Fundraising is underway for a new $18 million project in Fountain Hills. At a public meeting this week, the 15,000-square-foot International Dark Sky Discovery Center was announced. “We’re pretty excited about it, as you can well imagine,” Joe Bill, co-chair of the town’s Dark Sky Association, said Wednesday evening. The center plans to have four […]
Read More“December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy.”- President Franklin D. Roosevelt A traveling exhibition featuring photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor and other events leading to the U.S. entering World War II opened this week at the Chandler Museum. “Infamy: December 7, 1941” debuted on Wednesday and will be on […]
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines has announced that they have removed the 737 Max from its schedule until February of 2020. Back in July, Southwest announced that it had cancelled flights through Jan. 5, 2020, because of the 737 Max. They have now removed the aircraft from their schedule until February due to the uncertain timing of the […]
Read MoreThere has been a lot of construction happening at the Phoenix Zoo lately. Those projects are finally seeing the light, because two new additions have been unveiled. The first phase of the expansion is a bigger, better home for their elephants. This new habitat is over double the size of their previous one. The zoo’s […]
Read MoreA rare astronomical alignment known as a Mercury Transit will occur on Monday, Nov. 11, and will be visible across almost all of North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Western Asia. A transit occurs when a planet passes directly between the Earth and the sun. They are rare and only happen about 13 times […]
Read MoreA new study has found toxic metals in nearly all brands of baby food that were tested. These toxic metals can be damaging to a baby’s brain development. Even the littlest amount can be dangerous. Healthy Babies Bright Futures, an organization that calls itself “an alliance of nonprofit organizations, scientists and donors” that are trying […]
Read MoreVaping brand, Juul Labs announced on Thursday that it will suspend online sales of its non-tobacco, non-methol flavored e-cigarettes in the U.S. The company had already suspended retail-store sales of its mango, creme, fruit and cucumber flavors, which are said to have contributed to America’s youth vaping crisis. The suspension is immediate and will remain […]
Read MoreFor many receiving daily unsolicited phone calls are an annoyance. The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that robocalls made up nearly three-quarters of complaints from consumers about violations of the National Do Not Call Registry over the past year. In 2019, the biggest complaints received were calls from impostors, which jumped from the third-most complained-about […]
Read MoreChristmas is just right around the corner and Blue Bell is preparing for the Holiday season with their latest flavor release: Christmas Cookies Ice Cream. The Texas creamery said the popular flavor will hit store shelves on Thursday and will be limited edition. According to Blue Bell’s Facebook page, the ice cream features “all of […]
Read MoreAs Tucson prepares to vote on the issue, GOP state lawmakers are aiming to restrict the establishment of sanctuary cities in Arizona. There are no sanctuary cities in Arizona currently, but Tucson is considering becoming one. Next month, Tucson voters will weigh in on a measure that would prevent police from asking about immigration status […]
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