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The Tempe City Council voted Monday to spend $10.7 million on purchasing the Pollack Apache Center for a low-income housing project.

Tempe city leaders have approved a plan to purchase the Apache Pollack Center for $10.7 million. The city said they plan to turn the three-acre property into a mixed-use development with affordable housing units.

A retrospective of Tempe's most iconic live music venues from the past few decades – including Long Wong’s, The Sun Club, Gibson’s, and Hollywood Alley – and what's happened to 'em since.

4:12 pm UTC Jun. 4, 2021 As Arizonas economy rebounds from the pandemic, the states population is growing, jobs are being created and travel and tourism are coming back. The state could soon recoup all of the jobs lost in last years recession, with no housing bubble on the horizon despite rising home prices and tight supplies, Arizona State University forecasters say. Cities and towns in metro Phoenix are filled with new projects and developments, from a massive semiconductor factory planned in...

Updated: 2:13 PM MST May 27, 2021 TEMPE, Ariz. — UPDATE: Police say the suspect has been arrested. Please be advised the suspect is in custody. There is no longer a threat to the community. Investigation is ongoing. Thank you for your patience. pic.twitter.com/Pn3MVKHOvW— Tempe Police (@TempePolice) May 27, 2021 ------ A search is on for a man apparently wearing only underwear after a shooting in Tempe on Thursday injured a person. The shooting happened in a neighborhood o...

Police locate man in Tempe who was firing gun, one person injured ABC15 and last updated 2021-05-27 17:11:12-04 TEMPE, AZ — UPDATE : Police say the man in question has been located and brought into custody. There is no longer any threat to the community, according to the community. Please be advised the suspect is in custody. There is no longer a threat to the community. Investigation is ongoing. Thank you for your patience. pic.twitter.com/Pn3MVKHOvW— Tempe Police (@TempePolice) May 27,...

Buckeye City Hall. More than 40 miles separate the cities of Tempe and Buckeye. One is landlocked while the other is land rich. But both cities are focused on responsible growth. With a land mass of 640 square miles, Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn says the city west of Phoenix has a lot of growing to do.” “Today we are only about 5% built out,” he said. A decade ago, Orsborn said Buckeye accounted for about 5% of single family housing permits in the Valley, now it’s about 12%. But jobs have...

A fire broke out at a building on Arizona State Universitys Tempe campus Tuesday night.  The fire was at the new Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building that is currently under construction near Rural Road and University Drive, according to ASU Police spokesperson Adam Wolfe. Wolfe said there were "no active classes or research" taking place. He did not confirm whether or not anyone was inside.  The building is a 281,000-gross-square-foot research facility complete with "labs...

Its had major implications for the areas food and drink scene, too. Which is why its nice to see, amid all that chaos, an actual neighborhood joint open and find its niche with Tempe locals, students, visitors, and transplants. Were talking about the Hudson Eatery & Bar, which opened in November at 1601 East Apache Boulevard. Housed in a 1965-built former real estate office, The Hudson (named for the Hudson Manor neighborhood it sits near the entrance to) looks like it’s been nestled up agai...

Gilbert Officer Rico Aranda is steadily improving from head injuries sustained April 29 in a violent confrontation with a car thief that left a Chandler police officer dead, Gilbert Police said. Gilbert Police on May 3 said Aranda "is responding well to treatment and we expect him to be transferred within a couple days out of ICU and into neurological treatment and recovery." Gilbert Police last week identified the suspect who triggered the deadly climax to a chase that began in Eloy and ...