Apache Junction News

Santa has arrived in Mesa and other valley locations. cc Vanessa Pike Russell Santa has arrived in the valley! Be sure to take in some Christmas Cheer while sightseeing in Mesa this winter.

After three consecutive down years, the Valley appears to be attracting more snowbirds, a welcome change amid a struggling economy.

State senators voted to cut nearly $300 million in spending Wednesday in an effort to start dealing with an anticipated $2 billion deficit.

They came, they saw - sort of. People came to the state Capitol by the dozens Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Arizona blue spruce that will headline the Christmas display at the U.S. Capitol next month.

Cary Lockwood is taking his expertise on cars to another level by helping Valley consumers find good auto mechanics.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms its 'A+' rating to the Apache Junction Unified School District No.

With good-ole Western hospitality, and lots of whooping, hollering and crooning, the new "Howdy Show and Dinner Extravaganza" at Rockin' R Ranch in Mesa feastures gun-toting cowpokes, the Lost Dutchman and his Superstitions' gold, colorful dancehall girls, tasty chow and tasteful cornpone.

A deal to make ambulance service more efficient in Mesa, Gilbert, Queen Creek and Apache Junction is being challenged in court by a company that lost out in the bidding process.

Police arrested a woman Friday on charges of credit card fraud and identity theft after a family member recognized her in a photo shown on a television newscast.

A woman was arrested Friday in connection with an identity theft case stemming from earlier this year.

A woman who has used a forged credit card in the East Valley and other Arizona towns was seen on store surveillance videos during her shopping spree.

Officials have released surveillance photos, hoping someone will recognize the suspect in an identity theft case and call police.

Former Mesa Public Schools Superintendent Deb Duvall and the Save the Family Foundation have been designated the recipients of the East Valley Partnership's annual Cox Excel Awards this year.

Being bitten by a Gilbert police K-9 dog after fleeing a burglarized home apparently wasn't going to keep an Apache Junction man from trying to evade police from a local emergency room.

The holiday season brings challenges to people who have lost a loved one. Learn ways to cope this month through free grief support groups provided by Hospice of the Valley.

Vicky Wilding of Apache Junction picks out tomatoes at the Mesa Community Farmers Market.

Submitted by Anonymous on October 26, 2009 - 1:27pm. Brenda Joy Bowman passed away Friday, Oct.

On Nov. 3, the Mesa and Apache Junction unified school districts will hold budget override elections.

The following are calls for service to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office: Oct. 21 12:47 a.m.: A caller reported an unmarked police vehicle being involved in a single-vehicle rollover with injuries on Interstate 8 near State Route 84 in Pinal County.

Apache Junction firefighters rescued a woman who fell into a ravine Wednesday morning.