Mesa United Way is inviting residents to make a donation to its Community Chest and enter “The Happiest Sweepstakes on Earth!” to win a Disneyland vacation and other prizes.

Are you ready for some roller derby? The Brutal Beauties, Schoolyard Scrappers, Bombshells and Coffin Draggers are -- and they hope you'll join them for the blood, guts, glory, and oh yeah, fun.

Though most area elementary and middle schools naturally practice smart energy habits, the Kyrene School District is promoting a Power Challenge this year to reduce its consumption by nearly 12 percent.

The Kyrene School District Governing Board opened the new school year with a discussion similar to what they ended on last year.

To promote character education for Valley students, USA’s Skateland and Arizona Character Education Foundation (ACEF) will host a skate night that includes games, contests, entertainment and more.

Rowdy Roulette. Mt. Everett. The Regulators. The Coffin Draggers.

The number 420 is a slang term for marijuana, and the drug’s users rally on April 20 to celebrate the substance. But anti-marijuana activists are staging a counter-4/20 event in Mesa to offer a healthy alternative to youth. The Mesa Prevention Alliance is offering free food, music, raffle prizes and memberships to youth programs from 4:20 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 20, at two locations.

Spring break is in the air and your flock is ready for fun. Seize the day and capture priceless memories with the kiddos at these five Valley venues.

Slowly but surely, a 7-year-old Chandler girl with a grown-up Christmas wish to raise $100,000 to help pay for her friend's bone marrow transplant is moving forward now with the help of others.

A 7-year-old Chandler girl's fundraising efforts for her friend battling acute myeloid leukemia is gaining momentum and has garnered national attention as she plans to expand her cause nationwide.

A 6-year-old Chandler girl has a lofty goal and vision, not for herself, but for her friend.

A 6-year-old Chandler girl has a lofty goal and vision, not for herself, but for her friend.

The Phoenix Suns' "Operation Orange" campaign continues to blitz the Valley by offering fans an opportunity to participate in a variety of family-friendly events, activities and charitable causes.

The Phoenix Suns' "Operation Orange" campaign continues to blitz the Valley by offering fans an opportunity to participate in a variety of family-friendly events, activities and charitable causes.

The Phoenix Suns' "Operation Orange" campaign continues to blitz the Valley by offering fans an opportunity to participate in a variety of family-friendly events, activities and charitable causes.

Lace up your roller skates and join several of the Valley's premier teen bands for Alice Cooper's Solid Rock "School's Out For Summer Rock and Skate" 6-10 p.m. July 31 at Mesa's Skateland, 7 E. Southern Ave.

Andrea Hayes doesn’t mind loading up her roller skates, protective padding, helmet and other gear and driving at least three times a week from her home in Phoenix to Mesa. In fact, she planned it this way.

As their peers cheered them on, campers at a Mesa school this week raced against one another in a relay designed to increase their heart rates and get them moving.

Raising Arizona Kids magazine is partnering with Social Media Club Phoenix to host a free forum for parents about how to help children use Facebook, Twitter and other social media safely.

East Valley communities are seeing a tech-savvy young adults or teen “entrepreneurs” scoping out foreclosed homes, isolated locations or homes not under adult supervision to hold Friday and Saturday night parties where alcohol and drugs are available to young people, a Valley prevention agency says.

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Halloween is nearly upon us, and with it comes no shortage of church hall trick-or-treat festivals, haunted houses and sleazy costume parties. But if you’re in the mood for something a little different this year — or something not Halloweeny at all — check out these ideas.

Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, "Whip It," throws a spotlight on the resurgence of all-girl roller derby - a rough-and-tumble contact sport in which women on roller skates circle a track in a blur of fish nets, tiaras, tattoos and trash talk.