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Temperatures in metro Phoenix have reached extreme highs as summer begins. That means a change in care for animals at the Phoenix Zoo.

To celebrate Juneteenth, chefs like Stephen Jones, Nicole Fields and Dana Dumas are offering special menus and special events like Brunch·ish.

The technology reportedly collects around 1,000 times more carbon than a natural tree of a similar size, machine owner Carbon Capture said.

Maricopa County is planning to spend $8 million on converting a Phoenix hotel into a 50-unit housing complex intended for low-income residents.

Phoenix is estimated to have a surplus of $76 million in its next budget cycle and officials are hoping to dedicate some of those funds for the homeless population.

Entrepreneurship is one of the greatest assets our world has to offer and the effects of the pandemic, among other things, are putting that in jeopardy.

View Comments Juneteenth is the annual commemoration of June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Since then the occasion has been marked in a variety of ways from somber remembrances to joyous celebrations. In Arizona, the holiday has been celebrated since the early 1900s. There have been large events such as the annual celebration at Phoenixs Eastlake Park that drew an esti...