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 | Jan 29, 2021Despite questions, Kelli Ward says Arizona GOP election results are final
As Republicans continue to raise questions about the accuracy of the state party election, Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward said the results are “final, final.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2021Arizonans more willing to get vaccine, more worried about virus, poll finds
As COVID-19 cases surged, Arizonans grew more concerned about the pandemic and increased their willingness to get vaccinated, according to a new public opinion poll.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2021Arizona GOP chair runner-up calls for audit of party elections
The Arizona Republican Party, whose leader has repeatedly questioned the validity of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in the state, is under internal scrutiny over its own elections.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 20212 Arizona fugitives captured 5 days after prison escape
The two inmates who escaped from a central Arizona state prison over the weekend were apprehended Thursday in a Coolidge farm field, ending a 110-hour manhunt less than 15 miles from where it started.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2021Fixes for Arizona COVID-19 vaccine registration website are in works
The Arizona Department of Health Services is responding to complaints by making its online COVID-19 vaccination registration system more user friendly.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 27, 2021Arizona dealing with sign-up issues for 2nd doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Arizona Health Director Dr. Cara Christ said that authorities are actively working to help people struggling to schedule their second COVID-19 vaccine shot.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 27, 2021
Arizona consumer confidence fell as virus surged at end of 2020
Consumer confidence in Arizona’s economy was down toward the end of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic surged, according to the Greater Phoenix Chamber’s Arizona Business Index.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 26, 2021
Under half of Arizona’s 1M COVID vaccine shots have been given
Less than half of the million-plus COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to Arizona by the federal government as of Tuesday have made their way into people’s arms.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 26, 2021Lights go out on Phoenix ZooLights after this weekend
Phoenix Zoo’s annual nighttime ZooLights attraction will go dark after this weekend, and only two days remain for the drive-through option.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 26, 2021Arizona’s COVID-19 pandemic began with single case 1 year ago
One year ago on Jan. 26, Arizona reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case. The disease has claimed the lives of more than 12,000 Arizonans since then.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 26, 2021Phoenix ICU nurse warns that COVID can devastate young, healthy adults
A Phoenix nurse said her intensive care unit is seeing plenty of young, healthy patients who are extremely ill or dying from COVID-19.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 25, 2021
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tells NYT he will not run for US Senate
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said he will not make a run for the U.S. Senate in 2022, when Sen. Mark Kelly is up for reelection.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 22, 2021Banner Health Arizona hospitals to cautiously resume elective surgeries
With Arizona’s winter COVID-19 wave receding for the first time in months, Banner Health will cautiously resume elective surgeries.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 22, 2021With supplies limited, Rep. Schweikert turns down vaccine: ‘It felt creepy’
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert of Arizona said he turned down a chance to get vaccinated for COVID-19 because “it felt creepy” to use his position to move to the head of the line.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 22, 2021
Arizona officials approve first licenses for recreational marijuana sales
Arizona officials on Friday approved the first 86 licenses for marijuana dispensaries to sell cannabis to adults for recreational use.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 22, 2021Mesa police seek public’s help on 4 related sexual assault incidents
Mesa police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect they believe was involved in four recent attempted sexual assaults, including three this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 21, 2021Powerball jackpot hit in Maryland, but 2 Valley tickets good for $50K
A $731.1 million jackpot ticket for Wednesday night’s drawing was sold on the East Coast, but Arizona players didn’t come out empty-handed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 21, 2021
Valley economist says President Biden should sharpen COVID relief focus
Valley economist Elliott Pollack would like to see President Joe Biden focus coronavirus relief efforts on people directly impacted by the pandemic.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 20, 2021
150K Arizona vaccine appointments for February snapped up in 1 day
Nearly 150,000 Arizonans snagged February appointments for COVID-19 shots on Tuesday, filling every slot up for grabs in about 14 hours.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 19, 2021Video shows Arizona’s horned rioter writing Pence threat, leading prayer
Video released by The New Yorker shows Arizona’s horn-wearing “QAnon Shaman” writing a threatening note to Mike Pence and leading fellow Capitol rioters in prayer.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 19, 2021Phoenix sees first measurable rain of 2021 on Tuesday morning
It wasn’t exactly a deluge, but measurable rain fell in Phoenix for the first time this year on Tuesday morning.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 15, 20212 men arrested in Las Vegas charged with murder in Scottsdale
Two men who were arrested in Nevada face murder charges in Arizona over the shooting death of a woman in Scottsdale, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 15, 2021Prosecutors say horned Arizona rioter left note threatening Mike Pence
Federal prosecutors say the horn-wearing Arizona man who has become a symbol of last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was among rioters who intended to “capture and assassinate elected officials.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 15, 2021FBI says no ‘specific and substantiated’ threats to Arizona Capitol
The FBI said Thursday there are no “specific and substantiated” threats to the Arizona Capitol or other government buildings in the Phoenix area.