Good morning, Goodyear.

Adelante Healthcare will host its 13th annual Super Back to School Bash on Saturday, July 26 at 10 a.m.—12:30 p.m.—at its Goodyear center at 3471 W.

Cornerstone Blvd to offer free backpacks and school supplies to the first 400 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. The event will also feature resource booths, snacks, games and prizes for local families.

A Litchfield Park woman was sentenced on Thursday to more than eight years in prison for aiding North Korean operatives in a remote IT work scheme that generated $17 million in illegal funds (over 90 laptops were seized from her home).

Ballet Arizona will present a free outdoor ballet performance at Estrella Lakeside Amphitheater in Goodyear on Sept.

26 at 7 p.m.—the event is part of a series running Sept. 18—27 that features selections from The Sleeping Beauty, Take Me With You and works by Artistic Director Daniela Cardim alongside student acts and food trucks.

The Verde River Water Storage project is planning to raise the Bartlett Dam 100 feet to restore lost water storage from sediment buildup and secure water for up to 1 million households.

SRP and 25 agencies, including Goodyear, will hold virtual and in-person meetings between July 28 and Aug. 1 with a public comment period open until Aug. 11 — the NEPA review will last two years before congressional approval is sought in 2028.

J.R. Alcantar began coaching at Canyon View in 2021, then worked at Millennium in 2022 and Liberty over the past two seasons.

He now leads the football turnaround at Waddell school—he has not coached any current players there.

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