Turf Paradise, Arizona’s first sports franchise, is celebrating nearly seven decades in Phoenix. It will be offering a full card of live, local horse racing on Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25. General admission is $5, general parking is free, and gates open at 11 a.m.

Motorists heading from the East Valley to Phoenix and points west will have to get creative this weekend due to disruptive freeway closures.

The lawsuit says the Department of Water Resources stopped developers from getting water assurance certificates by illegally changing rules.

The gun used to critically injure two elementary school students in Butte County was a modified weapon — also known as a ghost gun — the shooter bought from a felon in Arizona, officials said Tuesday.

The high temperature in Phoenix on Jan. 21 only reached 60°. A Freeze Warning is in effect for the Valley beginning Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. 70-degree temps are back in the forecast for Phoenix by the weekend.

The detectives determined that Kitagawa then sold the ghost gun to Litton on April 10 at a motel in Chandler, Arizona, which is a violation of Arizona law because it’s illegal for Kitagawa to possess a firearm as a convicted felon.

Sky Harbor is expected to dip into the upper 30s on Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning. As a result, some parts of the Valley are forecast to hit freezing conditions.

Many Arizona K12 schools will be off school for a week or two in March for spring break. Here's when all metro Phoenix districts are off school.

After one season leading a turnaround at Buckeye Verrado, Jeremy Hathcock is headed back to the East Valley to lead Mesa's football program.

Fentanyl continues to be the most deadly drug in Arizona, and an average of three people die a day due to fentanyl overdoses in Maricopa County alone.

When Suzanne Boyles started working for the city of Buckeye's economic development team in 2013, they only had three employees. Reflecting the city's explosive growth since then, Buckeye has now brought on its ninth team member to support its development efforts.

Here's a breakdown of The Arizona Republic's Top 10 boys basketball players from Jan. 13-20, including MLK Day. Vote in our poll for top overall.