East Valley Tribune - Local News

Powell change 1 option for Mesa district

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:14:34 -0700

Since 1971, Powell Junior High School has served adolescents in a west pocket of Mesa that borders Tempe.

Q.C. dumping old equipment in Web auction

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:20:34 -0700

Computers for $1. Vehicles for $200. Those prices may be far and few between, but it’s still possible to find some dirt-cheap swag during year-round online auctions for surplus equipment from the town of Queen Creek.

5 arrested in string of armed robberies

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:05:28 -0700

Officers from several Valley cities say they have put an end to a crime wave that involved armed robbers becoming more violent with each crime, a shootout between a suspect and a victim and the robbery of a Chandler jewelry store last month.

Mesa MLK parade short on funding

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:58:12 -0700

A committee formed in Mesa to honor a slain civil rights leader with an annual parade is finding trouble keeping pace with the economy.

Chandler deal to get more space for ICAN

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:14:26 -0700

Major city government building projects like the new City Hall in downtown Chandler have left the space-deprived nonprofit Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods, which mentors at-risk youth, without room to grow.

$25M spent so far on Heritage District

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:40:26 -0700

Gilbert spent at least $25 million including state and federal funds over the last decade in upgrading and dressing up its Heritage District downtown, an amount officials and business owners say was necessary to attract visitors and development to the area.

Loop 202 restricted this weekend

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:16:43 -0700

The eastbound Red Mountain Freeway section of Loop 202 will be reduced to two lanes between 32nd and 40th streets from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday; from 10 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday and from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Mesa plaza hails end of road construction

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:22:46 -0700

Old signs still advertise for closed stores at the Riviera Plaza in Mesa. Businesses operating at the plaza were eager to see the end of a major construction project at Gilbert Road and University Drive. The $8.4 million project was completed Friday, and merchants say the plaza has seen a decrease in business since the start of construction eight months ago.

Man arrested in pistol-whipping

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:06:59 -0700

Mesa police arrested a man Friday suspected of pistol-whipping a car repossession man on the head, an act that caused the gun to discharge in a shopping center parking lot.

Where there's a will, there's a gelato

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:23:45 -0700

When Carl Lombardo contemplated opening his first gelato shop at 734 E. Broadway Road, Mesa, everyone told him to stay away.

Q.C. district chooses board nominees

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:15 -0700

Ken Brague, a medical salesman with five children in the district, was chosen Friday as the Queen Creek Unified School District nominee for the governing board vacancy.

3,237 tax refund checks waiting for Arizonans

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:58:11 -0700

With national unemployment topping 10 percent, a lot of Arizonans could use some extra cash, and the Internal Revenue Service might just be the ticket.

Mesa police shoot, kill man they say had knife

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:11:47 -0700

A Mesa police officer shot and killed a 22-year-old man who allegedly pulled a knife on officers Friday.

Public can comment at next tax credit meeting

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:12:28 -0700

A House panel looking at Arizona Private School Tuition Tax Credits will allow public comment during its next meeting from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the state capitol in Phoenix.

McQueen Road to close for bridge widening

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:15:15 -0700

A segment of McQueen Road in south Chandler will be closed for more than a month beginning Tuesday while city crews widen a concrete bridge that crosses the Consolidated Canal just north of Appleby Road.

Gilbert police seek woman in fraud case

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:42:24 -0700

Gilbert police are searching for a woman who made almost 50 purchases in June using a forged credit card in the East Valley and other Arizona towns.

Goddard files to explore run for governor

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:42:50 -0700

Attorney General Terry Goddard took the first steps Friday toward making a third bid to become governor.

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Mesa district looks at closing Powell

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:47:49 -0700

The Mesa Unified School District is considering closing Powell Junior High School to open a community center, adding ninth-graders to three high schools and creating an Advanced Studies Academy on the west side of the district.

Strike looming for 20,000 grocery workers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:17:32 -0700

In about a week, workers at Fry's and Safeway in Arizona could be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and bagging groceries.

No sign of arson at jailed Iraqi father's home

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:18:59 -0700

Glendale fire crews are investigating an early morning garage fire at the home of an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in what authorities call an 'honor killing,' but there's no indication the fire was intentionally set.