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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona introduced a new bill on Friday that would create a new national monument near Gila Bend. If passed, the Arizona Democrat’s bill promises to protect the ...

Deep in the Sonoran Desert near Gila Bend lies Painted Rock, a basalt mound covered with over 800 intricate petroglyphs left by Indigenous peoples more than a thousand years ago. The site became a ...

Before freeways, before even the railroad, there was Gila Bend — a lifeline carved into the Arizona desert. Born as a water stop for stagecoaches on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, this ...

Both the eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 8 west of Gila Bend reopened Saturday evening after the Arizona Department of Public Safety made an arrest. Shortly after 6 p.m., a DPS ...

GILA BEND, AZ — One person is dead and another is seriously hurt after a plane crash Sunday morning at Gila Bend Municipal Airport. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says the crash took place just ...

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - Authorities are looking into what caused a plane to crash at the Gila Bend Municipal Airport, killing one of the two people on board. The crash happened around 9:50 a.m. on ...

A plane crashed Sunday morning at Gila Bend Municipal Airport leaving one person dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries, according to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. A spokesperson at ...

GILA BEND, AZ (AZFamily) — Interstate 8 in Gila Bend is back open Friday evening after flooding forced the freeway to close temporarily. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), ...