How Mesa's Social Spin laundromat is going above and beyond to help people around the Valley

Uplifting Arizona 5/15 2:07A abc15.com staff

Social Spin isnt your typical laundromat - it puts a spin on its cleaning services in ways that help the community. The Mesa shop is open seven days a week for laundry services, pick-up, and delivery throughout the Valley, while also making big...

SRP Awards $200,000 in Grants to 55 Arizona Teachers for Innovative Classroom Projects

AZ Tech Council 5/14 10:12A Leslie Marquez

inBusiness PHX Salt River Project  (SRP) announced it will award $200,000 in STEM, history and social science grants to support 55 elementary, middle and high school classrooms across the state...

5 Council Members Named to Natcast Inaugural NSTC Technical Advisory Board

AZ Tech Council 5/14 10:09A Leslie Marquez

NATCAST.org Natcast, the purpose-built, non-profit entity designated by the Department of Commerce to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) established by the CHIPS and Science...

ABC15 viewers donate to Phoenix elementary school library

Uplifting Arizona 5/13 4:10A Nick Ciletti

It's the gift that keeps giving! In March, ABC15 told you Edison Elementary School, part of the Phoenix Elementary School District, was looking for donations of books, stuffed animals, artwork, and shelves to help spruce up their library space....

Family reunites with Arizona DPS trooper who helped daughter

Uplifting Arizona 5/12 7:16P Josh Kristianto

It is about coming together to build trust. "It's a huge, huge relief. I'm so grateful to the people who made reports and to the trooper just for bringing my daughter to safety," said Deborah Watts. When Wattss then-12-year-old daughter Olileanya...

Veteran, brain tumor survivor, hopes to use new ASU engineering degree to improve medical imaging

Uplifting Arizona 5/12 3:45A Adam Mintzer

During graduation week at Arizona State University, more than 21,000 students will earn their degreesmarking the largest class in the universitys history. However for Clayton Burkhardt, crossing the...

WATCH: Nourish Phoenix, Mima's Beauty College pampering moms in need

Uplifting Arizona 5/9 4:56A abc15.com staff

Two Valley organizations are partnering today to give moms in need a day of pampering ahead of Mother's Day. Nourish Phoenix and Mima's Beauty College are partnering to provide 500 moms with purses filled with pampering items along with free...

Chetu Guest Blog Post: Is Now the Time to Move Peoplesoft to Oracle Cloud?

AZ Tech Council 5/8 6:34A Leslie Marquez

By Rick Heicksen Vice President of Sales at Chetu Nothing is permanent when it comes to business and technology. Certainly, that is true at the nexus of both. There is no better proof of this than...

LG Energy Solution partners with Honeywell for Arizona battery plant

AZ Tech Council 5/8 6:30A Intern

A rendering shows the planned battery manufacturing facility that LG Energy Solution is going to build in Queen Creek. Town of Queen Creek documents Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights LG Energy...

ABC15 surprises Phoenix teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week

Uplifting Arizona 5/8 1:50A Kaley O'Kelley

Its Teacher Appreciation Week, and ABC's hit TV show Abbott Elementary is teaming up with ABC15 to say thank you! ABC15 Mornings Anchor Kaley OKelley stopped by Griffith Elementary School in Phoenix with a surprise delivery for Ms. Brianna Bartos...

Valley family reflects on meeting Pope Francis

Uplifting Arizona 5/5 1:35A Nick Ciletti

As we look back and honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis , who passed away on April 21 at the age of 88, a family from El Mirage is opening up about their meeting with Pope Francis nearly a decade ago and the impact it's continued to make on...

Intero Digital Guest Blog Post: Email Marketing for Tech Businesses: Higher Conversion Rates

AZ Tech Council 5/2 8:14A Leslie Marquez

Drip campaigns nurture leads through consistent, automated email communication Focus on growing an organic email list through website sign-ups and exclusive offers to improve engagement Engagement...

Miami High School baseball team saves woman and dog from fire

Uplifting Arizona 5/1 12:22P Brittney Barba

It was just a normal game day for Rico Lorona and the Miami High School baseball team, when all of a sudden, Lorona heard what he said sounded like a transformer blow up. "I heard a loud boom, and I thought maybe somebody was shooting off a...

Valley boy gets surprise donation from Suns’ Devin Booker at drink stand

Uplifting Arizona 4/25 7:01P Jane Caffrey

One good deed is snowballing into another after a nine-year-old boy set up a drink stand in Paradise Valley to raise money for a local dog rescue. Eli Feinstein is a little boy with a big love for animals. So when he set up the stand in his...

Sensory Day: sharing joy and life lessons inside and outside the classroom

Uplifting Arizona 4/25 1:50A Nick Ciletti

We all remember those "field day" experiences from elementary school, and there's one school in the West Valley that's working to make it more inclusive so that everyone feels part of the fun. Special Education teacher Angel Aro, who works at Ira...