Williams Air Force Base News

Allegiant Air's scheduled passenger service from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is adding its 19th and 20th destinations.

Two years ago, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport was on the verge of hanging 'no vacancy' signs on its hangars and other buildings leased to aviation-related businesses.

U.S. Sen. John McCain stressed the need Friday to keep rooftops away from Luke Air Force Base as the Glendale installation vies to become the next training facility for F-35 pilots.

Cathy Bua sold her first cake in the 1970s for $8. Since then, she has baked cakes and/or thrown dinner parties for Cher, Whitney Houston, Sandra Day O'Connor, Robert Mitchum, Vincent Price, Ralph Lauren, the princess of Austria and all sorts of celebrants from birthday boys to brides.

The Mesa City Council is being asked to approve an ambitious plan to bring 100,000 jobs and a "new city" to the Valley.

Mai Suzuki, 20, whose home is in Tokyo, came to Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus to realize ambitions so lofty they reach 30,000 feet and above.

Musical genius does not know geography and even those compositions we consider classics were once "new" music.

Landmark restaurant staff members say they have felt someone standing behind them, but when they turn around, no one's there.

Today's radio talk show hosts tend to be angry and confrontational. But in the 1960s and '70s, one of radio's most popular talkers was known for being polite, warm and courteous.

Some day, if things pan out, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will be running millions of passengers a year through a terminal on its eastern border.

Mesa officials today announced they have received $8.9 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to nearly triple the annual passenger capacity of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and add some long-needed improvements.

Few would argue that Mesa's western gateway on the Loop 202 makes a good first impression.

William S. Henderson Jr., family man, U.S. Air Force colonel, decorated fighter pilot, community leader and avid golfer, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2009, in Riverside, of complications of cancer.

More than $748,000 in site-preparation contracts for expansion of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport passenger terminal were awarded to companies by the airport's governing board Monday.

The Valley's light-rail system received the top prize Saturday night in Valley Forward's Environmental Excellence Awards, a program that honors contributions to livability and sustainability.

Ken "Chief" Hill stands outside the Chandler Unified School District's new alternative school that bears his name.

Capt. Clifford D. Jolley, flying the F-86 Sabre "Jolley Roger," shot down seven Soviet-made MiG-15 aircraft and became the first Air National Guard "ace" of the Korean War.

When the Air Force announced two years ago that it was shutting down its Mesa research lab and moving to Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, most of the scientists and engineers from the Mesa operation were not inclined to join the mission, opting to stay with sunshine and golf instead of leaving for cloudy days and winter snow.

When the Air Force announced two years ago that it was shutting down its Mesa research lab and moving to Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, most of the scientists and engineers from the Mesa operation were not inclined to join the mission, opting to stay with sunshine and golf instead of leaving for cloudy days and winter snow.

I read former Tribune Editor Jim Ripley's July 10 column, "Downtown Mesa needs 'cool' vision," and July 15 column, "Private investment needed in downtown Mesa," with great interest.