By Zach Alvira Tribune Sports Editor Attending a fall high school sporting event will be a different experience than in years past for East Valley fans due to the pandemic. Many school districts are limiting the number of tickets...
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Gov. Doug Ducey will not order businesses to re-close or impose new restrictions even if the infection threat of COVID-19 in any area returns to “substantial.’’ “Arizona’s...
By Olivia Munson Cronkite News Balbir Singh Sodhi was helping with the landscaping outside his Mesa gas station on Sept. 15, 2001, when he was killed in a drive-by shooting by a white gunman, enraged by the 9/11 attacks days...
By PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor The six candidates running for three open seats on the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board all oppose a comprehensive sex education program, agree on the district’s strengths and most...
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Two new reports suggest that Arizonans will be among the least likely to get immunized against COVID-19 once a vaccine becomes available. A new poll being released Tuesday by OH Predictive...
TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF Five cases of COVID-19 were reported by the East Valley Institute of Technology in the first three weeks of the school year, but since then none have cropped up at either of its Mesa locations. EVIT spokeswoman...
By Jim Walsh Tribune Staff Writer As children and teens begin returning to Mesa classrooms, teachers and administrators aren’t just focused on addressing “learning loss” among many students during months of online...
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services An average 20 percent boost in teacher salaries over the past four years has apparently done little to entice people into the classroom and keep experienced staffers there. A new report...
By Jim Walsh Tribune Staff Writer Volunteers are mobilizing to sew 600,000 medical-grade face masks for use in hospitals throughout the Phoenix area as the masks become a part of everyday life throughout the COVID-19 pandemic....
By Jim Walsh Tribune Staff Writer Mesa will significantly expand the utilities assistance and eviction-prevention programs, using federal COVID-19 relief funds to avert a spike in homelessness. Both efforts are under the Mesa...
