El Mirage

Funeral home honors All Souls

Photos by Mollie J. Hoppes

Comments | Recommend

Families gathered Monday to honor deceased loved ones during All Souls Day Monday.   Families usually visit the graves of their loved ones and share stories about them with other visitors.... Full story

Soul Benefactors shows heart

Staff report

Comments | Recommend

When Kathleen McGeever heard that Valley View Community Food Bank urgently needed funds to continue providing food to needy West Valley families, she decided to act.  McGeever is the president of Soul Benefactors, a local... Full story

Luke’s place on F-35 finalist list buoys base support

Staff Report

Comments | Recommend

West Valley and state officials are flying high today knowing that Luke Air Force Base has made the short list of military installations in line to train pilots on the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.“This is very good news for all of Arizona as... Full story

DUI task force sweeps through West Valley

Comments | Recommend

The West Valley DUI Task Force will be on patrol from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday, concentrating on enforcement in Glendale.The police departments from Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, El Mirage, Tolleson and Goodyear along with representatives from... Full story

ADOT will close a dozen Motor Vehicle Division offices

HOWARD FISCHER

Comments | Recommend

PHOENIX -- Arizonans could find themselves with few places to register their vehicles or get a new licenses -- and nowhere along state roads to take a pit stop -- if lawmakers take more money from the Department of Transportation budget, its... Full story

E. Valley group tosses support to Luke

Staff report

Comments | Recommend

The East Valley Partnership Board of Directors has voted unanimously to approve the Luke Air Force Base Fighter F-35 Training Project. The decision came earlier this month after the board received a recommendation from East Valley Partnership... Full story

Harvest Moon Gala nets fun, funds

PHOTOS BY TINA GAMEZ

Comments | Recommend

Interfaith Community Care's annual fund-raiser 'Harvest Moon Gala' at the Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa in Litchfield Park netted a full house. Many people including volunteers and local politicians were in attendance to support Interfaith... Full story

Vacant El Mirage council seat draws interest

Mitchell Vantrease

Comments | Recommend

Two El Mirage residents have filed papers to fill the vacant council seat left open by former Mayor Fred Waterman, who resigned last month. El Mirage Planning and Zoning Commissioner Bill Morrison and former council candidate Jim McPhetres... Full story

Clinics to begin giving swine flu shots Saturday

Comments | Recommend

PHOENIX (AP) — The people most at risk with coming down with swine flu will be first in line beginning Saturday at clinics across Maricopa County. The county health department said more than 39,700 doses of H1N1 vaccine will be available on a... Full story

Concerns over Luke AFB dominate El Mirage meeting

Jeff Dempsey

Comments | Recommend

The auditorium at Riverview Elementary School was packed with El Mirage citizens and Luke Air Force Base supporters from the West Valley Wednesday night at a forum on the economic future of El Mirage. And while Mayor Michele Kern said Luke was... Full story

'El Mirage' Archives