Mesa president of NAACP urges more talk of race

Scott Shumaker, East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.)September 4, 2023 at 7:16 AMSep. 4—A Mesa resident who is president of the East Valley chapter of the NAACP says the community must continue to have uncomfortable conversations about racism.The remarks by Kiana Sears, a second-term Mesa Public Schools Governing Board member, were prompted by the Supreme Court’s…

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Pioneer Landscape Centers Announces Sale to SiteOne Landscape Supply to Bolster Ability to Serve Customers

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., September 01, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pioneer Landscape Centers, a distributor of landscape and hardscape materials with 35 locations in Colorado and Arizona, today announced that it has completed its sale to SiteOne® Landscape Supply, Inc. (NYSE: SITE), the largest and only national full product line wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States.This…

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‘It’s new and challenging’: Former EWU coach Beau Baldwin embraces role as Arizona State offensive coordinator

Since he departed Eastern Washington University in 2016, the college coaching carousel has more resembled a teeter-totter on a roller-coaster for Beau Baldwin. He rode what must have seemed like a kiddie ride for 13 seasons as an EWU assistant coach and head coach, compared to Baldwin’s recent journey with three stops in the last…

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Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations

PHOENIX — Autumn Nelson said she was seeking help for alcohol addiction last spring when fellow members of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana suggested a rehabilitation center in Phoenix, far to the south.The 38-year-old said the center even bought her a one-way airline ticket to make the 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) journey. But Nelson said after a…

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