WASHINGTON — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the emergency contraceptive.

When Arizona voters approved the use of medical marijuana in 2010, Steve Cottrell saw a way to combine his laboratory background and his interest in the plant he’d been studying since his 11-year-old son died of cancer more than a decade before.

Dwayne Stowell was just a high school senior when his life was instantly changed.

Online applications are available for the new Learn to Earn summer program sponsored by Mesa Counts on College. The pilot program is open to current Mesa Unified School District high school juniors who are at least 17 years old.

Republicans should get out front for once and lead the movement to legalize marijuana. It makes sense any way you look at it.

“I see Mexico has the same problems with union management we have in the U.S. They are all crooks. The head of the teacher’s union was just arrested for embezzlement.”

Police say they have arrested the operator of two “compassion clubs” in Tempe and seized more than 120 marijuana plants.

(AP) — Phoenix police say they believe one man is responsible for at least 13 armed robberies in the Phoenix area in the past two months.

Police are still searching for two men suspected of robbing nine businesses in east Mesa this month.

For those of you who still think charter schools aren’t for-profit organizations, the groups combining to put up a new Happy Valley charter in Queen Creek are Gratton Investments and Happy Valley Schools Inc.! Sound like a group that may be a bit concerned about making money for their officers? You bet! My daughter went to public schools in Chandler, and got her doctorate in pharmacy at age 23. It’s the student and parents that will make a student successful, not a profit-making group with self interests!

An unvaccinated woman in her late 50s is the first person identified with the flu this season, the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed this week.

Q: I’ve heard some people talking about a new rewards program at Walgreens. What is it?

While spending several years working as a pharmacy tech, Steven Katz saw too many patients with too many medicines, some even prescribed to counter the effects of others.

“Seven Mesa High students taken to hospital.”

There’s something missing from our current debate about national health care. Too few are talking about actual health. We lament the red tape, the gaps in insurance coverage and the costs that seem to escalate daily. But we often forget the central point: Our own individual health and well being. How can Americans be healthier, feel better and live longer?

Arizona's September unemployment dipped to 8.2 percent, down from 8.3 percent the two previous months. Department of Administration economists report that the state added 30,000 jobs, mostly in government due to seasonal hiring by schools, according to the Associated Press.

The Arizona Department of Health Services marked the start of a new flu season Wednesday with shots available at the Capitol to state employees.

The Labor Department announced that the jobless rate hit 7.8 percent in September, making it the first time since it has been below 8 percent in almost four years. While improving, that statistic still leaves a large number of people out of work.

There’s something missing from our current debate about national health care. Too few are talking about actual health! We lament the red tape, the gaps in insurance coverage and the costs that seem to escalate daily. But we often forget the central point: Our own individual health and well-being. How can Americans be healthier, feel better and live longer?

The Court of Appeals on Thursday blocked efforts by the state's health care program for the poor to assess more than $200 million in reimbursement and penalties against a major drug manufacturer.

What if you could soothe a sore throat or a headache with the snip of a scissors? Plant some herbs indoors now, before fall sets in, and you could have a winter's worth of folksy remedies.

Ever meandered through the pharmacy aisles of Whole Foods, Sprouts, or even Trader Joe’s and wished you knew more about the various supplements and which ones could possibly benefit you? Herbal/dietary supplements (also called botanicals) are plants used for their therapeutic properties, and the roots of herbalism go back to the beginning of humanity. The following list contains some of the more popular herbs that are generally accepted to have psychoactive and/or medicinal properties with positive effects in humans:

From actual plants, to lollipops and even cupcakes, a marijuana-themed farmers market offered a little of everything for cardholders Sunday afternoon in the west Valley.

Struggling to pay for your prescription medication?