An east Mesa resident was arrested late Wednesday night after police raided a suspected methamphetamine lab they believe was part of a larger organization.

A drug task force shut down a sophisticated methamphetamine lab in a backyard shed Wednesday, nabbing a man known on the streets as "the largest meth cooker in the Chandler area," said Maricopa County sheriff’s officials.

A massive and controversial drug testing laboratory is set to open in a couple of months after Chandler officials granted final approval to occupy the building.

Covance, the international drug-development services company, officially opened its $175 million drug testing lab in Chandler Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and effusive welcomes from state and city officials.

January 24, 2005

Asnap was audible from several feet away as Nathan Ensley slapped Keighley Richardson’s palm.

Before the end of the year, the Scottsdale Police Department’s crime lab will become faster and more efficient in processing evidence from crime scenes through new equipment, officials say.

For 21 years, Paradise Valley Hospital has served the north East Valley as a general community hospital, specializing in providing quality emergency medicine, obstetrics services and bariatric surgeries, said the hospital’s chief executive officer.

Dirty diapers were strewn about and harsh chemicals sat next to a loaf of bread. A foul odor wafted from the area.

Dirty diapers were strewn about and harsh chemicals sat next to a loaf of bread. A foul odor wafted from the area.

Dirty diapers were strewn about and harsh chemicals sat next to a loaf of bread. A foul odor wafted from the area.

Investigators discovered an unexploded pipe bomb and evidence of a methamphetamine lab Thursday in the apartment officials said was ground zero for a series of explosions that rocked a Mesa complex on Sunday.

A custom photo lab that has served customers for more than 40 years is closing Friday.

A custom photo lab that has served customers for more than 40 years is closing Friday.

A custom photo lab that has served customers for more than 40 years is closing Friday.

Any day now, scientist and businessman David Halstead expects to get a call from federal investigators looking into football helmet safety.

Builders are putting the finishing touches on Mesa’s long-awaited new Police Forensic Services Section, and in about two weeks its staff will begin moving in.

Pipe bombs and methmaking equipment were pulled from a Mesa house late Wednesday as police arrested a man suspected of cooking the drug there.

Pipe bombs and methmaking equipment were pulled from a Mesa house late Wednesday as police arrested a man suspected of cooking the drug there.

Pipe bombs and methmaking equipment were pulled from a Mesa house late Wednesday as police arrested a man suspected of cooking the drug there.

Col. Dan Walker said Friday that technology developed at a military lab in Mesa enabled the U.S. to kill one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. But soon the Air Force Research Laboratory at Williams Gateway Airport will be moved to an Ohio military base, ending more than three decades of cooperation between military personnel and civilian contractors who work at the complex.

Col. Dan Walker said Friday that technology developed at a military lab in Mesa enabled the U.S. to kill one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. But soon the Air Force Research Laboratory at Williams Gateway Airport will be moved to an Ohio military base, ending more than three decades of cooperation between military personnel and civilian contractors who work at the complex.

Crime labs are rising and expanding throughout the state as police departments strive to keep pace with the evolving role of science in law enforcement.