Scottsdale stormwater officials plan to recommend hiring additional experts to analyze drainage plans for all new development in flood-prone areas, particularly in the city’s north.

Fountain Hills residents want their town to embrace its desert surroundings. But that emphasis on nature could carry a price tag.

State senators took the first steps Wednesday to block Gov. Janet Napolitano from mandating reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Arizona and imposing new standards on the vehicles that can be sold here.

Linda Abbott took Gilbert by surprise March 13, when voters swept her into office with an overwhelming majority of votes.

June 12, 2004

A 10-year, $90 million master plan for Scottsdale’s 160-acre WestWorld event center has received federal environmental approval, clearing the way for the city to set in motion individual projects.

Despite numerous complaints from north Scottsdale residents about flooding, flood insurance rates are declining here after a federal study credited city staff with superior flood plain management.

WASHINGTON - The failure of three transmission lines in northern Ohio was the likely trigger of the nation's biggest power blackout, a leading investigator said Saturday.

UNITED NATIONS - In a victory for the United States, the U.N. Security Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday giving the United Nations' backing to the U.S.-led administration of Iraq and lifting economic sanctions.

Mesa's Marc Center plans to build a facility in the underserved east side of town. The 36,705-square-foot Marc Center East Vocational Training Facility planned for east Mesa, near Signal Butte Road on the south side of Main Street, would be in addition to the center's downtown site on Country Club Drive.

In September 2006, Gov. Janet Napolitano issued an executive order directing the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to adopt and implement California's Low Emission Vehicle Program, or CA LEV. With a stroke of the pen, and no explanation of CA LEV's implications, the governor single-handedly put Arizona on the road to becoming subservient to the whims of California.

Parting ways with her own Republican Party, Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday proposed expanding Arizona’s Medicaid program to take advantage of the federal Affordable Care Act.

ROACH DRY LAKE, Nev. (AP) — Not a light bulb's worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground.

Kate Klein knew the forest was ready to explode last June.

Kate Klein knew the forest was ready to explode last June.

A square mile a minute.

Kyrene to have 2 school board openings

A square mile a minute. That’s how fast the Rodeo-Chediski fire raged toward the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona at its peak.