School districts need teachers, bus drivers, principals and administrators to keep the show running.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market first hit the Arizona grocery scene in 2007, catering to “wholesome food that doesn’t cost your whole paycheck.

WASHINGTON – Getting to the grocery is just one challenge for Arizona’s “food desert” poor, who have seen some state services cut as demand for services is increasing.

By now, we all know that fast food is bad for us. We have books, movies and news reports telling us this almost every day. Most fast food is loaded with calories, saturated fats, sodium and just about anything else our bodies could use less of. Why do some chain restaurants avoid the negative press even though many of their meals are just as high in calories, fat, and sodium?

I’ve come to accept there are certain things in this world I’ll never understand. The lyrics of “Louie Louie.” Einstein’s theory of relativity. And, perhaps most perplexing, why there’s not a line out the door every night at Fusion Restaurant & Lounge.

APACHE JUNCTION: Bread of Life Christian Fellowship Church, 32 N. 114th St., will present a Christmas concert at 6 p.m. today, led by Shirley Colvin, a member of the church’s praise and worship team.

Mesa-based United Food Bank will deliver truckloads of food to people impacted by the Wallow fire in eastern Arizona.

Mesa-based United Food Bank will deliver truckloads of food to people impacted by the Wallow fire in eastern Arizona.

Mesa-based United Food Bank will deliver truckloads of food to people impacted by the Wallow fire in eastern Arizona.

I solved the Gilbert county island fire issue Wednesday morning.

With summer just around the corner, the Summer Food Program, which provides free, nutritional meals to kids under 18, is set to begin in Queen Creek.

A Tempe food bank will reopen today in a bigger location to serve the growing number of East Valley families who need help with their food bills.

Got a freezer?

A new kind of food store is scheduled to open Jan. 17 at the Promenade shopping center in Scottsdale, Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Scottsdale Road.

Food prices in Arizona are going up.

The things I do for this job. The boss told me I had to get out of our palatial, windowless office near the printing press and go to Thursday’s Chicago Cubs-San Francisco Giants Cactus League opener at HoHoKam Stadium.