Raising funds for a museum doesn’t have to be boring and the San Tan Historical Society in Queen Creek knows that people here love to shop outdoors, especially if it is for a good cause.

A boiling pot of wild martial arts moves culled from dozens (maybe hundreds) of violent Asian action extravaganzas as sifted through a Tarantino-esque fanboy prism, "The Man With the Iron Fists" feels like both a lavish vanity project and an earnest attempt to deliver a compendium of cool hand-to-hand combat set pieces.

Higley Unified School District invites veterans, families, students, school officials and community leaders to its fifth annual Veterans Day Celebration at 9 a.m. Nov. 9.

Six military flags were stolen in Apache Junction, but oddly the thief left behind the American and Arizona State flags.

A look at key Mesa facts and figures

Whether you want to explore a classy art festival or cheer at the ostrich, or even Chihuahua races, the East Valley has it! Let’s take advantage of our Arizona paradise and dance outdoors to live music, indulge during a cook-off, put on our boots for the rodeo and Old West Days, or run foot races.

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — It was nearly six decades after being released from a Japanese Prisoner-of-War camp before Dick Cooksley was presented a Bronze Star Medal, earned as a captive for more than three years during World War II.

The ninth annual Westwood Social Powwow will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Mesa’s Westwood High School, 945 W. Eighth St. Admission is free. Everyone is welcome.

Perhaps one of the first lessons learned in college reserve officer training from the study of military history is that troops are reticent to take up arms. Studies show that about a third of trained infantry soldiers facing the enemy in a conventional battlefield environment will actually point their weapons at an identified enemy and pull the trigger. Not so with field artillerymen. Usually they don’t see the enemy nor the huge explosions where their shells impact.

McCain a hero, but today's Marines have endured more

As an adopted child raised by a Mexican mother and a Jewish father, Marc Yaffee found out in his 20s that he’s of Navajo, Mexican and Irish descent. Now, he makes his living as a stand-up comedian who focuses largely on his Native American roots.

CHANDLER – At a recent dinner held in honor of Vietnam veterans, Bill Messer, who served in an Army signal batallion in the Mekong Delta, mingled with fellow veterans and swapped stories from the war.

CHANDLER – At a recent dinner held in honor of Vietnam veterans, Bill Messer, who served in an Army signal batallion in the Mekong Delta, mingled with fellow veterans and swapped stories from the war.

CHANDLER – At a recent dinner held in honor of Vietnam veterans, Bill Messer, who served in an Army signal batallion in the Mekong Delta, mingled with fellow veterans and swapped stories from the war.

CHANDLER – At a recent dinner held in honor of Vietnam veterans, Bill Messer, who served in an Army signal batallion in the Mekong Delta, mingled with fellow veterans and swapped stories from the war.