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After a two-year hiatus, the popular Easter Pageant at the Mesa Arizona Temple is returning in April in such a big way that preparations already are underway.

Descendants of the pioneers who settled much of the area under the Mogollon Rim still live in the area.

While most religions emphasize families, exploring ancestors is of particular importance to one faith on the verge of a grand opening in downtown Mesa.

Offering the general public a rare experience unlikely to be repeated until the next century, the iconic Mesa Arizona Temple will be open for tours this fall as an exhaustive

| Updated: 11:13 p.m. The Hill Cumorah Pageant was scheduled to take its final bow this summer. As it turns out, the curtain came down on the long-running event for the last time almost two years ago. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the pageant will not be produced this year. Or ever again. Instead, the Palmyra, N.Y., spectacle will be celebrated with a broadcast of the 2019 pageant to “commemorate the contributions of tens of thousands of volunteer participants through the years,” according to a chur...