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Gas prices advertised at a Quiktrip location in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. (Photo: Jak Holdcraft)

MCC says ongoing fuel crisis has changed their spending habits

Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center's 27th Annual Community Breakfast presenting the new Arizona Support Autism license plate. From left to right : Daniel Openden, President and CEO of SARRC; Joe Bradley, Support Autism license plate artist; Arizona state senator Flavio Bravo (D) District 26; and Denis Resnik, founder, president and CEO of First Place AZ hold their own personalized license plates. The event was held in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom at the Arizona Biltmore Resort on April 17, 2025. (Photo Courtesy of SARRC)

Pride in plain sight: the story of the Arizona Support Autism license plate and the autism-self-advocate artist who brought it to life

Gas prices at a Circle K location in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. Standard fuel has up to a 10% ethanol blend, labeled 'octane 87.'

Live in the Phoenix-metro area? You probably won’t have access to E15 gas 

Vaughan (right) teaches his students about the history of Clonmacnoise, a 6th century monastic community, during the Study Abroad Ireland 2022 trip. There were no cities in Ireland until the 9th century, so communities like these were the only representations of advanced knowledge in early Medieval Ireland. (Photo: Barry Vaughan)

MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer

Gas prices at a Quiktrip station in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. Arizona's statewide average is $4.57 per gallon as of April 21, according to AAA, over one dollar more than the statewide average in 2025. (Photo: Angel Marcos)

Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver

Brian spends hours a day on the field carefully supervising and mentoring the Thunderbirds men's soccer team. (Photo: Erick Romero)

Thunderbirds men’s soccer coach reflects on his career at MCC

Gas pump fueling up a car

MCC students share how the fuel crisis has affected them

Final day for students to vote for next leaders of the Associated Students of Mesa Community College

Voters waiting in line outside of the SRP headquarters in Tempe on April 7, 2025, the last day to drop off ballots. (Photo: Gwendolyn Owen/The Legend)

SRP election saw high turnout, Turning Point loses majority

Cesar Chavez (center) on march from Mexican border to Sacramento with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California. (Photo: John Malmin/Los Angeles Times)

Mesa removes Cesar Chavez honorary plaque, street signs

Sunday, June 28, 2026
Features

‘Wicked’ keeps audience under its spell

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

Joe Jacquez Mesa Legend Over Labor Day weekend I attended the Broadway series performance of “Wicked” at ASU’s Gammage Auditorium in Tempe. This was the first time seeing the production … Read More

Opinions

Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

What we need is people power There’s a story of a man who was boarding a train in Perth, Australia, who had slipped in the gap of a train carriage … Read More

Opinions

Insecure belief systems engenders war

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

Kathryn Yslas Mesa Legend What do teenagers, religious extremists and Kim Davis all have in common?  No, it’s not a misguided sense of importance. It’s not because they think they … Read More

Opinions

Cultural appropriation vs. Cultural integration

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

  Cultural appropriation Karlyle Stephens Mesa Legend People who want to believe that racism doesn’t exist or is not that bad, have much in common with those who see nothing … Read More

Opinions

Common courtesy, respect lose out to digitization

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

Adella Helton Mesa Legend With such an emphasis placed on one’s digital presence today, the focus on effective, respectful communication seems to be changing.  Many young people these days shun … Read More

News

Tempe smoking ban protects children in cars

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

Nikki Waldmann Mesa Legend For many years, people have been discussing the topic of smoking and its associated health risks. Doctors state that second-hand smoke causes more harm than first … Read More

News

Phoenix-Tucson rail plan takes new step forward

Mesa Legend Staff 09/27/2015

Keith Whittemore Mesa Legend The vision of a passenger rail connection between the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas entered a new phase following the release of a study about the … Read More

Sports

Volleyball off to rough start of the season

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend Lady T-Birds volleyball has played the first seven games of the season, only picking up one win against Hancock College so far.The team’s first game was … Read More

Sports

Football season has begun for the T-birds

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Joshua Oglesby Mesa Legend Football season is back and Mesa Community College is no exception.  The MCC Thunderbirds are back this year lead by head coach Ryan Felker, quarterback Brandon … Read More

Sports

MCC defeats GateWay Community College in 2-0 shutout

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Adella Helton Mesa Legend   On Sept. 1, MCC’s men’s soccer team defeated GateWay Community College in a 2-0 shutout. Immediately after receiving an offside penalty at the 5 minute … Read More

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  • MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer
  • Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver
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