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APS: Customers served with reliable power during …

10/10/2024
Monsoon season is officially over and for a second straight summer, record heat outshined stormy weather.

Partners for life: nonprofits, faith-based …

9/2/2024
In an effort to avoid a repeat of last year’s deadly summer, nonprofits and faith-based organizations have strengthened their ties to municipalities and the county to keep residents alive. …

Experts hope to avoid topping record heat deaths in …

8/22/2024
More than 110 Arizonans have succumbed to heat-related deaths in 2024 and experts say the elderly are among the most vulnerable. Also among the most vulnerable are those living in manufactured …

Saving lives: Valley cities work to avoid repeat of …

8/7/2024
It’s a grim milestone no city or county wants to reach. In 2023, there were 645 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, an increase of 50% over the previous year. Of those, more than half, 395, …

Beat the heat — visit family-friendly places this …

7/17/2024
Hey, Phoenix, it’s time to beat this heat. So far, the summer months have been brutal. Over a four-day stretch this July, the high temperature was 118 degrees twice at Sky Harbor …

Tucson, Phoenix won’t push emergency utility relief …

7/11/2024
WASHINGTON — On June 13, the federal government’s top official for public housing appeared with Tucson’s mayor at the Martin Luther King Apartments and announced emergency relief …

Help your AC unit last longer

7/10/2024
Staying cool these days is getting tough and being inside is likely taking a toll on your air conditioning unit during the hot months. Luckily, there is help out there if your cooling unit is on …

AZ utilities work toward sustainable energy

7/8/2024
Triple-digit temperatures hit the Valley early this year and, as it it happens every year, the region’s power use skyrocketed. Last month was the hottest June on record with an average …

Sun City food bank raising money for AC

7/2/2024
Valley View Community Food Bank is in “urgent” need for support to replace multiple failing air conditioners at its El Mirage location. Founder Jesse Ramirez said the total …

June heat bumps some Pride events to the fall

6/13/2024
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Scottsdale’s beat the heat outreach program …

5/5/2024
The City of Scottsdale is now taking donations for its beat the heat program. You can bring summer relief to low-income, homebound and isolated seniors by donating to the Beat the Heat outreach …

Chandler sets up this year’s heat-relief plan

4/16/2024
With several forecasting agencies predicting another long, extremely hot summer, city staff from Chandler have made arrangements to continue a longstanding set of heat relief services. The …