Drive about 45 minutes southwest of the Phoenix Valley, and you will reach an expanse of the Sonoran desert with a long, rich history. The Gila River runs through this area, which was once lush with ...

Woolsey Peak, located within the proposed Great Bend of the Gila National Monument in southern Arizona. Photo courtesy Dawn Kish, The Wilderness Society To protect more than 370,000 acres of the Great ...

GILA BEND, AZ — Governor Doug Ducey visited Gila Bend Friday, the scene of one of last week’s historic floods. The governor declared a state of emergency and it immediately freed up $200,000 in state ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday issued a preliminary report on the recent crash of an experimental plane near Gila Bend Municipal Airport that killed a passenger.

GILA BEND, AZ — More than 120 Gila Bend residents remain displaced after damaging storms, according to Mayor Chris Riggs. Some of those people have pets that cannot go with them to shelters, hotels, ...

GILA BEND, Ariz. - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Aug. 20 toured Gila Bend, a small community where recent flooding inundated homes and led to two deaths, part of a trail of destruction in the state ...

PHOENIX — One person died and thirteen more were injured after a van crashed and rolled over near Gila Bend on Sunday morning, according to authorities. The 14 people were occupants of the van, which ...

Gila Bend Unified District contains 2 schools and 516 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 90%. The student body at the schools served by Gila Bend Unified District is 7.2% white, 0.2% ...

While many border towns in Arizona have yet to experience the influx of migrants headed to the southern U.S. border, migrants are being brought to Gila Bend. With less than 2,000 people, the small ...

The Gila Bend Solar Power Plant became operation on October 31 on 400 acres near Gila Bend. The site's 171,520 solar panels are expected to generate enough electricity for 8,000 homes. APS owns three ...

The rural Arizona border community of Gila Bend declared a state of emergency this week following a significant change in U.S. Border Patrol operations that has the agency dropping migrant families ...