New mural celebrates monsoon, brightens Buckeye intersection - Daily Independent As an artist Joe Pagac was looking for more, in addition to the residential jobs and canvas works for galleries he’d been doing. What he wanted was scale. What we wanted was to bring his paint brushes...

#Buckeye wanted to change a drab wall around the Southwest Valley city's water campus offsite well. Artist Joe Pagac knew just what to do.
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Data centers’ thirst for cooling water raises alarms in Arizona’s desert communities - Litchfield Park Independent Arizona’s tech boom has brought jobs, investment and innovation to the desert.  But as the number of data centers multiply across the Valley climbs, so does concern over what keeps …

Arizona is caught between expanding its tech industry and being conservative consumers of water.

I got the chance to look into how the state is managing all its current incoming data centers.

Read more below.

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Valley protesters join the national 'No Kings' movement - Daily Independent A demonstration of civic energy unfolded Saturday morning along McDowell Road in the Southwest Valley, as hundreds of residents turned out for a peaceful gathering hosted by the grassroots group …

I write local news, but this protest felt pretty big-time. Over 1000 people showed up to Goodyear’s No Kings protest in October.

Read about it below.

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LGBTQ+ seniors carry the torch of Pride - Daily Independent In Arizona’s original retirement communities, LGBTQ+ older adults are carving out space to celebrate who they are and how far they’ve come. From the potlucks and book clubs of the …

Arizona’s retirement community, Sun City is celebrating Pride Month too! Read about their community building and celebrations in my newest article.

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Hometown Pride: One·n·ten offers LGBTQ+ youth programs across Arizona - Daily Independent Pride Month, recognized every June, serves as both a celebration and a call to action for LGBTQ+ communities across the globe. According to the Library of Congress, the month honors the 1969 …

It's Pride Month! Here's how Arizona organization one·n·ten is making Pride accessible across the state.

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Photo dump from the Estrella Lakeside Music Festival I covered this weekend featuring Arizona native American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks and blues legend, Francine Reed.

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This month I’m getting to celebrate Women’s History with my community.

This was a great opportunity to highlight business owners, heroes, artists and leaders in Goodyear and Litchfield Park.

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Nick Ahmed hits a grand slam for the Texas Rangers at the March 5 spring training game.

Hunter Greene throws the first pitch of the March 5 spring training game as his team, the Cincinnati Reds, looks on.

A family sits on the grass and looks onto the left field line at Goodyear Ballpark.

It’s a community affair.

On March 5, Goodyear hosted the Reds and Rangers.The home team lost, but the locals spent the entire game engaged and applauding.

There’s something special about a low-stakes game that brings a crowd together.

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The Cactus League: A History of Growth and Impact in Arizona - Daily Independent Arizona’s Cactus League, a spring training hub for Major League Baseball, has grown dramatically since its start in 1947. What began with a handful of teams in the desert has transformed into …

It’s spring training season in AZ!

I heard from the Cactus League on its growth through the years.

“It’s just wonderful to see it flourish in the memories that we’re creating for families.”

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Federal, Arizona legal fights show pitched battle regarding transgender, nonbinary people - Daily Independent Despite advances in attitudes becoming more open and understanding of different gender identities, challenges persist with federal and local legislators pushing actions that could negatively impact …

The second story has to do with how the small transgender population has received wide political attention. This is a look into AZ legislation on trans kids, its impact and how the community finds ways through it.

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