A Mesa tire store was robbed at gunpoint at noon Monday, police said.

Thousands of East Valley students will become community college graduates Friday night.

When Frank Leonesio turned a former Mesa PetsMart into a purification plant two years ago and jumped in the sea of bottled water makers, he knew he wouldn’t drown.

July 20, 2004

The Arizona Corporation Commission approved a modest rate increase for Arizona Public Service late Wednesday while requiring the utility to expand its renewable energy and energy-efficiency efforts.

May 12, 2005

Speaking passionately about crime trends in the Valley, police detective Kevin Koliboski drove his compact car into a field of retirement homes being built along a plush golf course lined with palm trees in east Mesa.

Speaking passionately about crime trends in the Valley, police detective Kevin Koliboski drove his compact car into a field of retirement homes being built along a plush golf course lined with palm trees in east Mesa. The houses with Spanish-tile roofs and covered patios sit on land that once was just desert that ran for miles to the foothills of the Superstition Mountains.

Among the 5 C's of Arizona - Cattle, Citrus, Climate, Copper and Cotton - Copper once again is a hot commodity.

The former site of Gould Electronics in Chandler is being cleared to make way for a midrise office complex, which the developer hopes will be under construction by the middle of next year.

Arizona Public Service and a Massachusetts-based company called GreenFuel Technologies Corp. have launched a project they hope will solve two problems at once — reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants while creating domestic fuel for motor vehicles.

Burgoyne trains in Ecuador

Burgoyne trains in Ecuador

Burgoyne trains in Ecuador

Burgoyne trains in Ecuador

One of Casa Serena Mobile Home Park’s most popular residents — known to greet female residents with a kiss and “Bonjour, bonjour!” as he rides his bicycle — is set to celebrate a milestone birthday in grand fashion.

Intel Corp.’s impressive manufacturing capabilities grew even mightier Thursday as the company formally opened its latest $3 billion chip making factory in south Chandler.

Milk and biofuel might seem an odd combination, but a Phoenix-based company is planning to produce both at a proposed dairy/biorefinery in western Arizona.