The Gila River Indian Community is offering the Arizona Department of Transportation more use of its land to widen Interstate 10 through the reservation.

Meredith Stewart quickly deals out the cards for blackjack, one of the most popular games at the Wild Horse Pass Casino on the Gila River Indian Community.

PAYSON  — Authorities in northern Arizona say a Mesa man is dead after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Payson.

While the East Valley inched closer to normal rainfall totals for the year, northern Arizona was inundated by rain instead of expected snow Wednesday.

A weekend storm that dropped a record amount of rain in Phoenix and Tucson brought 33 inches of snow to the Arizona Snowbowl in northern Arizona.

April 23, 2005

Federal, state and tribal officials on Friday praised the Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act as the most important water-rights settlement in U.S. history.

July 2, 2004

A wind advisory has been issued for northern Maricopa, north-central Pinal and southern Gila counties until 11 a.m. today.

A Pacific storm rolling in will bring high winds, chances for rain and mountain snow, and a major drop in temperatures!

A flash flood watch has been issued in the Phoenix area until tomorrow morning when rains are expected to lighten.

July 22, 2004

McDonald’s restaurants throughout the Valley and northern Arizona will host “backpack Saturday” 8 a.m. July 28, giving away 20,000 backpacks and helping thousands of children prepare for school.

Much of northern and southeastern Arizona were under winter storm warnings on Christmas Day as the first of two powerful storms moved across the state.

Valley residents driving Interstate 17 over the next few days should not be alarmed if they see smoke from a fire in southern Yavapai County, federal officials say.

Welcome to San Tan, Arizona.

Phoenix deputy fire chief Harry Beck is Mesa’s new fire chief.

Christmas Day brought showers across much of the Valley, particularly hitting the eastern parts in the afternoon. By about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service had recorded between a quarter and a half-inch of rain in Mesa.

Scattered showers drizzled over the East Valley on Sunday — a contrast to last week’s record-breaking storm that closed roads, stranded motorists and turned local mountains white.

The Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the South Mountain Freeway was released on April 26, but as the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) continues to study putting the freeway down Pecos Road a group of Gila River Indian Community Landowners are stuck waiting for answers as their initiative — which could make it possible for the freeway to go on tribal land — is stalled by the Tribal Council.

Walking along the Crosscut Canal in Papago Park, Tom Hulen points to a sprawling salt cedar tree overtaking a native mesquite. Left unchecked, the salt cedar could kill the mesquite by blocking its sunlight and competing for water and nutrients.

It’s not a matter of if it will rain, it’s a matter of when.

The majority of Queen Creek’s elected officials said they probably would support a fast-growing northern Pinal County community’s effort to establish itself as a town, despite a possible dispute over shared borders.