The foreclosure crisis is still taking its toll in all over Arizona, but one legislator is hoping to improve the situation.

VVN/Jon Pelletier Gary DeGeronimo , new shelter director and CEO, mingles with the crowd at the opening of Paw Boutique, a fund-raising thrift store for the Adopt for Life Center for Animals in Cottonwood.

After the past couple of years of the state Legislature imposing its will on municipalities, two Southwest Valley cities are taking steps to inform residents about legislative actions that affect them.

Prescott police booked a Tolleson man into the Yavapai County Jail in Camp Verde on Thursday on misdemeanor charges of underage drinking after he yelled and allegedly physically fought with a man at the Courthouse Plaza, ran from police, and was caught by police in the Granite Street parking garage.

Tolleson firefighters and staff have settled into their new fire station that provides them with more space and a healthier environment.

Southwest Valley residents can get rid of electronics waste and unwanted documents at no cost at Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale on Saturday.