Partly cloudy and cool Thursday with gusty southwest winds; slight chance of late-night showers. Dry, warming weekend with highs into the 80s.

Peoria is prepping thousands of acres for state‑land auctions; national builders and retailers are lining up as the city spends about $500M to make sites shovel‑ready.

A Phoenix pastor freed after more than five months in ICE custody is speaking out about his detention and the strain on local churches.

Gusty southwest winds pick up Wednesday, with a Wind Advisory for parts of southwestern Arizona. Brief, spotty showers may hit foothills and higher terrain.

A Canadian junior has filed to lease about 268 acres of Arizona state land next to the Lucky Boy uranium project in Gila County, which would nearly double its footprint.

PRESS Coffee will open a new Camelback Corridor cafe this spring — a 2,029‑sq‑ft shop with a conference room, shaded patio and indoor seating that brings the roaster to 20 Valley locations.

Showers and gusty winds are likely Monday night in Phoenix, with advisory-level gusts possible. Expect cooler, breezy conditions through midweek.

Investigators named a suspect — Christian Stasenka — in a 2010 Phoenix-area sexual‑assault cold case and say he reportedly fled the country. Silent Witness is taking tips at 480‑WITNESS.

Sky Harbor has launched TSA PreCheck Touchless ID — face-scan lanes are live in Terminal 3 and scheduled to appear in Terminal 4 this month.

A person was stabbed on a Valley Metro light rail train in Tempe. Police say the suspect fled before officers arrived and remains at large as investigators probe the attack.

Upper‑middle class earnings in the Phoenix Valley vary widely — statewide the bracket starts in the mid‑six figures, while Paradise Valley's top end nears $500,000.

A new bill from Sen. Lauren Kuby and AG Kris Mayes would set 82°F max and 68°F min indoor standards for rentals, shorten lease‑termination windows, and block heat‑related evictions.

State data show most missing foster youth ran from group homes, and a new bill would create an outside panel to audit the Department of Child Safety.