In his office at Those Were the Days in Tempe, Victor Linoff keeps a box of old paint chips. Viewed from their sides, the chips show layer after layer of color — purple, pink, blue, purple, teal, white and lots of yellow.

Tempe Butte is composed of volcanic rock, desert vegetation and history.

Tempe hosted golf match at Rolling Hills GC par 32 with McClintock HS and Poston Butte HS.

Tempe stopped a fourth-quarter two-point attempt and a drive in the final minutes Friday night, holding on to defeat Division III opponent Poston Butte 28-27.

A short walk up Tempe’s Hayden Butte offers hikers a close-up view of manmade symbols that include one giant “A,” 500 ancient petroglyphs — and a seemingly endless amount graffiti.

Tempe could own the Hayden Flour Mill by the end of the month if a development company doesn’t meet a Tuesday deadline to finance the mill’s revitalization.

Ah, the ever-elusive “big break.” Musicians are always looking for it; dreaming of it. And now, at age 19, Tempe country chanteuse Rickiejoleen has as good a one as you can get these days.

Tempe is looking to breathe new life into its only cemetery.

Longtime Tempe activist John "Hut" Hutson has become the first person to declare he will run for one of three seats opening on the Tempe City Council.

A look at key Tempe facts and figures

In a brazen Hollywood-style robbery, two men in ski masks stormed into a high-fashion store in Tempe, fired a shot into the ceiling and demanded cash.

Tempe’s bid to brand itself as a sports, cultural and diversity-welcome destination has proved to be hugely successful, filling hotel rooms at a premium price, the city’s top tourism leader said Thursday.

Tempe High Buffaloes

Mention skyline and the Valley, and there’s not much to boast about aside from a strip of buildings on Phoenix’s Central Avenue. Mention skyline and the East Valley, and you’re likely to get a chuckle. But Tempe is poised to reshape the East Valley’s skyline, if not its very identity and way of life, with buildings of 30 stories or more.

Mention skyline and the Valley, and there’s not much to boast about aside from a strip of buildings on Phoenix’s Central Avenue. Mention skyline and the East Valley, and you’re likely to get a chuckle. But Tempe is poised to reshape the East Valley’s skyline, if not its very identity and way of life, with buildings of 30 stories or more.

Tempe quarterback Emanuel Gant, threw for five touchdowns and ran for another Friday to help the Buffaloes defeat visiting Arcadia, 49-39 in a Division III football shootout.

You can hardly think of Tempe without picturing Hayden Flour Mill, its faded white silos rising from the base of Hayden Butte and anchoring the north end of Mill Avenue.