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 | Oct 2, 2022New trash pickup days start this week for most of Phoenix
New pickup days go into effect Monday for 80% of the Phoenix's trash, garbage and green organic pickup customers.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 30, 2022Here’s what Arizona parents need to know about applying for school vouchers
Now that Arizona’s school voucher expansion can move forward, officials are asking parents to be patient as they work through a backlog of applications.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 30, 2022Arizona school voucher opponents fall short in bid to block expansion
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Friday that the effort to block school voucher expansion by voter referendum has fallen short.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 29, 2022
Arizona AG Mark Brnovich files lawsuit against Biden’s student debt forgiveness
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich followed other states and groups in filing a lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 29, 2022AG Mark Brnovich, Gov. Doug Ducey at odds over Arizona abortion restrictions
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Gov. Doug Ducey are at odds over how restrictive the state’s abortion laws should be.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 29, 2022Arizona hits revenue threshold to implement 2.5% flat income tax a year early
Arizona’s flat income tax rate of 2.5% will kick in for the 2023 tax year thanks to a healthy economy, the state announced Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 28, 2022Arizona GOP leaders push Hobbs to reject referendum blocking school voucher expansion
Arizona Republican leaders want Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to quickly reject the referendum that’s blocking school voucher expansion.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 28, 2022Blake Masters thinks independents will back him over Sen. Mark Kelly
Blake Masters, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona, said Wednesday he thinks the key independent bloc will support him in his effort to unseat Sen. Mark Kelly despite recent polling showing otherwise.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 27, 2022
Maricopa County attorney says court ruling didn’t resolve Arizona abortion law
Maricopa County’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that last week’s court ruling on abortion didn’t resolve the issue of what the law actually is in Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 27, 2022Katie Hobbs, Kari Lake set to participate in town hall event next week
Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake won’t be debating anytime soon, but Arizona’s gubernatorial candidates are both scheduled to participate in a forum next week in Phoenix.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 27, 2022
New Arizona law doubles duration of protective orders to 2 years
A new Arizona law that went into effect Saturday doubles the duration of protective orders from one year to two.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 23, 2022These 3 metro Phoenix restaurants lauded by New York Times on 2022 list
A diverse serving of four Arizona restaurants, including three in the Valley, had dining experts from The New York Times licking their chops this year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 23, 2022In water-saving effort, Scottsdale tells HOAs they can’t require overseeding
Scottsdale approved a water-saving measure that prohibits HOAs from forcing homeowners to maintain green lawns in the winter through overseeding.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 22, 2022WM Phoenix Open charity bounces back with $10.5M haul in 2022
Rebounding after a COVID-depressed year, the 2022 WM Phoenix Open raised $10.5 million for Arizona charities, The Thunderbirds announced Wednesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 22, 2022Revitalized West Valley shopping center changes ownership in $41M deal
The revitalization of Goodyear’s Canyon Trails Towne Center, nearly a casualty of the Great Recession, will continue under a new owner.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 21, 2022Republican Mark Finchem leads Adrian Fontes in Arizona secretary of state poll
Mark Finchem, who doesn’t believe that Joe Biden won in Arizona in 2020, leads Democrat Adrian Fontes in a new secretary of state poll.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 20, 2022Here’s what Arizona voters think about college debt forgiveness
New polling on how Arizona voters feel about President Joe Biden’s college debt forgiveness plan paints a complicated picture.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 19, 202227-acre residential parcel in Paradise Valley priced at $55 million
The largest undeveloped residential parcel left in Paradise Valley was listed last week with an asking price of $55 million.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 16, 2022Arizona’s Libertarian Senate candidate wants cities, not states, to regulate abortion
While Arizona’s two major party U.S. Senate nominees have been battling over the abortion issue, a third candidate has a different take on the subject.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 16, 2022Arizona Democrat accuses fellow state lawmaker of misogynistic behavior
An Arizona Democrat publicly accused a fellow state lawmaker of using misogynistic and profane language when talking about her to other officials and lobbyists.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 16, 2022Long-awaited Loop 202 Santan Freeway interchange opens at Lindsay Road in Gilbert
East Valley motorists have a new way to get on and off the Loop 202 Santan Freeway in Gilbert. The Lindsay Road interchange is now open.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 15, 2022Criminal goat named Billy in custody, but not before he left mark on MCSO deputy
They say that if you mess with the bull, you get the horns. Well, Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies learned that if you mess with the goat, you get peed on.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 15, 2022More than 2,000 Arizonans reported dead from opioid overdoses in 2021
More than 2,000 Arizonans died from opioid overdoses in 2021 as fentanyl use became more prevalent, according to state health officials.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 14, 2022Sen. Mark Kelly says he’s OK with abortion restrictions ‘late in pregnancy’
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Wednesday that while he supports abortion rights, he doesn't oppose limits "late in pregnancy."