transportation officials say they will meet with officials from the Gila River Indian Community , the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and with U.S. Reps.

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