It didn't take long for 10-month-old Rocky to make every R.E.S.C.U.E. volunteer within meowing distance fall in love with him. Workers at the Valley animal rescue group just couldn't resist the lovable little guy.

In the cool cover of night, R.E. Wall and Margaret Dewar stand on scaffolding, brushing paint on the side of a store on Mesa Main Street. When the sun comes up, they put their paints away and crawl into their own one bedroom — the back of an old work truck parked out back — and sleep through the heat of the day.

If we live in the digital age, why do we still have so much clutter?

Apache Junction residents with free-standing storage containers on their property could face criminal prosecution, following the failure of a proposed ordinance to ease existing restrictions.

More than 3,000 youngsters are expected to have a ball at Saturday’s Kids Spring Fair and Expo at the Freestone Park softball complex in Gilbert.

A protracted land dispute that has stymied Apache Junction’s growth for nearly a decade is about to be resolved, state Land Department and Maricopa County officials say.

NEW YORK - Instead of guitars, there were turntables. Scratches replaced soaring riffs. An induction speech was read off a Blackberry.

Parking boats, RVs and trailers in driveways and front yards probably won’t become illegal in Apache Junction, a council subcommittee agreed Monday night.

Parking boats, RVs and trailers in driveways and front yards probably won’t become illegal in Apache Junction, a council subcommittee agreed Monday night.

A news item came across my desk that gave me a moment's pause. It has to do with your looks.

Where were you in ’99? If you were a news junkie, you watched Texas governor George W. Bush emerge as the front-runner for President in a crowded field of Republican hopefuls. If you subscribed to HBO, you were hooked to a new series called “The Sopranos.” If movies were your thing, you were mesmerized by the special effects in “The Matrix.” And if you were listening to the radio, there was no escaping Collective Soul’s “Dosage.”

Where were you in ’99? If you were a news junkie, you watched Texas governor George W. Bush emerge as the front-runner for President in a crowded field of Republican hopefuls. If you subscribed to HBO, you were hooked to a new series called “The Sopranos.” If movies were your thing, you were mesmerized by the special effects in “The Matrix.” And if you were listening to the radio, there was no escaping Collective Soul’s “Dosage.”

Where were you in ’99?

“Since when has the town of Gilbert required you to give your name and address before they will let you talk to somebody?”