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Chandler Regional expands as demand grows

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center has opened a five-story tower that will add nearly 100 patient beds and six operating rooms to its inventory, making it one of the biggest hospitals in...

McCarthy Building bringing training facility here

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer McCarthy Building Companies, one of the Valley’s most prominent construction firms, has broken ground on a new training facility that will educate the region’s aspiring carpenters and builders....

CUSD’s Narducci focuses on ‘unfinished learning’

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer As the Chandler Unified School District starts off a new school year, Interim Superintendent Frank Narducci is hoping the its 44,000 students are ready to continue the learning that went unfinished...

EV cities pay up millions toward $12B pension debt

By Paul Maryniak Executive Editor Despite an $11.8 billion unfunded liability owed by more than 300 Arizona municipalities, counties and state agencies, some encouraging trends are emerging in the system that provides pensions...

Chandler golf instructor in Women’s Open

By Zach Alvira Sports Editor When Char Carson retired from her corporate job and moved to Arizona in 2006 to pursue teaching, she never imagined that decision generate as much success as she has had on the golf course. Carson has...

Josh Wright is Chandler’s new city manager

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer You can remove the “acting” from Joshua Wright’s title. As of July 20, Wright is now Chandler’s new city manager following a closed-door meeting July 20 during which City Council picked him...