City News

Staff reports Mental illness and substance abuse provide a doubly disabling path for yet one more personal tragedy: homelessness. That is why Tempe’s selection for a prestigious U.S. housing award means a lot to...

Three Tempe residents—two adults and a recent high school graduate—are this year’s representatives of the legacy and spirit on which the city’s foundations were built almost a century and a half ago. Christine Busch, superintendent of...

Between Aug. 19  and mid-October, Tempe residents may get a visit from U.S. Census Bureau workers to verify their physical address. In advance of the 2020 U.S. Census, the Census Bureau needs to...

By Don Kirkland Disgruntled homeowners in Sedona have joined the ranks of their counterparts in Tempe in growing opposition to the incursion of Airbnb-type short term lodging in some Arizona cities. Residents of...

Controversy over Tempe’s bike lanes is nothing new, but the saga continues as the city continues to develop guidelines with an eye to the future.

By Wrangler News Staff The daily grind of working 9 to 5 may have spawned a 1980 pop-chart hit, but the emotion behind the pithy lyrics lives on decades later. It’s not hard...

By Wrangler News Staff The number of individuals in Tempe experiencing homelessness rose from 276 in 2018 to 373 in 2019, according to data gathered during last January’s Point-in-Time count held throughout the...

By Wrangler News Staff Tempe Center for the Arts has joined the list of destinations picked by presidents and presidential candidates for whistle-stop visits during the past 100-plus years. This time it was...