Mesa has trashed a plan to raise money from private developers to relocate its incoming economic development director from the East Coast.

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Gilbert business development manager Dan Henderson has been named the economic developer of the year by the Arizona Association for Economic Development.

Officials are touting the impact of an effort that coordinates the actions of federal, state, local, tribal and Mexican law enforcement agencies to combat crime along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Monday marks the the first day of summer and promises high temperatures with dry conditions.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday.

Marvel announced today that Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle will be appearing in Iron Man 2 as well as 2011’s Avengers movie. Downey Jr. will be reprising his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man, while Don Cheadle will be replacing Terrence Howard as James “Rhodey” Rhodes.

Police and fire officials are investigating a fire that torched a Gilbert playground early Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - Marilyn Manson will start the new year as a single man. The goth rocker's marriage to model and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese officially ended Thursday, and the two were "restored to the status of single persons," according to a judgment filed in Superior Court.

Elections officials have secured nearly all of the 397 locations needed across Maricopa County to stage next month’s presidential preference election.

A team of Canadian and U.S. fraud investigators based in Montreal announced Tuesday the seizure of more than 50,000 pieces of mail containing fake checks totaling $195 million.

LOS ANGELES - Kate Hudson starred in "Le Divorce" - twice. The film version was released in 2003. The real-life version debuted Thursday, when her divorce from rocker Chris Robinson was finalized in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The head of a Tempe city department has been placed on leave, though the reason why is “confidential,” interim city manager Jeff Kulaga said late Tuesday.

Gilbert’s third riparian preserve could be the niche the town has been seeking to capture tourism dollars, said the newest council member, Linda Abbott.

Jim Rhodes’ plans to run a water company near Kingman were being blocked by the Arizona Corporation Commission. So Mohave County officials turned up the pressure. With help from Rhodes.

WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian Institution announced Monday that its top official, Secretary Lawrence M. Small, has resigned amid criticism about his expenses.

The baby alligator that roamed the greens of Scottsdale's McCormick Ranch Golf Cub for almost a week was caught Thursday after the pond where it lived was drained. "He was hiding in the grass on the edge of the pond where it was shady," said Daniel Marchand curator of the Phoenix Herpetological Society.

The baby alligator that roamed the greens of Scottsdale's McCormick Ranch Golf Cub for almost a week was caught Thursday after the pond where it lived was drained. "He was hiding in the grass on the edge of the pond where it was shady," said Daniel Marchand curator of the Phoenix Herpetological Society.