Flags, Wreaths, and a Morning of Remembrance

One of East Valley’s most meaningful Memorial Day traditions returns Monday, May 25, as Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery hosts its 26th Annual Memorial Day Celebration at a new 8 a.m. start time. The free community tribute, held at Mountain View, 7900 E. Main St. in Mesa, will bring together families, veterans, students, public […]
Foley Ranch’s Rising Star Contest Is Back in the Saddle

Foley Ranch is tuning up the mic and calling every Arizona vocalist with a little country in their bones. For the third year running, the locally owned Phoenix restaurant and live music spot is bringing back its Rising Star Vocal Competition, an all-ages summer showdown for singers ready to trade shower acoustics for a real […]
Televerde’s Second-Chance Model Means Business

Second chances can sound nice in theory. Televerde is putting numbers behind them. The Phoenix-based revenue creation company’s latest results from its prison-to-workforce program show what can happen when professional training, corporate accountability and real career pathways meet women preparing to re-enter the workforce after incarceration. For more than three decades, Televerde has brought a […]
77 Years Later, Miracle Mile Deli Still Delivers

There are sandwiches, and then there are sandwiches. The kind people plan lunch around. The kind that come with a pickle, a side, a slice of pie and a little family history stacked between the bread. Miracle Mile Deli has been serving that kind since 1949, and now the longtime Phoenix institution is celebrating 77 […]
Cannabis Power Players Tee Off in Scottsdale

The Arizona cannabis industry is taking its power meetings out of the conference room and onto the green. The 2nd annual Arizona Golf Classic returns with its Executive Invitational on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Westin Kierland Golf Club in Scottsdale, bringing together the people shaping the business of cannabis for a day of championship […]