Brandon Gray
Brandon Gray is a web content editor and writer for KTAR.com based in Phoenix, Arizona, since May 2023. He covers local crime, business, tech, politics, careers and education. Prior to joining KTAR, he worked in Phoenix as a digital producer for USA TODAY Network’s digital optimization team where he produced for more than 60 Western and Midwest region publications. Before moving to Phoenix in 2018, Brandon started his professional career in television as a digital content producer for KCEN-TV, the NBC affiliate in the Waco-Temple-Killeen, Texas market. In 2016, he won a Texas AP Broadcasters award in Digital for KCEN-TV. He is from Dallas, Texas, and earned his bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 22, 2023Arizona to get $43.5M in federal funding for local community services
Local governments in Arizona will receive millions of dollars in payments in lieu of taxes funding for 2023, the Department of the Interior announced.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 22, 2023Gila River Resorts and Casinos to celebrate 4th casino opening in Chandler
Gila River Resorts and Casinos is celebrating the opening of its fourth casino in Chandler.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 21, 2023Forest Service confirms presence of toxic green algae bloom at Bartlett Reservoir Lake
The U.S. Forest Service is warning visitors to avoid contact with water after testing algae in Bartlett Reservoir Lake in Tonto National Forest.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 21, 2023Tempe seeks to suspend short-term rental license after house party shooting
The city of Tempe is seeking to suspend a city-issued license for a short-term rental property near McClintock Drive and Warner Road after a shooting at a party in May.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 20, 2023Photo exhibit featuring pivotal moment in Johnny Cash’s career coming to Chandler Museum
A photography exhibit covering a moment in the career of country singer-songwriter Johnny Cash is coming to the Chandler Museum starting Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 20, 2023Chicken N Pickle coming to Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale
A new restaurant where visitors can eat and play pickleball is opening in the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 20, 2023With no ethics board, Phoenix residents who file complaints face obstacles, silence and secrecy
Six years and several ethical controversies later, the city council has failed to put a single person on the commission to enforce the city’s ethics code.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 19, 2023Homelessness services projects approved by Maricopa Board of Supervisors
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved last week the use of more than $2 million in funding to support essential homelessness services.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 19, 2023Gov. Katie Hobbs signs bill giving Rio Verde Foothills community solution to water woes
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan bill Monday that gives the Rio Verde Foothills an interim solution to its water problems as they await a permanent fix involving private utility EPCOR.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 19, 2023Mesa woman’s cold case will be featured on Investigation Discovery series
A 35-year-old Arizona cold case from the East Valley city of Mesa will be featured on Investigation Discovery Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 18, 2023USDA: Grant will connect rural Arizonans to high-speed internet
Nearly $28.5 million in grants will go toward connecting residents, farmers and business owners in rural Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2023Gilbert Hash Kitchen introducing brunch dishes, boozy coffees at new location
Hash Kitchen is "turning up the volume" with a new location opening in the Valley this summer.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2023
Over 580 people arrested, drugs and guns seized in operation in Phoenix
More than 580 people were arrested in a five-day multi-agency operation organized by the Phoenix Police Department.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2023Eastbound I-10 lanes near Casa Blanca temporarily close due to crash
Eastbound Interstate 10 temporarily closed Thursday night due to a crash near Casa Blanca.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2023Arizona senators recognize state’s homelessness problems, at odds on how to address issue
Arizona Republican Senator John Kavanagh and Democratic Senator Catherine Miranda sat down with KTAR News during a roundtable on Valley homelessness Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 14, 20233 plead guilty to providing guns for alleged shooter of Phoenix officer Tyler Moldovan
Three people pleaded guilty recently to illegally providing guns to the alleged shooter of Phoenix Police Officer Tyler Moldovan.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 13, 202380-year-old man killed after being hit by sedan in Peoria
An 80-year-old man is dead after being struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon near the area of Peoria and 99th avenues in Peoria, police said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 13, 2023Mexican national sentenced to prison for smuggling people into Phoenix area
A Mexican national was sentenced to prison last week for his role in smuggling thousands of people from the U.S.- Mexico border to the Phoenix metro area.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 13, 2023Heard Museum to celebrate skateboarding culture, art and community
The Heard Museum is hosting an "unforgettable skate event" this weekend with clinics, workshops, board building and more.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 12, 2023Bystander shot, killed at Mesa party after fight between partygoers
A woman was killed over the weekend in Mesa after an altercation outside of a house party, police said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 12, 2023Mayes: Ruling dropping preventive drugs from insurance would be devastating
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed Thursday to “fight like heck” against a federal court ruling that could overturn a mandate that health insurers provide HIV-preventive medication without charge.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 11, 2023Cochise County constable candidate indicted in election fraud case
An Arizona Grand Jury indicted a Cochise County Constable candidate on fraud charges.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 11, 2023Apartment complex fire displaces 3 residents in Phoenix
Three people are displaced after a fire Sunday at an apartment complex near 19th Avenue and Camelback Road.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 11, 2023‘Diaper Bank’ to provide Maricopa County families free diapers
The Maricopa County's Human Services Department is giving free diapers to families that are eligible.