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Homeless men line up outside Central Arizona Shelter Services in downtown Phoenix in hopes of getting a spot to sleep inside and out of the devestating heat.

Developer Frank Varriale hoped his plans to build shops, apartments and a hotel in this sprawling Boise suburb would have become reality by now.

July 7, 2008 A sense of euphoria is taking hold in Crown King as residents return and express their gratitude to firefighters for saving their homes and historic business district.

PRESCOTT Summer Courthouse Plaza Schedule Bring a lawn chair or blanket to listen to free music on the north side of the courthouse plaza from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 ; Wednesday, July 8 ; Thursday, July 9 ; Friday, July 10 ; and Saturday, July 11 .

Organizers of the fourth annual Apache Junction Art Festival of the Superstitions are looking for artists and sponsors.

Rescue 1 is the newest addition to Winkelman Fire Department. A new member of the Winkelman Volunteer Fire Department is on the job.

Hayden Mayor Monica Badillo takes the Oath of Office. Councilmember Mayor Monica Badillo and the members of the Hayden Town Council took oaths of office for their new terms at the regular meeting on June 15.

The state budget being finalized by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican legislative leaders includes property tax cuts and a two-year freeze on development impact fees assessed by city governments on home builders and developers.

The Payson Roundup reports that the Central Arizona Association of Governments has tabled a proposal to form a committee to study the idea of splitting up the organization which represents Pinal and Gila County.

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A Phoenix-based NitrogenManTM, the only drive through facility in the Valley for Nitrogen tire inflation, is now offering their services to automotive fleets and the trucking industry.A Last week, NitrogenMan completed an installation for Safeway grocery stores to fill the tires in their Tempe-based truck fleet with Nitrogen in an effort to reduce ...

The Town Council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday allowing Queen Creek to circumnavigate a moratorium in the state budget that prohibits cities from charging home builders impact fees for three years.

Arizona State University professor Nancy Grimm is one of the authors of a new and authoritative federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change.

Arizona home builders say a proposed three-year moratorium on development impact fees will stimulate development and reduce housing costs.

Mesa and conservative think tank the Goldwater Institute await a court decision on whether the city can charge impact fees for cultural facilities.

Over one thousand petroglyphs at the V-Bar-V Ranch Heritage Site in Coconino National Forest present a rare archaeological glimpse into a prehistoric culture in what is now the State of Arizona.

A provision recently inserted in the state budget barring cities from collecting development impact fees could force Tucson to slash another $4.6 million from its newly approved tentative budget.

FROM DOWN UNDER: Arizona State starting pitcher Josh Spence is a native of Australia.

Fire has burned through a Casa Grande building that had apparently been slated for preservation.

Teresa Alvarez, left, and Martha Keen put together meals for lunch Thursday morning at the Central Arizona Seniors Association Senior Center in Prescott Valley.