Arizona News

U.S. Reps. Debbie Lesko and Greg Stanton have led the call for a feasibility study regarding improvement options for McMicken Dam in Surprise.

A trial began Tuesday that will help determine if a voter initiative raising taxes on the wealthy in Arizona to help boost education funding makes the November ballot.

Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced Tuesday $559 million was distributed in investment earnings in the 2020 fiscal year.

The Tempe Police Department has released additional information about the seven individuals who were arrested in connection to protest activity that occurred near Scottsdale Road and Playa Del Norte Drive Monday night.

The chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party and Donald Trump Jr. were among those whose Twitter accounts were limited Tuesday for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19.

A task force will give long-term care facilities recommendations on when visitations can be resumed and how family members outside can keep in contact.

Officials in three Arizona national forests lifted or planned to lift restrictions on their lands starting as soon as Tuesday.

Nike announced Tuesday that it was pulling the plug on a ballyhooed manufacturing facility in Goodyear because of the coronavirus pandemic.

With a week to go before Arizona's primary election, registered voters still have opportunities for casting their ballots without going to the polls on Election Day.

The Arizona Department of Agriculture is asking residents who received unidentified and unsolicited seeds from China to send them to department locations.

Dangerously hot temperatures are expected to blanket metro Phoenix over the next few days, jump-starting another excessive heat warning, Arizona forecasters said Tuesday.

A 2-year-old boy died Tuesday after he was found unconscious in a swimming pool earlier in the day.

Arizona reported 2,107 new coronavirus cases and 104 additional deaths on Tuesday, bringing the state's documented totals to 165,934 infections and 3,408 fatalities.

For the first time in a decade, a nonprofit group won't be able to hold its water safety camp in Phoenix at a time when more children are home all day because of the pandemic.

As many Arizonans are heading outside for their workouts, a doctor in Phoenix has offered tips for preventing and identifying heat-related illnesses.

The former director of the Arizona Department of Health Services said Monday mitigation strategies put in place to help slow the spread of coronavirus in the state are working.

The American Red Cross is offering a new incentive for blood donors and is seeking hosts for future drives.

Arizona has the third-worst public school system in the U.S., according to a ranking from WalletHub released Monday.

Protest activity escalated to seven arrests in Tempe Monday night as demonstrators spilled into the streets in defiance of police orders, authorities said.

ASU President Michael Crow confirmed Monday the university is sticking with its plan to resume the fall semester on Aug. 20.