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 | Dec 18, 2020Eastbound Loop 202 Santan Freeway closed in East Valley after crash
The eastbound lanes of the Loop 202 Santan Freeway in the East Valley were closed temporarily Friday morning because of a rollover crash.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 17, 2020
Arizona joins lawsuit accusing Google of being an illegal monopoly
Arizona’s Mark Brnovich is among 38 attorneys general who teamed up on a lawsuit accusing internet behemoth Google of being an illegal monopoly.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 17, 2020General public in Arizona expected to get COVID vaccine access by March
A day after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Cara Christ, Arizona's health director, said the general public could get access to the shots by March.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 17, 2020COVID dashboards show over half of Arizona’s counties in substantial status
Over half of Arizona’s counties are now classified as having substantial spread of coronavirus as determined by the state health department’s COVID-19 dashboards for businesses and schools.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 16, 2020Bystander shot during party bus brawl in Chandler, police say
A fight on a party bus led to gunfire that seriously wounded a bystander in Chandler over the weekend, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 16, 2020Pima County health director gets COVID-19 amid department outbreak
Pima County said Wednesday that its health department is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, with the Tucson-area agency's leader among those infected.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 16, 2020Centerpiece playground opens at Hance Park in downtown Phoenix
Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for a major piece of Margaret T. Hance Park’s $100 million revitalization project: a 20,000-square-foot playground.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 15, 2020US Supreme Court rules against Arizona death row inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a convicted Arizona murderer who was trying to have his death sentence overturned.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 15, 2020World War II vet at Phoenix VA gets Arizona’s first COVID-19 vaccine
A World War II veteran living at a Phoenix VA facility on Tuesday became the first known Arizonan to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 14, 2020Modeler says unchecked COVID will create ‘humanitarian crisis’ in Arizona
A University of Arizona researcher says a “major humanitarian crisis” appears inevitable in the state because of the unmitigated spread of COVID-19.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 14, 2020First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrives for Phoenix area
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for the Phoenix area arrived Monday morning, according to Maricopa County Public Health.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 11, 2020Phoenix Special Olympics golfer named to president’s sports council
Special Olympics athlete Amy Bockerstette, who earned a college golf scholarship, was appointed to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 11, 2020Volvo Cars Arrowhead opens at Glendale luxury vehicle hub
Volvo Cars Arrowhead opened in Glendale on Monday, joining Arrowhead BMW and the future Arrowhead Jaguar Land Rover in a new cluster of luxury dealerships.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 11, 2020Phoenix community college rolls out cannabis business training program
Phoenix's GateWay Community College has launched the Center for Cannabis Business Training, calling it an “online education for a growing business.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 10, 2020Arizona gets $1.4 million in nationwide settlement with a mortgage servicer
Arizona will receive more than $1.4 million as part of a nationwide settlement with a mortgage servicer that was accused of violating consumer protection laws.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 10, 2020Tempe agrees to $300K settlement for Black man held at gunpoint by officer
The city of Tempe has agreed to a $300,000 settlement with a Black hotel worker who was held at gunpoint earlier this year by a police officer who was looking for a white suspect.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 10, 2020COVID-19 dashboard status is now substantial in 3 Arizona counties
Three Arizona counties reentered the substantial spread status for COVID-19 on Thursday, which could mean certain businesses there will have to close again.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 9, 2020
Gov. Ducey, under fire from Arizona GOP, picked to lead national group
Some Arizona Republicans don’t think Gov. Doug Ducey is doing such a great job, but his national peers apparently disagree, electing him chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 9, 2020Dr. Christ links Arizona’s record COVID numbers to Thanksgiving gatherings
This week’s record coronavirus case numbers in Arizona are a sign of the post-Thanksgiving surge experts warned about, Arizona Health Director Dr. Cara Christ said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 9, 2020Tempe awards $1.2 million in COVID aid to small businesses
The city of Tempe awarded $1.2 million in grants last week to help small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic and retain or increase staffing.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 8, 2020
White House report suggests Arizona lacking in COVID-19 mitigation
A recent White House Coronavirus Task Force report suggests that Arizona isn’t doing enough to suppress the spread of COVID-19.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 8, 2020Phoenix coordinating with Maricopa County, not state, on vaccine delivery
The city of Phoenix is coordinating with Maricopa County officials on vaccine delivery, but not the governor’s office, Mayor Kate Gallego said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 7, 2020Phoenix mayor: Arizona governor’s order restricts city COVID response
Arizona's statewide COVID-19 policy restricts what cities can do when it comes to battling the current surge of cases and hospitalizations, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 7, 2020Valley restaurateur Fox opening 2 to-go venues, including new pizza concept
Fox Restaurant Concepts is about to debut two takeout-only restaurants, a new Phoenix venture featuring pizza and chicken called Fly Bye To Go and a Flower Child in Tempe.