East Valley Tribune - Multimedia

Phoenix hosts replica of Vietnam vets wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:43:10 -0700

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial recently came through the Valley.

Students record voices of Valley veterans

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:57 -0700

Every veteran has a story to tell. They’re stories of survival, of camaraderie, of making hard choices. A group of Arizona State University graduate students set out to chronicle some of those tales in time for Veterans Day.

Veterans Day brings many events to E.V.

Audio slideshow: Operation Wounded Warrior

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:27:35 -0700

Eleven American Legion Riders from Queen Creek's Post 129 set off to San Diego on Oct. 1 to deliver health and comfort items for Operation Wounded Warrior, the group's annual drive to help veterans returning from combat.

Read the story

1934 dig opened door to Hohokam discovery

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:04:17 -0700

Where Interstate 10 crosses the dry Gila River south of Chandler, there is nothing. The desert is studded not with picturesque saguaros but scrubby creosote. Power lines over the freeway seem to come from nowhere and extend to the same. The only signs of life are on the horizon.

SOUNDSLIDE: A.J. ranch aids in equine adoption

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:42:17 -0700

The Apache Junction Horse Rescue is located near the intersection of Idaho and McKellips roads. An oasis for horses amid the desert landscape, director Jim Moyle says funding to help these equine friends is drying up.

INTERACTIVE: Follow fans to the Super Bowl

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:31:46 -0700

Follow four Valley men in their 22-year-old "Magic Bus" as they travel to Tampa for the Super Bowl XLIII game. These diehard Cardinals fans are sending hourly updates while driving of 2,200 miles in more than 48 hours.

INTERACTIVE: Obama becomes 44th president

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:53:38 -0700

Watch Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration speech, view reactions around the world, and read posts from several Valley students and a Gilbert resident from Washington D.C.

Where, how to celebrate inauguration

INTERACTIVE: Light rail rider's guide

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:53:52 -0700

Light rail opens on Dec. 27. Learn about the route, cost, safety on and around light rail and take a video tour.

Faux or real? Christmas tree answers

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:45:34 -0700

Find an Arizona tree lot online, find out how to choose and care for an articial tree and take our quiz to learn more about each type whether real or fake.

How much do you know about Thanksgiving? Take a quiz

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:25:38 -0700

Thanksgiving Trivia? You don’t need that! Fine, but read these anyway. Strange things can happen on Thursday, when relatives gather and liquor and tryptophan flow. A clueless in-law could pipe up about her latest surgical procedure; a precocious nephew may road-test a scatological term; or a surly parent might vent his spleen on the election.

VIDEO: Marching bands play show tunes, classics

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:37:48 -0700

Marching bands from six Mesa high schools – Dobson, Mesa, Mountain View, Red Mountain, Skyline and Westwood performed the music from their football halftime shows and competitions on Nov. 19 at Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theater.

VIDEO: Marching Band Extravaganza performances

Election Road Trip: E.V. citizens talk about election

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:36:27 -0700

For couple of days Tribune reporter Michelle Reese drove in her 1997 Honda CRV all around the East Valley and talk to its residents about the upcoming presidential elections. Visit our interactive map and hear what they had to say.

INTERACTIVE: Tour E.V. art centers as fall season opens

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:55:55 -0700

The East Valley boasts six arts centers, including Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Higley and Queen Creek. Check out our interactive tour guide with links to season schedules.

INTERACTIVE: See how monsoons work

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:55:31 -0700

Ever wondered how monsoons form? Learn how the summer storm works through interactive graphics and test your knowledge with a quiz.

Opening of Loop 202 in Mesa completes circle

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:37:12 -0700

Finally, the circle is complete.Freeways surrounding the Valley for so long were simply colored lines on a map. Little by little, the lines gave way to actual asphalt and concrete, but sometimes it seemed the roads would never be finished.

INTERACTIVE: View Loop 202 timeline, fun facts and photos

SLIDESHOW: Loop 202 opening party

ASU institute focuses on new species' discovery

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:05:29 -0700

Quentin Wheeler is a "bug guy." He's spent his entire career looking for and studying bugs - beetles to be specific - and has made some incredible new discoveries.

INTERACTIVE: Learn about the top 10 species discovered in 2007

SRP reservoirs at 93 percent capacity and rising

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:35:17 -0700

Stored behind Salt River Project's six dams is the water that quenches our thirst, irrigates our crops and lights up our homes. This also is the water squandered by leaky faucets and air conditioners running full blast when no one is home.

Experience Tempe Center for the Arts

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:11:07 -0700

Get a virtual tour of the Tempe Center for the Arts— a 600-seat proscenium theater, a 200-seat black-box studio and 3,500-square-foot art gallery with adjacent sculpture garden, all housed in a funky-cool facility surrounded by a 17-acre art park overlooking Tempe Town Lake.

'I'm guilty': William Miller's jailhouse confession

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:02:08 -0700

Former Scottsdale businessman William Miller says he killed one person and an accomplice killed four others during a botched burglary at an east Mesa gated community last year.

Phoenix hosts replica of Vietnam vets wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:43:10 -0700

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial recently came through the Valley.