Nyla Simone Home in Tempe was selected as one of 20 businesses to attend the inaugural "Workshop at Macy's" in New York City May 9 to 13. Owner Maria Benson was delighted to hear that her company was selected for the workshop after she interviewed in front of Macy's top executives in March.

Here's a list of Class of 2011 athletes who have signed letters of intent to play their sports in college. West Valley Preps will update the list as signings are announced.

A poem written by Elizabeth Martinez, a fifth-grader at Gilbert's Towne Meadows Elementary School, has been selected for The Gold Edition, a collection of poetry from top student authors all over the United States.

Unearthed in the pyramids and in the ancient ruins of many Greek cities, elaborate tile work has been used to visually tell stories and cool down surfaces on interiors and exteriors.

Arizona has long been represented in the minds of other Americans by the Grand Canyon and the saguaro cactus. Now, that’s the way the state will be represented in their pockets as well.

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The world’s largest drug developer wants to open a 400,000-square-foot, $100 million clinical testing facility in Chandler by 2008.

The world’s largest drug developer wants to open a 400,000-square-foot, $100 million clinical testing facility in Chandler by 2008.

In the old days, a No. 21 draft pick would draw yawns from Suns fans. But as the club goes into today's NBA draft — the last one in which high school players will be eligible and with all the foreign prospects to choose from — this draft will have plenty of players.

Public outcry has slowed Arizona Public Service Co.’s timetable for determining where it will build transmission facilities to meet growing power needs in the north East Valley.

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Prosecutors and defense attorneys dismissed 16 potential jurors Monday for the trial of a former Chandler police officer.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton accepted a $100,000 grant from Cities of Service to implement two major impact volunteering initiatives that address high energy usage in city buildings and lack of access to healthy foods for residents in three public housing communities.

There seems to be some selective outrage as reflected in popular news. While the media obsession with publicity mongering Jackson-Sharpton’s kangaroo court of mob opinion drones on ad nauseum, some other items seem to miss the editors’ notice:

Tempe Leadership will award its highest honor, the Outstanding Community Leadership Award, to Beth Fiorenza at the Tempe Chamber of Commerce's Breakfast for Chamber Champions event.

Becky Henderson, principal at Gilbert Unified School District's Harris Elementary School, has been selected as a finalist in the Rodel Exemplary Principal Initiative. The program was created to recognize the success of Arizona's most exceptional principals and to train the next generation of school leaders. Henderson is one of 17 statewide finalists.

Robyn Conrad, principal at Gilbert's Playa Del Rey Elementary School, will serve on a national committee to develop guidelines to determine how, when and why principals should be evaluated. In October, and again in January 2012, she will travel to Alexandria, Va., to meet with the team charged with doing the work.

Deciding not to fight, two Republicans nominated to serve on the Independent Redistricting Commission have pulled their names from consideration.

The speaker of the state House and a group that promotes conservative pro-family views claims an applicant for the Independent Redistricting Commission was disqualified because of his Christian beliefs.

Abigail Gerber, 11, of Mesa's Hale Elementary School, has been selected as a Scholastic News Kid Reporter in the Valley.