If your New Year's resolution is to help out your community, consider being a volunteer for the agency, A New Leaf. Based in Mesa, this nonprofit provides a range of shelters, programs and services across the Valley to empower families and youth in need.

 PORTLAND, Ore. — Greg Oden challenged himself. Weary of play even he perceived as inconsistent, the Trail Blazers’ 7-foot center made a conscious decision to break out.

A New Leaf is in need of items for emergency shelters and behavioral health services for needy children and families. Items needed: New pillows, twin and full-size sheets, pillow cases, mattress covers, twin blankets, bath and hand towels and washcloths.

A well-known nonprofit rooted in Mesa is getting a new name and a new look. PREHAB of Arizona, Inc., recently changed its name to “A New Leaf.” The new name, the group says, better reflects the organization’s mission and who it serves.

The Coyotes finally have their next backup goalie. In the market for more than a week for a replacement for David LeNeveu, who quickly fell out of favor, Phoenix acquired Mikael Tellqvist from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday for left wing Tyson Nash and its fourth-round choice in the 2007 draft.

Valley residents could soon lose the right to use leaf blowers to clean up their lawns and driveways — at least on some winter days.

GLENDALE - Ilya Bryzgalov has fit in perfectly in goal for coach Wayne Gretzky's Phoenix Coyotes. Bryzgalov made 25 saves for his fourth straight victory since joining Phoenix after being claimed off waivers from Anaheim, leading the Coyotes to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Five-hundred years ago, the Guarani Indians of Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia started using the plant Ka’a He’ê — translated to English as “sweet herb” — for consumption and medical treatments.

After years of steady descent, the Toros are turning over a new leaf.

If you've ever been stuck at the dreaded "kids' table" at Thanksgiving or been seated at a rickety card table stuck in to expand the main table, you know how important it is to have a dining-room table that can welcome the entire family. After years of stressing over how I was going to fit guests during holiday dinners, I finally decided to get a table that had enough room for us all. My only regret is that I didn't do this sooner.

One thing as indispensable to our guest room as freshly laundered sheets? Some literature on all the great stuff there is to do around here.

It borders on sacrilege at the intersection of Lindsay and Brown Roads.

If what you’re doing at midnight on New Year’s Eve is what you’ll be doing more of for the rest of the year, maybe standing in the street with thousands of strangers doesn’t seem like such a good idea.

It's the season for resolutions, and for many people that means vowing to get their home in the best shape possible.

Say goodbye to “Robo-Coyote.''

Now that it's mid-February, our pruning and planting chores are - or should be - behind us!

Now that it's mid-February, our pruning and planting chores are - or should be - behind us!

NEW ORLEANS - Some of the city's most popular neighborhoods officially reopened to residents Friday, a move that could bring back about a third of New Orleans' half-million inhabitants.

NEW ORLEANS - Some of the city's most popular neighborhoods officially reopened to residents Friday, a move that could bring back about a third of New Orleans' half-million inhabitants.

Jillian Miller knows she’s not ready for a gallery, but she wants to get her name out. So the Scottsdale jewelry artist recently approached Inza Coffee to show her art, and hopefully catch the eye of buyers.

Mark Grace will never forget the smell. At first, he wasn’t quite sure what was invading his senses that cold October morning. Then it occurred to him.

Mark Grace will never forget the smell. At first, he wasn’t quite sure what was invading his senses that cold October morning. Then it occurred to him.

Amid the recent brouhaha in Arizona over a birth certificate — a document we each have but virtually none of us knows where it is — was the unlikely revelation that in 2008, a secret pilot for a big hit TV show set in Hawaii was being filmed.

My friend Bob would shudder if he knew that I planted plantain today.