The contract of Chaparral boys basketball coach Damin Lopez has not been renewed by the Scottsdale Unified School District, according to several sources with knowledge of the situation.

A Chandler officer who was fired only to be reinstated months later received a $380,438 jury award on Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court for wrongful termination, said his attorney Tony Shaw of Prescott.

The Arizona State soccer team has caught the injury bug.

Chaparral earned its second consecutive trip to the 5A Division II boys basketball state tournament semifinals with a 63-47 win over pesky Lake Havasu on Saturday night at Chaparral.

Three weeks before the March 9 primary, Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn has spent $12 in his bid for reelection, and his opponent just started to raise campaign money, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.

Neighbors who say a development company lied about its plans for a Chandler corner are organizing a boycott.

When it was time for someone to step up and hit a shot, Chaparral had just the guy to do it.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has appointed Rick Romley to replace County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

Arizona State announced Tuesday that Katelyn Boyd of Scottsdale Horizon, Talor Haro of Gilbert Highland and Annie Lockwood of Paradise Valley High were three of seven softball players to sign national letters of intent to play for the Sun Devils.

Address: 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave., Maricopa; Records: Tonopah Valley 1-7, 0-5 2A West Region; Maricopa 3-6, 3-2; Gametime: 7:00 p.m.

More than 100 high school students from the Chandler Unified School District participated in the Chandler Political Youth Forum Tuesday night, the most participants in all the other forums so far this election season, said candidate Lowell D. Huggins Sr.

Chandler voters had their first opportunity to hear what City Council and mayoral candidates had to say Wednesday at a forum.

A move by Vestar Development Co. allowing it to move forward on a proposed shopping center in Chandler without further public hearings or returning to the City Council for approval has upset some council members and neighbors.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 2012 re-election campaign committee will be fined for sending out mailers deemed illegal by the county election department's finance committee because they sought the defeat of Interim Maricopa County Rick Romley.

Over the past weekend, I extended e-mail congratulations to Scottsdale City Councilman Bob Littlefield for his brilliant decision to place the SRP facility relocation on Monday's council agenda. I suggested to him it was a stroke of genius, and that he must stay up nights dreaming up such stuff. He e-mailed back suggesting I only criticize him and those he supports, and leave my favorites (Mayor Mary Manross, council members Betty Drake and Ron McCullagh, and council candidate Suzanne Klapp) alone and that by doing so, I'm a hypocrite. Wow, what a shot.

The Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts in Wickenburg features a diverse lineup of programming during March, including bluegrass, a Broadway musical, contemporary jazz piano and circus. 

The Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts in Wickenburg features a diverse lineup of programming during March, including bluegrass, a Broadway musical, contemporary jazz piano and circus. 

When it comes to contact between college basketball coaches and high school recruits, there are several starting and stopping points throughout the year.

 The 5A Desert Valley Region looks to be competitive until the very end of the regular season.

SEATTLE - News that Europe’s Airbus SAS received the green light to take orders for a new airplane to compete with Boeing Co.’s 7E7 Dreamliner could spell more trouble for Boeing’s Seattle-based commercial airplanes division.

Feathers will fly again this weekend in Chandler’s Tumbleweed Park as the world’s largest living bird returns to the 16th annual Ostrich Festival.

Funny thing about neighborhood issues. They can quickly escalate to community controversies, affecting the political lives and fortunes of elected officials. Take the solid waste transfer station flap in Chandler.