Business

Ocotillo Store Gets Golfers Into Swing Of Things

By Colleen Sparks Managing Editor A couple with a knack for running businesses is having fun helping people get into the swing of things at their new Ocotillo golf shop. Brigid and John Hornacek opened Hornacek’s Golf Chandler...

Ocotillo Business Offers Coffee From Around World

By Colleen Sparks Managing Editor The rich, distinct smell of roasting coffee beans greets anyone who walks into an unusual business in Ocotillo, where a fresh cuppa joe can be savored in a casual setting or ordered online,...

New Museum Worth Wait For City Administrator

City of Chandler Back in November 2007, Jody Crago left Chicagoland and took his career on a long and winding road that led him, 11 years later, to the soon-to-be-open front door of the new Chandler Museum. And lately, it occurs...

Chandler Area Racing School In Bankruptcy With $3.5M In Debt

By Paul Maryniak Executive Editor The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving – a half-century-old East Valley landmark – has skidded into federal bankruptcy court with $3.5 million in debts. The school petitioned...

Businesses Aim For Nostalgia Around Holidays

By Colleen Sparks Staff Writer Businesses are aiming for shoppers’ hearts with warm and fuzzy advertisements this time of year. They design ads that feature polar bears drinking Coca-Cola, families bonding over coffee and...

Arizona Joblessness Remains Above National Rate

By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services The state’s jobless rate ticked up a tenth of a point last month – sort of. New figures from the Office of Economic Opportunity put the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for...

Area Shirt Company Offers ‘Hope’ For Children’s Hospital

By Cecilla Chan Staff Writer A Gilbert-based T-shirt company has partnered with two Valley nonprofits to spread “hope.” Junkie Threads last month teamed up with Phoenix Children’s Hospital selling T-shirts with the word...

Wings For Warriors Gala Helps Support Heroes

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF Wings for Warriors, an Ahwatukee-based nonprofit organization that provides travel for families of veterans as well as benefits and resource counseling, will hold its third annual fundraising gala and...

Ohio Transplants’ Favorite Ice Cream Followed Them To Gilbert

By Srianthi Perera GSN Contributor Youngstown, Ohio, transplants in Gilbert may – or may not – have heard the scoop. Their favorite ice cream, Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream, has followed them here. Dozens of former residents...

New Primary Care Medical Center Opens Here

Santan Sun News Staff Another primary care medical center is available to patients in Chandler. Community leaders, prospective patients and insurance brokers celebrated the grand opening of the first Iora Primary Care practice at...