West Valley

The Maricopa Association of Governments published a corridor study of Grand Avenue, highlighting roads in need of improvement to handle future growth.

Classes were canceled at two Buckeye high schools Thursday due to bomb threats.

The federal government has awarded a contract worth up to $700 million to a controversial security contractor that staffs Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” to operate a planned immigration detention facility in Surprise.

A watchdog group has accused a Valley landowner of exploiting a loophole in Salt River Project’s rules to use a large property to influence the outcome of the utility’s 2024 board races, before flipping the land to a data center developer for hundreds of millions of dollars.

A lawsuit brought by homebuilders to invalidate actions by the state’s water department was back in court on Friday. The outcome of the case could upend the state’s entire groundwater protection framework.

After weeks of speculation about what the 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise might be used for, the documents confirm it will be retrofitted as an ICE detention center, potentially housing 7,000 to 10,000 detainees for months at a time — numbers much higher than previously known.

Authorities say a 52-year-old worker died at a southwest Valley construction site on Wednesday.

There’s a brand new theater company in the West Valley. It’s called The 602 Stage, and they’re targeting this fall for their first production.

ERMCO announced Wednesday that a new distribution transformer manufacturing facility will be coming to Arizona. The location provides protection from extreme climate and access to a skilled workforce.

The Phoenix City Council is preparing to vote on whether to extend light rail service to the West Valley as Republican state lawmakers who oppose the move ramp up their threats to derail the project.