Drive seeks critically needed water
With temperatures in Tempe and West Chandler are soaring, area homeless and underprivileged face the deadly danger of dehydration with no means to alleviate...
500 new jobs coming to West Chandler
CVS Health is planning a 101,000-square-foot office at the Allred Park Place development in West Chandler. A city of Chandler spokeswoman said the company...
Q&A with Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir
Editor’s note: Our writer Lee Shappell interviewed Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir for our last issue regarding the use of force and the recent...
Kyrene schools chief outlines roadmap
Editor’s note: As the pandemic continues to unfold, Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely issued a statement relating the safe return to school, now scheduled for...
Racial equality: How one area school district will address it in the coming years
Wrangler News invited representatives of each school district in our Tempe/West Chandler coverage area to provide a 250-word description of how their district is...
Big screens mostly closed but streaming part of ‘new normal’
The High Note—Tracie Ellis Ross plays a superstar pop singer. She’d like to work on new material; her handlers, led by Ice Cube, want...
Casinos will aid non-profits
Gila River Hotels & Casinos—Wild Horse Pass, Lone Butte and Vee Quiva—are accepting submissions from Arizona nonprofits for jackpot funds, applications for which will...
Tempe council to keep police at full funding, despite protest march
When the Tempe City Council approved its 2020-21 fiscal-year budget on June 11, full funding for the Police Department remained despite efforts by several...
Tempe first to combine strategies to learn how water sources can affect our public...
Commentary by Jennifer Adams
Tempe has a long history of leaning forward into challenges. Our community is built on doing what some might think is...
Triple digits, pandemic, monsoons pose power grid challenges
At a time when the degree of difficulty in providing electricity to Tempe, West Chandler and the rest of the Valley is about to...