Pinal County Attorney James P. Walsh has appointed Alden “Butch” L. Gates interim director of the Pinal County Attorney’s Family Advocacy Center following the resignation of Christina Schopen.

Mae Reed is waiting for someone to give her a bath. Reed has been a widow for almost 30 years and is accustomed to taking care of herself.

Mae Reed is waiting for someone to give her a bath. Reed has been a widow for almost 30 years and is accustomed to taking care of herself.

Services for Monsignor Edward Ryle, longtime lobbyist for Arizona’s Catholic bishops, are scheduled for Thursday at St. Augustine’s Cathedral in Tucson.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A biochemistry professor who is a leading advocate of "intelligent design" testified Monday that evolution alone can't explain complex biological processes and he believes God is behind them.

Arizona’s sigh of relief after an extraordinarily wet winter put a dent in drought conditions must not turn into complacency about the future, water experts warn.

Local foster children need more than just a stable environment.

A push for a new library in north Scottsdale is on its way.

Too often in our politics, education is used as a political football by both sides of the aisle. Candidates make campaign promises to earn votes that they fail to fulfill, and our students pay the price.

Maricopa County processes thousands of kids through the foster care system each year. There are currently 6,300 children under the age of 18 who are in some form of foster care, whether it is living in a foster home, shelter, group home, a detention center or correctional facility.

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups say President Barack Obama has assured them that he remains committed to a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws. But what can be accomplished on the issue this year remains unclear.

When parents go to jail, a child is left behind. In court, the parents have attorneys to defend them. But who fights for the interests of the child?

They chose the day before Gilbert’s Global Village Festival to send a message to Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman: “Open your heart” to immigrants.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett knows what it’s like to be caught between the demands of a job and caring for a family.

East Valley preservation advocates are anxiously looking at state legislative bills that could determine the fate of a large portion of Maricopa County’s open space.

February 10, 2005

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