May 15, 2005

Few would argue that Mesa is a conservative city. Republicans dominate the political landscape — on the City Council, in the Legislature, in Congress and on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The chairman of the Arizona Republican Party is, in fact, a Mesa resident.

May 15, 2005

Plans for a large retail development in Mesa, the future of community college facilities in Pinal County, and aspirations in local politics in Gilbert and Guadalupe are at stake in Tuesday elections.

Mesa and the Chicago Cubs are now exclusively considering Riverview Park in the city’s northwest corner for the team’s new spring training complex.

What Waveyard Development wants to build at Mesa Riverview could be referred to as a water park — but that might not be the most accurate way to describe a place where you can surf, kayak and fly-fish all in the same day.

What Waveyard Development wants to build at Mesa Riverview could be referred to as a water park — but that might not be the most accurate way to describe a place where you can surf, kayak and fly-fish all in the same day.

Soccer and ball players will soon find more fields around Mesa for a game, now that the city has begun work on projects approved by voters in November’s bond election.

Mesa’s police chief says the city didn’t plan to patrol the burgeoning retail complex at Mesa Riverview, and the fallout has led officers to be diverted from other high-crime areas in west Mesa.

When Bill Keller landed a store manager’s job with Dillard’s department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn’t excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.

Nearly 10,500 fans gathered to bid a farewell to the 2013 Major League Baseball Spring Training season Thursday afternoon.

With only a partial City Council on hand, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith ultimately pulled an agenda item on a proposed Marriott Springhill Suites Hotel — slated for the “Wrigleyville” area between the news Cubs’ baseball stadium and park at Riverview — from the council’s meeting during its study session Monday night.

Mesa has put together a preliminary timeline for the construction of a new spring-training facility for the Chicago Cubs.