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Arizona’s largest health care provider and one of the largest districts of community colleges in the nation have teamed up to help alleviate a shortage of skilled health care workers in the state.

Banner Health is planning to become a major cancer network in the Valley with a $100 million research facility on its Good Samaritan Medical Center campus in Phoenix and comprehensive cancer treatment centers at most Banner hospitals.

The year 2011 was a tremendous year for movies with a fair deal of pictures that put an emphasis on nostalgia. There were so many great movies in 2011 that a top 10 list isn't going to cut it. I'm going all out with the 25 best films of 2011.

The year 2011 was a tremendous year for movies with a fair deal of pictures that put an emphasis on nostalgia. There were so many great movies in 2011 that a top 10 list isn't going to cut it. I'm going all out with the 25 best films of 2011.

The squares of the Arizona Donor Quilts tell a story. Each fabric selected, each thread stitched and each intricate design remembers family members who had the wisdom and kindness to ensure their organs, tissue or corneas would be donated at the time of their deaths so that others could live.

Banner Boswell Medical Center will sponsor a holiday food drive this month to support Banner Olive Branch Senior Center’s community pantry.

Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the hospital, located at 10401 W. Thunderbird Blvd. in Sun City, from Dec. 6 through Dec. 23 at the following bin locations: Banner Boswell’s Main and South entrances; Banner Sun Health Research Institute, 10515 W. Santa Fe Drive; and Banner Boswell Rehabilitation Center, 10601 W. Santa Fe Drive.

Banner Health is trying to salvage a terminated contract that has left thousands of Medicaid patients without four major East Valley hospitals on their health plan.

Banner Health recently hired Stanley Adams as chief financial officer for Banner Baywood Medical Center and Banner Heart Hospital. Adams brings 11 years of executive-level hospital financial management experience to Banner Health.

Banner Health is making changes to its East Valley leadership team. Debbie Flores, currently CEO at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, will assume the role of CEO at Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City West. Laura Robertson, currently CEO at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, will assume the CEO roles for both Banner Baywood Medical Center and Banner Heart Hospital. Both changes are effective May 21.

As Presidents Day nears, a Tempe businessman is refusing to wave surrender in his battle with the city over the stars and stripes.

Banner Heart Hospital, in partnership with Tri-City Cardiology and Banner Home Care and Banner Hospice, has been named the first accredited heart failure institute in Arizona by the National Heart Failure Colloquium.

Banner Health plans to strengthen its presence in the northwest Valley by merging with Sun Health.

Banner Health announced this week leadership changes involving three CEOs at Banner Health's Valley hospitals, including Banner Desert Medical Center. The changes take effect March 5.

Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert will close its pediatric unit on Friday as part of Banner Health's cost-cutting consolidations announced in January.

It's been a banner year for babies at Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert.

The CEO of Banner Desert Medical Center and Banner Children’s Hospital announced his immediate resignation Thursday.

Arizona researchers are part of a nationwide study involving a new drug that could halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease by preventing plaque from forming in the brain.

Banner Health has scrapped plans to build a hospital in Gilbert across the street from a competitor.

The CEOs of Banner Health and Sun Health will hold a joint news conference at noon, fueling speculation of a possible merger of the two health care organizations.

A unanimous vote Saturday morning by the 15 board members of Banner Health made plans a “go” for the creation of the Valley’s first comprehensive cancer center.

A group of East Valley residents is fighting to get four local hospitals back.

Banner Ironwood Medical Center named Terresa Paulus as its new chief nursing officer.