Gov. Janet Napolitano released $50,000 in health crisis funds this week to combat the outbreak of valley fever. The money will be used to educate doctors on the symptoms of the fungal disease and its treatment.

Gov. Janet Napolitano released $50,000 in health crisis funds this week to combat the outbreak of valley fever.

Apache Junction High School's Naval JROTC program has been selected by the Naval Education and Training Command as one of five high schools in the Southwestern United States to host a review from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), one of the largest U.S.-based accreditation agencies. AJHS' NJROTC program is currently accredited by SACS and is among the top high school programs in the United States.

FLAGSTAFF -- Keith Little, one of the most recognizable faces of the Navajo Code Talkers, has died.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A broadcasting relic and new entry on the UNESCO World Heritage list transmitted its annual message from southwestern Sweden to amateur radio enthusiasts worldwide Sunday.

BENSON • You don’t go to the Singing Wind Bookshop just to browse. You go there for the experience.

Lucha libre wrestling, surf music, cooking demos, a mariachi contest and thousands of $2 tacos characterize this event, taking place at Salt River Fields, where more than 50 teams compete for National Taco Association prizes.

A good man is hard to find, but so is a good guide. Consequently, the Heard Museum is recruiting community members for their “Las Guias” guild — a group of volunteer museum guides passionate about Indian art, history and culture in the Southwest.

Our Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse of North America’s deserts, and you can learn all about its flora, fauna and archaeology on Tuesday, Jan. 10 in downtown Gilbert. 

Three state agencies are watching air currents coming toward the southwestern U.S. coast from Japan and have concluded that the amount of radiation in the plume is not much different than people experience on a cross-country flight.

Temperatures began heating up on Tuesday, but don't worry - things will start cooling down over the weekend.

YUMA — Prices for winter lettuce grown in southwestern Arizona already are rising because of damage caused by freezing weather, an agricultural expert said Monday.

It was good to get a few decent monsoon rain storms in the Valley this year, but that does not erase the fact that this has been one of the hottest summers on record. All across the West, it’s the same story. The drought shows no signs of subsiding. The Colorado River supplies water to tens of millions of people in the Southwest; it sustains a large portion of the nation’s food supply, and it draws tourists from every corner of the earth to sustain our economy. It is also shrinking. The river cannot sustain the growing population that depends on it over the long haul, unless we do something.

On the heels of the recent announcement of the second phase of restaurants soon to be brought to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the first phase is underway with a host of establishments already open.

Just when the triple-digit heat seemed behind us, a high-pressure system developing over Mexico should jack the mercury up to a record 101 degrees this weekend.

A Whole Foods Markets is coming to the East Valley.

YUMA - State wildlife officials killed a mountain lion north of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge that had been preying on endangered desert bighorn sheep for several months.

April 22, 2005

Prestigious may become a common word to describe Mesa’s Westwood High School — to the delight of students and their families.

September 15, 2004

Community presentations offered by local artists will highlight the city of Phoenix’ public art collection of more than 1,000 artworks.

Chandler police are seeking the public's help in locating six men officers say committed jewelry fraud over a two-year period throughout the southwestern United States, scamming a number of people in Chandler and the Valley.

Value Place could be the biggest hotel in Apache Junction — if it overcomes a series of issues raised by the city.