Even with a gas mask on, the strong stench of cat feces and urine made breathing difficult for the police officer as he picked his way through 3-foot-high piles of garbage.

In an effort to aid shelter dog rehabilitation and adoption, more than 20 Ahwatukee Foothills students of the Animal Behavioral College have participated in the Students Saving Lives program.

As pets have become more and more like members of the family, it's gotten easier to blur a few lines.

Editor’s Note: This op-ed is part of an ongoing dialogue created by Project Humanities, a university initiative at Arizona State University that explores how we make meaning of our shared experiences.

Stun gun maker Taser International on Friday said an independent study found that its stun guns had little effect on the heart functions of humans.

Dogs may have a keen sense of smell, but their powers of observation could be just as highly developed -- causing specially trained canines to poke their noses in all the wrong places because of unintentional cues from their handlers.

Entering the holiday season, we find our heart tends to hurt a bit more than usual. In strange phenomena, melancholy seems to magnify, even amid the celebration. And, predictably, family tends to get entangled in old hurts.

Our company’s founder, and the descendants who continue to lead Freedom Communications Inc., come at the world with an idea: to advance human liberty.

An early morning fire in Phoenix left a throng of dogs in the care of rescuers Wednesday.

There are many ways to get from point A to point B. There is a straight line and there is the scenic route. Sometimes, it is how you get from point A to B that is important. You can cheat and get a 100 percent on a test or you can work hard, learn and get the 100 percent and get value from what you have learned/accomplished.

There are many ways to get from point A to point B. There is a straight line and there is the scenic route. Sometimes, it is how you get from point A to B that is important. You can cheat and get a 100 percent on a test or you can work hard, learn and get the 100 percent and get value from what you have learned/accomplished.

I have been reading Kimberly Miller’s tirades about hunters and animal rights, and that is her right.

Today, children are more knowledgeable than any generation in history. Even so, there are many things in the adult world children do not understand. It is important for children to understand addiction and mind control at an early age.

To the individuals who burned a cross in the Gilbert yard on Christmas Eve: If you think you will intimidate or scare those of us who are in interracial relationships and marriages to relocate, you are dead wrong! My husband and I have been through your intimidation in the 60s and 70s. 

Gilbert police arrested a man in connection to the indecent exposure incident last month.

Mesa Unified School District is inviting parents to learn more about the district’s sexuality curriculum during two meetings this month.

The search is on for eligible women who are ready to find true love on the new season of "The Bachelor."

Gilbert’s Higley Center for the Performing Arts will host hundreds of students from across the Valley during an anti-bully program Wednesday and Thursday.

I find the opposition to Obamacare a gross, contradictory, and hypocritical position held by certain elected officials who represent the citizens of this great country.