Following discussions with public school leaders, and in accordance with new guidance from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Governor Doug Ducey issued a new Executive Order on Wednesday returning schools to in-person, teacher-led instruction. According to metrics developed by the CDC, 12 of Arizona’s 15 counties are in phases where all...
Read MoreThe Phoenix Mural Project sponsored by SRP is finishing up a month-long project this weekend of painting 68 murals on walls along the Grand Canalscape from 15th Avenue to 7th Street. The public is invited to watch artists put the final touches on the murals, which illustrate each artists’ visions of Arizona and sustainability,...
Read MoreA 400-room art-centric hotel — a mix of glamping, capsule rooms, and “absurd luxury suites” near Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row artist district. A 75,000-square-foot art exhibition and a 10,000-square-foot performance hall. Unfortunately, those plans for Meow Wolf’s first immersive hotel project in downtown Phoenix are no longer, two years after they were announced. However, the...
Read MoreInternational cream puff chain Beard Papa’s is coming to Arizona, opening a bakery in Scottsdale on Saturday, according to a press release. The Scottsdale location of Beard Papa’s is based inside Scottsdale Quarter, near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Butherus Drive. The bakery will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday...
Read MorePhoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has launched the Mayor’s Birthday Book Club for kids with the help of book company, Scholastic. During the first year of the program, 500 books will be sent to kids ages Pre-K through 3rd grade on their birthday. Each book will come with a special birthday message from the mayor...
Read MoreMajor changes are coming for the Paradise Valley mall area, after receiving rezoning approval from the city of Phoenix city council. Macerich and RED Development are moving forward with major redevelopment plans for Paradise Valley Mall. According to a statement released on the afternoon of Feb. 17, the redevelopment will transform the 1.2 million-square-foot shopping center...
Read MoreDespite the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers behind the International Dark Sky Discovery Center project are beginning an $18-million capital campaign to get the facility off the ground. “It’d be the only facility in the world that relates the importance of dark sky preservation to the study of astronomy, the space program, the universe, and life...
Read MoreThe Fiesta Bowl and Desert Financial Credit Union announced Tuesday morning that the Fiesta Bowl Parade rescheduled for April 2021 has been cancelled. Organizers have replaced the event that draws more than 100,000 people to the streets of Central Phoenix with “Kindness Arizona,” a caravan of buses and cars that will hit the road...
Read MoreAdvocates of using public money for private education are pushing a wide-ranging new school voucher program that would vastly expand Arizona’s current system just two years after state voters overwhelmingly rejected a universal voucher system. The proposal from Glendale Republican Sen. Paul Boyer would make all children attending schools with a high percentage of...
Read MoreTreatments for COVID-19 patients in the hospital are continuing to evolve. Now there is an option for those with mild to moderate symptoms, as a way to prevent it from progressing. Ken and Eileen Wells are both recovering from COVID-19. They say a fairly new monoclonal antibody treatment they received just may have saved...
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