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Candidates (from left) Rachel Walden, Jason Smithson, Josh Chilton, and Jennifer Echols participated in a forum on Sept. 16 at the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board Room hosted by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce. (Photo: Mesa Public Schools)

Mesa Community College hosts public forum for the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board election

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

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Career and Re-Entry helps students get ahead

Mesa Legend Staff 09/16/2008

Patricia Moore For any student in college, the process of choosing a major, obtaining financial aid, scheduling classes and balancing personal responsibilities with school work can be intimidating.But MCC is … Read More

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New enrollment process complicates, not simplify

Mesa Legend Staff 09/16/2008

This year’s enrollment process fell somewhere between a stampede of headless chickens and the way Tom Hank’s character must have felt while trapped in the airport in “The Terminal.”In one … Read More

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Election may revive guns on campus debate

Mesa Legend Staff 09/16/2008

Max Pullenza Some believe having guns on campus will make shootings like the one at South Mountain Community College earlier this summer a regular occurrence, while other students believe that … Read More

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Wright’s ‘Letters’ too predictable for one reader

Mesa Legend Staff 09/16/2008

Maryjane Bowyer If I learned one thing from Jason Wright’s, “The Wednesday Letters,” it would be to never assume a book is good simply because it has been slapped with … Read More

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Green power taking over

Mesa Legend Staff 08/25/2008

Maryjane Bowyer With gas prices at an all time high, energy efficiency has become a hot topic among politicians and civilians alike.Going green has become a way of life for … Read More

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Stretched to the limit

Mesa Legend Staff 08/25/2008

Kevin Bonneville The nation’s economy continues to show that it’s struggling with a positive outcome looking bleaker as the days and months go by.The country’s unemployment rate rose to 5.7 … Read More

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Making school top priority vital to students’ future

Mesa Legend Staff 08/25/2008

Everywhere we turn, there are people openly complaining about their money problems and the slump in the economy. It is impossible to go a day without hearing about rising gas … Read More

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Economy forces students to find new ways to budget

Mesa Legend Staff 08/25/2008

Erica Tiffany With the current uncertainty of the economy, many students heading back to school are searching for different ways to stretch their dollars.According to a survey conducted by the … Read More

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President’s vision raises bar for MCC

Mesa Legend Staff 08/25/2008

Welcome to the 2008-09 academic year at one of the leading community colleges in the nation. It has been five months since taking on the responsibilities of president at Mesa … Read More

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Traveling tips for cheapskates

Mesa Legend Staff 08/25/2008

Ryan Abril People are always on the go these days, with school, work and trying to ?have a social life they never seem to take time for themselves, and in … Read More

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