| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Times Media Group |
| Publisher | Steve Strickbine |
| Editor | Paul Maryniak |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | 1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway, Ste. 219 Tempe, AZ 85282 US |
| Circulation | 27,684(as of 2022) [1] |
| Website | ahwatukee.com |
The Ahwatukee Foothills News is a weekly newspaper that serves the Ahwatukee district of the city of Phoenix. Its education and sports coverage mainly revolves around the two high schools serving the district: Mountain Pointe High School and Desert Vista High School (both part of the Tempe Union High School District).
The paper is delivered every Wednesday and boasts a circulation of 28,000. [2]
First published as the Ahwatukee Sentinel in 1976, the name was changed to the Ahwatukee News in 1978.
In 1988 it once again changed its name, this time to the Ahwatukee Weekly News. The current incarnation is the Ahwatukee Foothills News. [3]
In November 1998, Ahwatukee Foothills News joined Thompson Newspapers, which already owned the East Valley Tribune , as part of the Phoenix SMG (Strategic Marketing Group).
Then, in December 2000, Thomson Newspapers sold its Arizona newspaper holdings to Freedom Communications, Inc. of Irvine, California.
Freedom Communications filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on September 1, 2009, in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. In 2010, Freedom Communications sold the East ValleyTribune, the Daily News-Sun, the Ahwatukee Foothills News, Glendale/Peoria Today and Surprise Today to 10/13 Communications. [4]
In late January 2016, Scottsdale-based Times Media Group acquired the East Valley Tribune and Ahwatukee Foothills News from 10/13 Communications and immediately assumed day-to-day operations. [5]