In a turnaround that may be nothing short of amazing, the price of the average home in Arizona rose more in the last year than anywhere else in the country.

A new report suggests there are too many Arizonans chasing too few affordable homes in the state.

A new report suggests there are too many Arizonans chasing too few affordable homes in the state.

Valley homebuilders used December 2012 to take steps for future projects, while also seeing a 30 percent increase in new home sales for all of 2012, compared to 2011, according to a recent report.

It’s only one report.

New home builders are showing “signs of life” in Arizona, especially in the East Valley, one economic expert says.

New home builders are showing “signs of life” in Arizona, especially in the East Valley, one economic expert says.

Three university economists predicted Tuesday the state and national picture will brighten pretty much no matter what happens at the polls in November.

Three university economists predicted Tuesday the state and national picture will brighten pretty much no matter what happens at the polls in November.

LOS ANGELES - An appearance in family court sought by Kevin Federline amid a child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday as reports surfaced that the pop star was back in rehab.

Four Canadian sports heroes — all-time hockey great Wayne Gretzky, skier Nancy Greene, basketball All-Star Steve Nash and LeMay Doan — lit the Olympic flame.

Marco Sturm's overtime goal Friday gave the Bruins a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park, a memorable ending at one of sports' most recognizable landmarks.

The mountains wrapping Cave Creek glow orange in the twilight. The skies above are already cobalt blue as the crowd gathers at the Spur Cross trailhead. Most are amateur astronomers, here to eye the heavens. But JoAnne Mayer and Peggy Cole are volunteers with Liberty Wildlife, and their purpose resides in their twin cardboard carryalls.

PRESCOTT - The boys trudge up the bank from the lake, faces flushed and sopping wet, algae hanging from their life vests.

Someday, the talent pool will dry up enough and the Chandler High girls track program will be challenged for state supremacy. That day, however, is not in the immediate future.

A couple of lasting impressions from Ridge Nielsen’s football career at Mesa Mountain View took place the final two weeks of 2006.

Tuesday - Round 1

The 2006 NFL draft is over. Training camp begins in three long months. That's about 100 days without any major football or football-related events on the schedule. What's a football-starved fan to do between now and then? Well, there's always obsessing over the draft.