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November 5 at 12 a.m. by Benjamin LeathermanElection Day 2020 in the Valley saw more than 167,000 local voters cast their ballots at voting centers across Maricopa County on Tuesday, November 3. An estimated 1.6 million others voted by mail because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Safety measures…
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June 15 at 8 a.m. by Phoenix New Times
Three weeks after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, protesters remain on the streets of Phoenix, just as they do in most American cities. Every night, they gather and march and ask for justice for black people. They…
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March 6 at 10:32 a.m. by Bri Arreguin-Malloy
Thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters flocked to Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Thursday, March 5, to hear the senator speak at his first Arizona rally of 2020. The rally was held ahead of Arizona's presidential preference elections set for…
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February 19 at 11:27 p.m. by Jacob Tyler Dunn
Harvest is one of Arizona's largest medical cannabis cultivation centers, located up in Camp Verde for the most ideal sunlight year-round. Phoenix New Times took a private tour of the step-by-step process inside its massive facility and saw how it…
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February 19 at 10:11 p.m. by Bri Arreguin-Malloy
Thousands of Trump supporters flocked to Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday, February 19, to hear President Donald Trump speak at his first Arizona rally of 2020. Some supporters had waited in line for almost 24 hours and nearly…
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February 2 at 12:33 p.m. by Zee Peralta
The first day of the Waste Management Phoenix Open Pro-Am at TPC Scottsdale on Wednesday, January 29, was all about the fan favorites. In addition to the golfers, the fans crowded around the popular 18th hole to watch their favorite athletes take a…
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January 20 at 8:27 a.m. by Benjamin Leatherman
More than 2,000 people gathered at the Arizona State Capitol on Sunday, January 19, for Phoenix's version of the 2020 Women's March. The annual event, which has taken place every January since 2017, was originally set to involve a march through the…
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September 20 at 10:32 a.m. by Elizabeth Whitman
Joining similar strikes all over the world, hundreds of people rallied in downtown Phoenix Friday afternoon to demand that state and local leaders take action on climate change. Their wish list: More solar energy. An end to fossil fuels. Veganism.…
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August 2 at 11:04 a.m. by Elizabeth Whitman
In Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, more than five miles of double wire mesh fencing, i.e. pedestrian fencing, and some 25 miles of vehicle barriers stretch across the park's southern border with Mexico. The Trump administration plans…
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August 2 at 10:59 a.m. by Kaylee Mark
U. S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination, hosted a town hall event Thursday night at Marquee Theatre in Tempe. Filling the venue to capacity, the supporters listened to Warren's story,…
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August 1 at 8 a.m. by Jim Louvau
Without the Salt River and Verde Rivers, the Valley of the Sun would not be habitable. Hundreds of years ago, the Hohokam people built extensive, sophisticated canals using that allowed them to irrigate crops. Today's canals follow many of the…
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June 19 at 11:17 a.m. by Melissa Fossum
Several thousand concerned citizens attended a community meeting at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, following an incident in which Iesha Harper and Dravon Ames' and their young daughters had a gun pulled on them by a police…
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May 21 at 4:31 p.m. by Lynn Trimble
Pro-choice activists rallied at the Arizona Capitol on Tuesday, May 21, joining fellow protesters across the country in decrying laws that ban abortion. More than 100 people gathered, sporting signs with clever sayings from "We need to talk about…
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April 22 at 8 a.m. by Tom Carlson
Every year, Earth Day both celebrates the planet and encourages its preservation. And Arizona, with its varied picturesque landscapes, is a pretty sweet part of Earth to call home. As if you needed a reminder, here's a gallery of places you can…
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April 20 at 10 a.m. by Tom Carlson
With 4/20 being a self-declared national marijuana holiday, here's 42.0 beautiful shots of weed and other cannabis stuff. Because why the hell not?
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April 16 at 12:46 p.m. by Zee Peralta
Several prominent Arizona Republicans spoke during the Patriotism Over Socialism event outside Gilbert Civic Center on Monday, April 15, 2019, including Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward and U.S. Representative Andy Biggs. But the most controversial…
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April 6 at 3:43 p.m. by Jim Louvau
The Arizona Diamondbacks improved to 4-4 on the season after blasting the Boston Red Sox 15-8 during the April 5 home opener at Chase Field. Starting pitcher Zack Godley gave up one run and drove in a pair as the D-backs slammed the defending world…
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January 21 at 10:41 a.m. by Jim Louvau
Thousands of car-loving enthusiasts packed Westworld on Sunday, January 20, 2019 during the last day of the 48th annual Barrett-Jackson car auction. The Scottsdale car show featured plenty of classic rides that were likely out of most people's…
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November 6 at 1:24 p.m. by New Times Staff
A record number of midterm voters turned out to polling places throughout the Valley and around Arizona on Tuesday, November 6, for the 2018 general election. They braved long lines, lengthy wait times, and even a few snafus to cast their vote in…
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November 3 at 7 a.m. by Joseph Flaherty
Joined by his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, the president's eldest son rallied the base in Sun City at a local GOP field office on Thursday, November 1. Trump Jr. fired up the crowd at the strip mall with attacks on former President Obama and…
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