With a record number of travelers expected to take to the skies and highways for the holidays, authorities say the key will be planning and leaving with plenty of time to spare.

The season's first blast of winter weather is on Arizona's doorstep. A series of storms is expected to sweep through the state beginning today, according to the National Weather Service. Through at least late next week, below-average temperatures and a chance of rain are in the Valley's forecast.

Expect More Arizona, a statewide education advocacy organization dedicated to raising education expectations in Arizona announced four Excellence Tour Spotlight award winners during an event held on Tuesday, including Mesa's Great Hearts Academies. According to a release, "the Phoenix finalists for the Expect More Excellence Tour demonstrate and celebrate what Arizonans are doing today to elevate world-class education in the community."

Expect More Arizona’s Pearl Chang Esau’s passion for education is a testament to her family’s history and her own upbringing.

Sluggish sales and elusive financing opportunities have Valley condominium developers delaying and, in some cases, completely scrapping projects — a trend likely to carry on into the new year.

If there ever was a year in which Hispanics are going to make their presence felt on Election Day, it would seem to be this year.

Arizona’s post-Sept. 11, 2001 economic growth cycle is expected to peak this year as job creation reaches more than 100,000, then falls back slightly to just over 90,000 next year.

The forum’s topic was "Jews in Politics," and it was a sure bet that Rep. Barbara Leff, RParadise Valley, would retell her classic story from April 1999, the one where then-House member Barbara Blewster, R-Dewey, told Leff that she didn’t look Jewish.

Electric vehicle operations in Arizona will get a charge from a new program that includes a major federal government grant to a Phoenix-based company.

SIERRA VISTA - A 1,000-acre fire that was burning in Ash Canyon was expected to be contained by Tuesday evening.

Decennial census data released Thursday confirmed that Arizona’s population has grown by nearly every measure, but experts said they expected to see even higher rates of growth.

The wet weekend in the East Valley was just the start of an expected stretch of cold, unsettled conditions.

It might be a White Christmas in the higher elevations of Arizona, and a wet one down here in the desert.

The state health department will be making 22,500 doses of influenza vaccine available to high-risk people this week as a dwindling supply has closed flu shot clinics and left people searching in vain for an inoculation.

Fallout from this week’s torrential rain continued Wednesday, as a kayaker found two men’s bodies in a partially submerged truck in Sycamore Creek, and rushing water tore at the earth holding up a bridge just north of Mesa.

Fallout from this week’s torrential rain continued Wednesday, as a kayaker found two men’s bodies in a partially submerged truck in Sycamore Creek, and rushing water tore at the earth holding up a bridge just north of Mesa.

The coming monsoon will pack stronger, more frequent thunderstorms in the state, according to the forecast of a University of Arizona climate expert.

There is a poster going viral (Jan. 26), titled "Contrasting Arizona." One photo shows President Obama hugging Congresswoman Giffords, the other shows his finger-pointed confrontation with Gov. Brewer.

KB Toys said Monday it will save the remains of the chain and be back in the black by the upcoming holiday season, which begins in November.

An estimated 38 million Americans will go somewhere this weekend. Most — 84 percent — will pile into cars, vans and SUVs to get there, AAA Arizona reports.

Students at Arizona State University will face a higher tuition and fee increase next year than originally expected, under a proposal approved Thursday by the state Board of Regents.

I’d like to talk to you today about math and politics.

I’d like to talk to you today about math and politics.

The East Valley got drenched with over an inch of rain in some areas during a storm that hit Sunday, said the National Weather Service.