FLAGSTAFF - Coming in as the No. 3 seed from the 3A North Region, the Winslow girls basketball team beat the No. 2 seed from the West, Fountain Hills, 78-59 Wednesday in the first round of the 3A state tournament at Northern Arizona University’s Walkup Skydome.

The year Florence Juliar was born, Theodore Roosevelt was president and the Wright Brothers took their first flight in the Kitty Hawk. That was 1903.

A pair of new contracts for tourism services in Fountain Hills has created a “win-winwin-win” situation, according to town officials.

Arizona State was not the only football team that had an important position battle going on in preseason camp.

A group of former Fountain Hills leaders is worried that too many homes will be built in the soon-to -be annexed two square miles of state trust land.

A group of former Fountain Hills leaders is worried that too many homes will be built in the soon-to -be annexed two square miles of state trust land.

A group of former Fountain Hills leaders is worried that too many homes will be built in the soon-to -be annexed two square miles of state trust land.

Fountain Hills officials plan to have an expert explain at an upcoming Town Council meeting that bacterial contamination found in the town’s water last month isn’t a threat to residents.

Fountain Hills officials plan to have an expert explain at an upcoming Town Council meeting that bacterial contamination found in the town’s water last month isn’t a threat to residents.

Dozens of decomposing koi fish lay strewn along the banks of Fountain Hills famed town lake last week as buzzards picked away at their carcasses.

Dozens of decomposing koi fish lay strewn along the banks of Fountain Hills famed town lake last week as buzzards picked away at their carcasses. The centerpiece for Fountain Hills — a 28-acre man-made lake that features the world’s tallest fountain — had become overrun by too much algae, raising ammonia levels in the water and killing the fish.

These are the candidates for Tuesday's Fountain Hills Town Council election:

Fountain Hills residents will need to buy a new map. The missing northeast corner of the nearly squareshaped town was added Thursday when the Fountain Hills Town Council unanimously approved its annexation.

Fountain Hills residents will need to buy a new map. The missing northeast corner of the nearly squareshaped town was added Thursday when the Fountain Hills Town Council unanimously approved its annexation.

Fountain Hills’ finances are in order, its growth is managed and the infrastructure is being prudently maintained.

FOUNTAIN HILLS — Sometimes it's better to dream, particularly when reality means you're not an instant multimillionaire.

Having trouble selling your house? The Arizona State Land Department feels your pain. Like homeowners forced to drop their asking prices in a cooling real estate market, state officials know they must settle for less when 1,276 acres of desert in Fountain Hills goes up for auction next year.

Fountain Hills Town Manager Tim Pickering withdrew his candidacy for a similar position in Flagstaff on Monday. Northern Arizona’s largest municipality had named Pickering as one of two finalists for its vacant city manager position.

October 20, 2004

With a surprise entry into a state trust land auction, Steve Ellman is now a force in the far north East Valley.

February 27, 2005

Every resident of Fountain Hills will be an ambassador this coming week. The town is welcoming its most prominent guest from a foreign government: Ruben Rochi, El Salvador’s minister of tourism.

Despite five failed state trust land auctions since August — including two on Thursday — Arizona Land Department officials are still hopeful about plans to sell 1,030 acres in Apache Junction in December.

When a prime chunk of Fountain Hills desert land goes on the auction block next month, three of the Valley’s top developers seem content to sit out any bidding war. And their reluctance comes even after a drastic discount.