Sean McDowell

Hoop dreams turned to reality for 176 high school basketball teams and their families at the Section 7 Basketball Team Camp, where the spotlight shone brightly in Mesa this weekend.

Amid a punishing June heatwave in the Valley, residential air conditioning units are straining to keep pace — and many are failing.

For now, it’s 27 acres of dirt and weeds. But that’s about to change, as city councilmembers in Mesa have approved the new Culdesac project at North Hibbert and Wilbur.

Heavy machinery is rolling into Mesa to tackle one of the city’s most persistent challenges: providing stable homes for chronically homeless and disabled residents.

A deadly collision at the intersection of Recker and Main in Mesa on Friday morning left one woman dead and police urging renewed caution at city intersections.

Downtown Mesa’s landscape is set for a major transformation as Local First Arizona, in partnership with city leaders, moves forward with the Main Street Market restaurant incubator.

Downtown Mesa’s landscape is set for a major transformation as Local First Arizona, in partnership with city leaders, moves forward with the Main Street Ma

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MESA, AZ — A streetlight installed on a short, dead-end block in Mesa has quieted what neighbors describe as months of troubling activity — including a shooting that left families shaken and determined to act.

Residents of a Mesa neighborhood say their longtime community was turned upside down after squatters took over a vacant house on Matlock Street, raising concerns about alleged drug activity and safety