Ahwatukee Foothills News

Nearly 60 years after it premiered Off-Broadway, the classic musical “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” continues to delight young and old alike as one of the most frequently performed pieces in American theater history. ahwatukee.com/community_focu…

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has jumped into the escalating legal fight between nine school districts and the East Valley Institute of Technology and neither the plaintiffs nor the defendant are likely to be pleased. ahwatukee.com/news/judge-lig…

This year’s Black Children’s Book Week drew strong community response and inspired young people to read, according to the Ahwatukee professor who helped organized it. ahwatukee.com/business/black…

The Foothills News team had a blast at the 50th annual Ahwatukee Kiwanis Easter Parade! Marching bands, dancing kids and colorful floats filled 48th Street, celebrating Ahwatukee’s longest-running tradition. The festivities continued at Ahwatukee Park for the Spring Festival.

Arizona remains one of the nation’s youngest housing markets, but in Phoenix and much of the East Valley, the region’s biggest waves of growth are no longer new – and that is beginning to matter. ahwatukee.com/real_estate/va…

Three Horizon Honors students won awards at the premier science fair competition in Arizona, with one landing the possibility of heading to a national contest. ahwatukee.com/news/3-horizon…

The legal fight over how millions in career and technical education dollars are divided in the East Valley has intensified, with the East Valley Institute of Technology urging a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by nine member school districts. ahwatukee.com/news/east-vall…

A new mural of four local high school girls basketball players in Downtown Phoenix is celebrating female empowerment and championship spirit. phoenix.org/entertainer/up…

Four Peaks Brewing is celebrating 30 years with a community-wide anniversary part on Saturday, marking three decades of growth rooted in local culture, music and beer. ahwatukee.com/business/four-…

Ahwatukee’s oldest continuing tradition will mark its 50th year Saturday morning as the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Easter Parade brings marching bands, dancing kids and colorful floats to about a quarter mile of 48th Street. ahwatukee.com/news/ahwatukee…

Two Phoenix schools, one in Ahwatukee and another in Casa Grande have advanced to the Final Four of Read to the Final Four, a statewide literacy competition affiliated with the 2026 NCAA Women’s Final Four. phoenix.org/entertainer/up…

Kyrene School District officials won’t be getting as much per-pupil funding as last year because enrollment is projected to drop again in the 2026-27 school year. ahwatukee.com/news/kyrene-fo…

Anytime Fitness Ahwatukee North has built its approach around lowering what owner Jordan Bulkoski sees as the two biggest barriers to fitness: uncertainty and intimidation. ahwatukee.com/business/ahwat…

This month, SROs for Great Hearts Arizona Charter Schools used spring break to spring into action, participating in a week-long program that culminated in a full-day, scenario-based active-shooter exercise at Lincoln Preparatory Academy. ahwatukee.com/news/great-hea…

In Ahwatukee, generosity once again became a catalyst for possibility as the women of 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun came together with a shared commitment to invest in young people and their futures. ahwatukee.com/community_focu…

The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching has picked Horizon Honors Elementary School in Ahwatukee as one of five finalists for its Founder's Award, which carries a $50,000 cash prize. ahwatukee.com/news/horizon-h…

The setting may seem a bit unusual for a play, but the ambience promises to be unique when the Arizona Community Theatre Company presents what a cast member calls “an eccentric and interactive fundraising experience.” ahwatukee.com/community_focu…

Nine school districts are pushing back hard against the East Valley Institute of Technology’s latest court filing, arguing that EVIT is wrongly claiming broad authority to keep millions in CTE funding generated by classes taught on district campuses. ahwatukee.com/news/tempe-uni…

An Ahwatukee woman recently earned kudos for her life-saving maneuver earlier this year at a local restaurant. ahwatukee.com/news/ahwatukee…

A shorter and modernized musical adaptation of a classic will be presented at Kyrene Altadeña Middle School’s Panther Theatre this weekend when students present “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr.” ahwatukee.com/community_focu…