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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

High expectations for upcoming ‘Martian’ film

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend October 2 is scheduled as the release date of a film adaptation of “The Martian,” a book written by Andy Weir and set on Mars.  The … Read More

Features

Top five apps to survive the school year

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Kathryn Yslas Mesa Legend This summer might have been all about getting the best beach pic on Instagram, but priorities begin to shift as a new semester begins. Now there … Read More

Features

Student creativity to bring ‘Wonderland’ to life

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Nikki McPheron Mesa Legend Mesa Community College Theatre is a constant working machine; they put on award winning performances four times each year.  The MCC Theatre will tour the Mesa … Read More

Features

Chaos of reality tempered by illusion in how society digests media fantasy

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Karlyle Stephens Mesa Legend If nothing else, public intellectual Chris Hedges’ “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” will inspire you to turn on your … Read More

Opinions

Sexuality breeds contradictions in America

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Katie Yslas Mesa Legend We’ve all seen that commercial: beautiful young woman licks her full red lips before proceeding to slide an overpriced hamburger into her mouth in a way … Read More

Opinions

Words hold power

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Sebastian Miguel Mesa Legend Words have the potential to produce positive or negative consequences.   They have the ability to build a person up or tear them down. A spoken verse … Read More

Opinions

Tribalism prevents people unifying

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend People all too often run to the relative safety of what they know when confronted.  Instead of looking at a thought or idea contrary to our … Read More

Opinions

Be mindful of Facebook associations

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Adam Dangerfield Mesa Legend What’s in your Facebook? That’s a question I have been asking myself lately. I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a social media butterfly.  If … Read More

Opinions

Legend’s VIEW

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Mass media influences violence Following the on air murders of 2 journalist in Virginia, many are expressing despair with the frequency of these senseless violent acts, and also with the … Read More

News

Alternative software prices available to students

Mesa Legend Staff 09/14/2015

Kian Hagerman Mesa Legend Students use various forms of software in the pursuit of a degree, and many of the tools required to complete assigned work can be prohibitively expensive … Read More

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  • MCC says ongoing fuel crisis has changed their spending habits
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  • Live in the Phoenix-metro area? You probably won’t have access to E15 gas 
  • MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer
  • Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver
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