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Arizona’s oldest movie theater is still playing movies 111 years later
Construction started on the movie theater in 1913, just a year after Arizona’s statehood; it opened in 1915.
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Beloved Arizona band inspired this new library card. How to get one
Mesa Public Library has partnered with Jimmy Eat World on a limited-edition commemorative ticket-stub library card.
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Congress passes bill to make Chiricahua Arizona’s 4th national park
If President Trump signs the bill, Chiricahua will join Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest ,and Saguaro as Arizona landscapes to earn the national park designation.
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Arizona’s 2026 monsoon has come to a close. So how did it go?
Despite some healthy skepticism, the 2026 monsoon season performed relatively well across Phoenix and Arizona as a whole.
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First Friday is changing again in downtown Phoenix. Here’s how
As part of a one-year pilot program, the city of Phoenix will no longer allow street or alley closures for First Friday.
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These Arizona cities were named top places to live in 2026. See why
US News and World Report released its list of all the best places to live in 2026-2027, and a few Arizona cities made the list.
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Is ICE planning a $1.2B detention expansion in Arizona? What we know
The security firm GardaWorld has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US government to expand immigration detention in Florence.
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11,000 homes slated for new Arizona community far west of Phoenix
There are currently more than 30 approved master-planned communities with “developer pitching more ideas daily” for the city of Buckeye.
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How a poker hand cemented one of Arizona’s oddest town names
Here’s the story behind Show Low, the Arizona city that got its name from a poker game.



















