Lloyd Melton is the owner of Biscuits Restaurant, 1235 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, (480) 497-0321, and 4623 E. Elliot Road, Phoenix, (480) 209-1850 or BiscuitsAZ.com

Bridgestone Corporation officially broke ground last week on a biorubber process research center — a facility expected to investigate ways to better produce rubber from a native southwestern plant.

Love it or hate it, everyone goes grocery shopping. That’s why Emily Stamey, the new curator at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, felt that grocery shopping had all the ingredients of an interesting exhibit — one that offered a lighthearted look at an everyday task while also providing touch points for deeper social and economic issues.

Emergency Medical Services week celebrates the hard work and dedication these professionals provide our community every day. During the 2013 EMS week, however, Southwest Ambulance also celebrated a milestone; surpassing their goal of 500 community members trained in CPR over the last 12 months.

There have been highs and lows from the 2012-2013 athletic year.

A Scottsdale restaurant planned to reopen Tuesday night after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience.

The Valley’s exotic new rainforest exhibit with thousands of butterflies, a live ant colony, a honey bee exhibit and a 3D film about monarch butterfly migrations, celebrates its grand opening Memorial Day weekend.

Here is the Scottsdale all-city baseball team as voted on by the Scottsdale schools’ baseball coaches: