East Valley Tribune

The East Valley is observing Veterans Day and honoring its armed forces veterans through a variety of activities and events taking place this week. Here is a breakdown by city: Full Story »

Gov. Jan Brewer took a verbal slap Monday at the high-profile Democrat who wants her job."It's easy to be a Saturday night quarterback," the governor said in commenting on Terry Goddard's claim Friday that Arizona is suffering from a lack of leadership. 'Green' tax incentives drawing interest Tucson lawmaker Melvin has cancer Full Story »

They haven't taken effect yet. Full Story »

A freshman lawmaker disclosed Monday he is undergoing chemotherapy for a type of cancer but said it will not affect his ability to do his job. Full Story »

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office did not comply with county procurement policies or spending guidelines when it spent $456,000 during a spending freeze for a custom-made bus for moving inmates, according to a recently issued special audit. Full Story »

When Higley Unified School District governing board members evaluate Superintendent Denise Birdwell, they will likely have a new evaluation tool to use after members discussed a revised version last week. Full Story »

Every veteran has a story to tell. They’re stories of survival, of camaraderie, of making hard choices. A group of Arizona State University graduate students set out to chronicle some of those tales in time for Veterans Day. Full Story »

The father of a woman wanted in a series of fraudulent credit card purchases in the East Valley turned her in Friday, according to Prescott Valley police. Full Story »

Thousands of Christmas gifts will be available at a Mesa trade fair this month, and no money will be needed to purchase them. Full Story »

The girlfriend of Jeffrey Scot Heinze, a 22-year-old man shot and killed by a Mesa police officer on Friday, said Heinze was very aggressive and threatened to take her life, according to a court document. Full Story »

Police are searching for two men in their late teens or early 20s accused of entering Amazing Jake’s Pizza Factory wearing Halloween-type masks and robbing the business at gunpoint late Sunday. Full Story »

Near-record heat is expected early this week. Full Story »

Fry's food store workers plan to rally Monday against a planned strike. Full Story »

The two Arizona Congressman who represent most of the East Valley split their votes as the House of Representatives passed its version of a health care reform bill this weekend. House health care overhaul faces Senate stone wall House narrowly passes health care bill Full Story »

Queen Creek is accepting applications to fill a vacant Town Council seat created by Gail Barney’s resignation. Barney resigned to run for mayor in March’s election, hoping to replace outgoing Mayor Art Sanders. Full Story »

A Gilbert firefighter who recently returned to his job after a second tour of duty in Iraq will be honored Tuesday at the town’s fourth annual Veterans Day ceremony. Full Story »

Officers from several Valley cities say they have put an end to a crime wave that involved armed robbers becoming more violent with each crime, a shootout between a suspect and a victim and the robbery of a Chandler jewelry store last month. Full Story »

A committee formed in Mesa to honor a slain civil rights leader with an annual parade is finding trouble keeping pace with the economy. Full Story »

Computers for $1. Vehicles for $200. Those prices may be far and few between, but it’s still possible to find some dirt-cheap swag during year-round online auctions for surplus equipment from the town of Queen Creek. Full Story »

Since 1971, Powell Junior High School has served adolescents in a west pocket of Mesa that borders Tempe. Full Story »

Major city government building projects like the new City Hall in downtown Chandler have left the space-deprived nonprofit Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods, which mentors at-risk youth, without room to grow. Full Story »

Old signs still advertise for closed stores at the Riviera Plaza in Mesa. Businesses operating at the plaza were eager to see the end of a major construction project at Gilbert Road and University Drive. The $8.4 million project was completed Friday, and merchants say the plaza has seen a decrease in business since the start of construction eight months ago. Full Story »

When Carl Lombardo contemplated opening his first gelato shop at 734 E. Broadway Road, Mesa, everyone told him to stay away. Full Story »

Ken Brague, a medical salesman with five children in the district, was chosen Friday as the Queen Creek Unified School District nominee for the governing board vacancy. Full Story »

With national unemployment topping 10 percent, a lot of Arizonans could use some extra cash, and the Internal Revenue Service might just be the ticket. Full Story »