The body of a man with a gunshot wound found in the Salt River Project Canal in Tempe on Thursday has been identified as Jeffrey Allen Ahlers, the 47-year-old man who was reported missing on Tuesday morning.

A body spotted by joggers in the Tempe Canal earlier this month finally has been identified.

A new path has opened along the Crosscut Canal in Tempe, creating a new link through Papago Park and giving joggers and bicyclists a great hilltop view. The mile-long path connects to an existing 1.25-mile path, and it also completed a regional link in the Valley’s path system by connecting Tempe with Scottsdale.

People have been walking and riding bicycles along the Western Canal in the East Valley for years. But work to make that recreational activity safer and more pleasant is just about to start.

Authorities have removed a body found floating in the Tempe Canal on the Tempe-Mesa border.

Death of man found in canal ruled a suicide

A longtime vision of turning south Scottsdale’s canal banks into a parklike environment is closer to becoming reality.

A longtime vision of turning south Scottsdale’s canal banks into a parklike environment is closer to becoming reality.

Scottsdale doesn’t intend to let Phoenix enjoy having a prettier stretch of the Arizona Canal for long.

Salt River Project will begin draining canals on the south side of the Salt River Friday to perform annual maintenance work.

A jogger and a landscape worker who saw a car plunge into the Arizona Canal on Friday jumped into the cold, turbulent water and pulled out the motorist, who later died.

A jogger and a landscape worker who saw a car plunge into the Arizona Canal on Friday jumped into the cold, turbulent water and pulled out the motorist, who later died.

September 25, 2004

A minister in the Church of Scientology helped rescue a 13-year-old boy struggling to stay afloat in an irrigation canal near the facility at 2111 W. University Drive in Mesa.

December 7, 2004

Progress on a long-term endeavor to enhance the Papago Park area will be marked today by Scottsdale, Tempe and Phoenix officials.

Up to 300,000 gallons of water left over in the Arizona American Water Co. reservoir from a contamination scare last month falls within federal safety standards, and could be discharged into the Arizona Canal.

As construction continues on the Western Canal multiuse path, Chandler residents will get a chance to see plans for the next phase.