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Her adoption fee is $175. At Friends for Life Animal Rescue, animals are altered, vaccinated, microchipped and dewormed. Cats are also tested for FELV/FIV.

The first 300 teachers will get free entry, and additional teachers will receive 50% off general admission. Teachers must present their teacher ID.

Back for its 10th year this weekend at the town's Horseshoe Park and Equestrian Centre, this three-day event offers wine sipping and shopping.

Get your produce on for $15, cash only at the market on the second Saturday of every month until sold out. There's something new each month from local farmers, all Arizona grown. There's shopping from local vendors and pet adoptions with Paws 4 Life AZ, 20 to 25 dogs will be looking for their forever homes this Saturday.

Plan for closures along Interstate 17, Loop 101 and U.S. 60 this weekend. Eastbound U.S. 60 closed between Loop 202 and Crismon Road in southeast Mesa, near Queen Creek, from 9 p.m. Friday, May 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, May 13 for lane marking work. Both Loop 202 ramps to eastbound U.S. 60 closed. Eastbound U.S. 60 on-ramps at Power and Ellsworth roads closed.

Laura Ridge has been with the J.O. Combs Unified School District for nearly 15 years, nine of which have been spent leading and serving Combs Middle School. She will be formally recognized for this award during the Arizona School Administrators Summer Conference Awards in June.

Arizonans are asked to place non-perishable food donations by their mailboxes this Saturday that will be picked up by their local carrier and donated to area food banks such as United Food Bank to help stock their shelves.

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually to coincide with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered by many as the founder of modern nursing, on May 12.

Arizona State University is No. 6 for gerontology in the nation. The college’s Doctor of Nursing Practice gerontology concentration was ranked for the first time, and in the top 10 alongside Ohio State University and the University of Illinois Chicago.

Arizona Travel ID will get you through airport security after May 7, 2025.