Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport’s conversion into an economic powerhouse as a major regional airport is coming into sharper focus.

Just days after the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board voted to cancel the winter sports season amid the surge in COVID-19, the board reversed its decisions Jan. 12.

In keeping with the pandemic’s restrictions, this year’s Regional Unity Walk has been revamped. 

Former Chandler City Council member Jack Sellers is now chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

As 2020 came to a close, the Arizona Coyotes suffered heartbreak as Leighton Accardo of Gilbert, a 9-year-old Coyotes superfan, died after battling stage four malignant germ cell cancer since May 2019.