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After a lengthy legal battle over concert noise, a downtown Tempe venue and a senior-living facility on the ASU campus have reached a resolution.
Mar. 31, 2023
The Cactus League is not unlike an election. Just as one season ends, the next is right around the corner. For league executive director Bridget Binsbacher, that means teaming with Arizona State University for an economic impact study about the value of spring training to Arizona’s economy.
Mar. 31, 2023
Tempe City Council voted to cancel a duplicate election in August on its proposed Entertainment District.
Mar. 31, 2023
A production of the play "Pru Payne" debuted earlier this week. It’s a love story, with a twist. The two main characters in the play both have dementia.
Mar. 31, 2023
Twice a year, Tempe hosts a Festival of the Arts and the spring edition is happening this weekend. It began decades ago as a way for the merchants of Mill Avenue to bring their wares out onto the streets. The festival runs through Sunday.
Mar. 31, 2023
Once a month, while weather allows, volunteers gather at S’edav Va’aki in Phoenix to throw mud at an over 800-year-old structure. Its outside walls are vulnerable to erosion from wind and rain, and the mudslinging helps keep it standing.
Mar. 31, 2023
After three years of COVID-19 and labor disruptions, Major League Baseball completed its first full spring training since 2019. More than 1.6 million fans attended games in Arizona this year, but it wasn’t a full return to normal. That was 8% less than attendance in 2019.
Mar. 30, 2023
Flanked by brewery workers, a carpenter’s union and a quartet of former Tempe mayors, the Arizona Coyotes took their pitch for a new arena to voters Thursday via news conference. The group gathered in a Fours Peak Brewing Co. tasting room days after Phoenix sued to block the project.
Mar. 30, 2023
Some small businesses in Phoenix could receive extra attention thanks to a new initiative from the mayor’s office.
Mar. 30, 2023
The former Paradise Valley Mall in northeast Phoenix will be the future site of resort-style living.
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Mar. 30, 2023
As the Arizona Diamondbacks begin what they hope is a new era for the team, this season will mark the end of an era in the broadcast booth. Greg Schulte was hired to be the team’s radio play-by-play announcer in 1995 — three years before they started playing. This season will be Schulte’s last.
Mar. 30, 2023
Thursday is opening day for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the rest of Major League Baseball. The Show spoke with Nick Piecoro, Diamondbacks beat writer for the Arizona Republic to preview the 2023 season.
Mar. 30, 2023
For the first time, Phoenix Rising will play soccer in its namesake city.
Mar. 29, 2023
Music can instantly bring back memories — even if we haven’t thought about those events, people, or places for years. The Arizona Musical Memory Archive at the University of Arizona has been cataloging those musical memories.
Mar. 29, 2023
In its first year of legalized sports gambling, the state reported Arizonans wagered over $5 billion. And this year? January alone saw nearly $600 million in bets. At the same time, the numbers for gambling addiction are startling.
Mar. 29, 2023
Phoenix’s newest community center will open to the public Thursday. It’s the city’s first center to be built since 2007.
Mar. 29, 2023
The city of Phoenix filed suit Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court to stop a major development planned in Tempe that Phoenix believes is too close to Sky Harbor Airport.
Mar. 29, 2023
Water recreation enthusiasts in the Valley can now resume activities at Tempe Town Lake. The city announced the amount of brackish water containing debris that was released by Salt River Project (SRP) into the lake has decreased.
Mar. 27, 2023
A neighborhood skate park in Maryvale was lined with tents and packed with spectators this weekend. They were gathered for the 21st-annual Phoenix Am competition, which featured some of the country’s best amateur skateboarders.
Mar. 27, 2023
A city-owned museum marking where Hohokam people settled, ran their irrigation system, and lived for more than a thousand years has been renamed in Native language. Phoenix Parks and Recreation officials now plan to market the repository as the “gateway to Phoenix heritage.”
Mar. 24, 2023
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