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There are only two ways to get to Phoenix, fly or drive. Once you have arrived, virtually everyone drives everywhere, because the light rail system is still under construction and there really is no core area where people can walk around. This dependence on driving means keeping people safe on the roads is a priority for Phoenix and Arizona.

Two new laws were recently enacted that impact driving in the Valley. ...

Detroit fans were stunned Sunday night when the Phoenix Mercury defeated the Shocks 108 - 92, winning Game 5 of the WNBA Championship series. After being down two games to one, the Mercury turned things around and are now the 2007 WNBA Champions!

The Mercury took command early in the game, which was being played in Detroit, scoring a WNBA record 55 points in the first half and never looking back. ...

It all came down to Cappie Pondexter's 9-foot bank shot with 21.7 seconds remaining in the game. One shot and the game was over. The battle between the Phoenix Mercury and the Detroit Shock for the WNBA Championship, however, was not. The Mercury  forced the series into Game 5 with a one point win, 77 - 76 in Game 4.

"I just love having the ...

Game 4 of the WNBA Championships is underway tonight at US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena) in downtown Phoenix. Hometown heroines the Phoenix Mercury are hoping to repeated their Game 2 victory over the Detroit Shocks, forcing the championship series into Game 5. Detroit currently lead the best-of-five series, two games to one.

Tip-off was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. local time. If the Mercury win tonight, Game 5 will be ...

Six years ago, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives when hijacked aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, the twin towers of the World Trade Center and a field in southwest Pennsylvania. It is estimated that 20 percent of all Americans knew someone who perished. I don't know what percentage of Arizonans had a personal connection to the tragedy. I do know that many will be coming together at various times and ...

Not everything is black and white at Lux Coffeebar in Phoenix. Most of the color, however, stems from the patrons. This is not to say the crowd is ethnically divided, or even diverse. Just that they are a colorful lot of creative types, work-a-holics, neighbors and more.

On the last Wednesday night in August, no one was dressed for the evening in ...

"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country.  All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another.  Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."  So ...

Hotels, motels, and all types of lodgings are expected to set occupancy records over the coming Labor Day weekend, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Phoenicians are hard pressed to call this the end of summer when temperatures are forecast to remain in the 107 degrees Fahrenheit/42 degrees Celsius range throughout the weekend. Sky Harbor International Airport's projected rise to the 9th busiest airport over the Labor Day holiday, up from ...

Direct, non-stop service between Williams Gateway (Phoenix-Mesa) Airport and seven additional cities has recently been announced by Allegiant Airways. These new routes bring the total number of routes announced in August to 11, meaning only 2 more routes have yet to be revealed before the September 16 deadline set by Allegiant.

The seven new routes include:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Stockton, California
Santa Maria, California
Peoria, Illinois
Fargo-Moorehead, North Dakota
Fort Wayne, Indiana

"We are extremely ...

Allegiant Airways has announced that service from Williams Gateway Airport to Missoula, MT and Bellingham, WA will begin in October.

"Based on the success of our existing service provided by Allegiant to Las Vegas we know the traveling public loves Allegiant Air," Cris Jensen, Airport Director of Missoula International Airport said in a written statement to the media. "We are thrilled that Allegiant has chosen Missoula as one of the cities ...