Two free presentations on Continuous Chest Compressions, a new resuscitation technique, will be made by Scottsdale firefighters Saturday and Sept. 8, the Scottsdale Fire Department announced.

More than half of the 411 people who were screened May 7 at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare were presumptively diagnosed with skin cancer or referred for a biopsy.

This month's Ahwatukee Chat, Chew and Chocolate signature event on Oct. 19 at the Foothills County Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, will be special as they celebrate breast cancer awareness and a member of the Ahwatukee community, and a breast cancer survivor, Deb Tisdale.

This month's Ahwatukee Chat, Chew and Chocolate signature event on Oct. 19 at the Foothills County Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, will be special as they celebrate breast cancer awareness and a member of the Ahwatukee community, and a breast cancer survivor, Deb Tisdale.

The East Valley-Phoenix chapter of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA-EV) will donate an automated external defibrillator (AED) to Gilbert’s Pioneer Elementary School on Tuesday. Earlier this month, an AED was donated to Gilbert’s Playa del Rey Elementary School. Continuous chest compressions/cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CCC/CPR) lessons are part of the presentations.

Scottsdale’s emergency responders are spreading the word on a life-saving technique. The method is called continuous chest compressions, or CCC, and it’s an alternative to traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.

Arizona has the lowest cancer incidence rates in the country but Arizonans who are diagnosed are often found with later stages of cancer, according to a recent report by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Scottsdale residents are invited to learn a new lifesaving technique for those experiencing cardiac arrest.

DETROIT - Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile, the road made famous by the 2002 film that starred Eminem and in which Proof had a bit part.

For those who recall the 1961 Inaugural Ceremony, the quote "Ask not what your country can to for you. Ask what you can do for your country," still stirs the soul.

“I am in my 50s and as a young person growing up and throughout my adult life I have always read and been taught that socialism was a bad thing. Is it?”

An East Valley organization is short on funds needed to help more homebound senior citizens overcome isolation and depression by connecting them to the Internet with donated computers.

The board of Freedom Communications Inc., parent company of the Tribune, named Burl Osborne interim chief executive on Tuesday, replacing the outgoing CEO who is leaving for a similar post at Playboy Enterprises Inc.

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Audubon presents film, auction

Fire department offering CPR, defibrillator training

If you don’t mind a little smoke, the high country is open for business this Fourth of July weekend. Despite wildfires that have raged across Arizona’s lowlands, large crowds are still expected to retreat to the cooler mountain air.