About
Kevin Stone is KTAR’s Senior Web Content Editor. He is a seasoned journalist who was born in New York and grew up in Phoenix. He got his start doing agate for the Mesa Tribune sports section — remember newspapers? — in the 1990s while completing his print journalism degree. He went on to work for The Dallas Morning News as a copy editor and page designer for the paper’s award-winning sports section before spending nearly a decade in various positions with ESPN.com. He returned to the Valley in 2013 and joined the KTAR News digital team in 2018. His favorite activities are collecting records, going to concerts and sporting events, and dining out with his beautiful wife.
Expertise
- News and sports writing and editing
- Social media management
- Wordle wizardry
Education
- University of Arizona – Bachelor’s degree in general studies with minors in English, sociology and psychology.
- Arizona State University – Bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Social Media Profiles
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 14, 2023Gilbert offers residents up to $800 to replace grass with low-water landscape
The East Valley town of Gilbert recently launched a financial incentive program to encourage residents to remove grass from their yards.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 13, 2023Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone says high temperatures lead to bad behavior
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone wants cooler heads to prevail while temperatures, and crime, rise in metro Phoenix.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 12, 2023Arizona Supt. Tom Horne thinks transgender sports case will end up at Supreme Court
Tom Horne says he’ll go to the U.S. Supreme Court, if needed, to defend an Arizona law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 12, 2023Arizona woman gets prison sentence for impersonating nurse practitioner
An Arizona woman who pretended to be a nurse practitioner, and even wrote prescriptions, was sentenced to five years in state prison.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 12, 2023Phoenix heat wave: ‘I don’t see anything that’s going to stop it’
The ongoing streak of 110-degree days in Phoenix will almost certainly keep sizzling until it breaks a 49-year-old record.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 11, 2023When will metro Phoenix start seeing monsoon activity?
Will Phoenix-area residents have use for their umbrellas other than to shield them from the sun anytime soon?
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 10, 2023Excessive heat warning extended again, will be longest ever in metro Phoenix
As metro Phoenix's unrelenting heat wave continues, the Valley's ongoing excessive heat warning has been extended to a record length.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 7, 2023Phoenix creates specialty court for people experiencing homelessness
The city of Phoenix is creating a specialty court to handle certain cases involving people experiencing homelessness.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 5, 2023Metro Phoenix remains under excessive heat warning at least through Friday
With dangerous conditions persisting, metro Phoenix remains under an excessive heat warning at least through Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 3, 2023Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego to chair board of Valley transportation agency
The mayor of Arizona’s largest city was selected to lead the governing board of the Valley’s regional transportation planning agency for the next year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 30, 2023With blood supplies running low, Vitalant seeks donors for Valley drive
Arizona's largest nonprofit community blood provider is seeking hundreds of donors for a holiday weekend drive in Tempe.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 29, 2023Phoenix creating structured campground as part of Zone homeless encampment cleanup
The city of Phoenix is creating a structured campground for people who are being cleared out of the Zone homeless encampment but refuse to move to an indoor shelter.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 27, 2023Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer explains why he’s suing Kari Lake
Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer doesn’t care if you make fun of his looks, but falsely accusing him of criminal activity crosses a line.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 26, 2023Bottled Blonde gets pushback on plan to open downtown Gilbert location
A controversy is brewing after Scottsdale hotspot Bottled Blonde announced plans to open a downtown Gilbert location.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 23, 2023Gilbert Road remains closed across Salt River to accelerate completion of new bridge
Gilbert Road across the Salt River, which was closed by spring flooding, won't reopen until a new bridge can be completed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 23, 2023Phoenix could see 110 degrees this weekend as heat dome moves west
The heat dome that's been baking Texas is inching toward Arizona and could bring 110-degree temperatures to Phoenix as soon as this weekend.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 22, 2023Does dropped lawsuit mark movement in Arizona death penalty situation?
A lawsuit over the death penalty in Arizona was dropped because the Corrections Department is now operationally prepared to carry out executions.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 21, 2023Zone homeless encampment cleanup continues on 3rd Phoenix block
The third round of enhanced cleanup operations took place Wednesday at the high-profile Phoenix homeless encampment known as the Zone.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 20, 2023Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes GOP bill on Prop 400 transportation tax plan
As expected, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs kicked the Republican version of a metro Phoenix transportation tax plan back to the Legislature on Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 20, 2023Phoenix man accused of sending email threat to Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates
A Phoenix man has been charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly sending Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates a threatening email.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2023Ex-Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey: ‘Tough love’ should be part of homelessness response
Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said the state can be a leader by addressing its homelessness problem with both compassion and “tough love.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 14, 2023Arizona House censures Democratic lawmaker who hid Bibles
The saga of the Democratic state lawmaker who hid Bibles in the Arizona House members lounge ended Tuesday with a censure.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 13, 2023Phoenix inflation at lowest level in 18 months, but still outpacing US rate
The annual inflation rate in metro Phoenix slowed to its lowest level in 18 months, but local inflation remains far ahead of the national rate.