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 22, 2020Arizona’s top health official worried about Thanksgiving COVID-19 spike
Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ said she’s “highly concerned” that the state will see a COVID-19 spike after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 22, 2020
Arizona COVID-19 metrics rise, but dashboard stages don’t change
COVID-19 metrics are on the rise in multiple Arizona counties, but not enough to alter classifications in the state’s school and business dashboards.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 22, 2020
Christ: Arizona schools doing ‘great job’ with COVID-19 on case-by-case basis
Health Director Dr. Cara Christ said that the Arizona's schools “have done a great job” dealing with COVID-19, and that their response to outbreaks should vary depending on the situation.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 21, 2020Kingman becomes latest Arizona city to rescind mask mandate
The Kingman City Council voted to lift its face mask requirement, following suit with Mohave County's two other largest cities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 20, 2020Phoenix falls 2 spots to No. 19 in energy efficiency ranking of US cities
Phoenix checked in at No. 19 in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard, which was released this month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 20, 2020Authorities offer $26,000 reward in Buckeye double homicide cold case
West Valley authorities are asking the public for help in solving a double homicide and offering a $26,000 reward in the cold case.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 19, 2020Barrett-Jackson returns to Scottsdale this week with collector car auction
Barrett-Jackson is restarting its engine this week with a special collector car auction this week at WestWorld of Scottsdale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 16, 2020Arizonans submit over 500K ballots through first full week of voting
More than half a million ballots were cast through the first full week of voting in Arizona, with Democrats outpacing Republicans.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 16, 2020
Mark Kelly reports raising $16M more than Martha McSally in 3rd quarter
As the most expensive U.S. Senate race in Arizona history winds down, challenger Mark Kelly outraised incumbent Martha McSally by $16 million dollars in the latest quarter.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 15, 2020Democrats stay ahead in polling for Arizona’s presidential, Senate races
With early voting underway and Election Day less than three weeks away, new polling shows Democrats holding their leads over Republican incumbents in Arizona’s two top races.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 15, 2020Arizona benchmarks unchanged, but potential COVID-19 hot spots flare up
All of Arizona’s counties remained in opening phases after the COVID-19 business and school dashboards were updated, but some metrics indicated potential hot spots.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 15, 2020
Maricopa County program offers financial assistance for funeral costs
Maricopa County is providing assistance to families who suffered a financial loss because of the COVID-19 pandemic and are also coping with the loss of a loved one.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 14, 2020UArizona cancels spring break for 2021, spreads out days off
The University of Arizona has canceled next year’s spring break in an effort to reduce travel that could spread the coronavirus.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 14, 2020
Cato Institute gives Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey a D grade for fiscal policy
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey received a D grade in the Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors for 2020.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 13, 202021 metro Phoenix schools have reported COVID-19 outbreaks
Twenty-one Phoenix-area schools have reported COVID-19 outbreaks, but that's no reason to panic, Maricopa County's top health official said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 13, 20203.3 magnitude earthquake shakes things up near Flagstaff
If you felt the earth move under your feet Tuesday morning, it wasn’t your imagination. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a little earthquake shook things up near Flagstaff.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 13, 2020FBI offers reward for former Arizona DPS officer charged in $9M fraud case
The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for a former Arizona Department of Public Safety officer who skipped bail after being charged in a $9 million fraud scheme.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 12, 2020ASU President Michael Crow urges county to keep mask mandate in effect
ASU President Michael Crow sent a letter to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors calling mask requirements “the most effective tool available for the reduction in COVID-19 spread.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 12, 2020Scottsdale mansion sells for $24.1M, shatters Arizona price record
A 17-acre estate in Scottsdale’s exclusive Silverleaf community shattered the state record by more than $5 million, fetching $24.1 million on Oct. 1.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 12, 2020Mesa Public Schools expands to 5-day in-person class schedule
Mesa Public Schools, which serves more than 63,000 students at 70-plus campuses, returned Monday from fall break to a five-day in-person schedule.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 9, 2020
Gov. Ducey says bump in Arizona COVID-19 numbers isn’t unexpected
Coronavirus case and hospitalization numbers have been creeping higher in Arizona, but Gov. Doug Ducey said it’s not unexpected or reason for policy changes.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 9, 2020Clever Koi in Gilbert reopens more than a year after kitchen fire
More than a year after closing following a kitchen fire, downtown’s Gilbert’s Clever Koi is serving up its Asian-inspired dishes again.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 8, 2020No changes in Arizona’s COVID-19 benchmarks for schools, businesses
Each of the state’s 15 counties remained in the same spread stage as last week on Arizona Department of Health Services two COVID-19 dashboards.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 8, 2020What we know about Biden/Harris and Pence visits to Arizona on Thursday
The Democratic presidential ticket, Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, and Vice President Mike Pence are making dueling appearances in Arizona on Thursday.