Phoenix Public News Today

For the first time in over 30 years, Phoenix has a new bookmobile. Because of pandemic-era federal funding and after years of work, it was unveiled Friday, covered in the colors of Phoenix Public Library cards.Mayor Kate Gallego and two volunteering second-graders cut the ribbon on the new bookmobile that morning.“You can check out books, you can check out movies – you can

The Phoenix restaurant is bringing its menu of tacos and cocktails to Tempe this December.

When Bill Patterson died on April 21, the sf field lost its best-known Heinlein biographer and fandom lost one of its most interesting raconteurs. Bill’s health problems dominated his Facebook page in his final days – he complained about a painful hiatal hernia on April 19, struck an ominous note about needing to “catch up

The program started on Aug. 14 and quickly, every library ran out of the initial supply of 1,600 kits.

The Office of Public Health announced Monday that they are providing Narcan at all 17 public libraries in Phoenix.

The Phoenix City Council will be asked Wednesday to approve more than $2 million to create a new court for people experiencing homelessness. It’s called community court. It’s designed like other specialty courts operating in Phoenix — there’s one for veterans only and one for people with behavioral health issues. The goal for all specialty courts is the same: to provide

A number of streets and parks in Tempe will be renamed to remove references to KKK members, if council members in the East Valley city approve the change. Here's what you should know about the plan.

Arizona is going greener with new technology that creates clean compost. The compost facility located in Phoenix is the first in Arizona to receive the "depackager."

A number of streets and parks in Tempe will be renamed to remove references to KKK members, if council members in the East Valley city approve the change. Here's what you should know about the plan.

An Arizona city council scheduled a vote next month on replacing park and road names that have century-old ties to the Ku Klux Klan.