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, 2019Sky Harbor flies high with record number of passengers in 2018
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport flew higher than ever in 2018, serving nearly 45 million passengers to beat the record set in 2015.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2019Pregnant woman murdered in Tempe was working as Lyft driver
Police said the pregnant woman who was brutally stabbed to death in Tempe this weekend was working as a Lyft driver and left behind two young children.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2019Casino giant Caesars to debut hotel brand, without gambling, in Scottsdale
Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corporation announced plans Monday to open its first U.S. non-gaming hotel, called Caesars Republic, in Scottsdale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2019Valley Metro light rail ridership dropped by 4.4 percent in 2018
Ridership on Phoenix’s light rail system was down 4.4 percent over the past year, a decline Valley Metro attributes in part to a strong economy.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 28, 2019
Possible presidential hopeful Howard Schultz to appear at ASU this week
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, a possible presidential candidate, will appear at ASU this week as part of a 12-city national book tour.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 27, 2019Father celebrates daughter’s recovery by running Tempe marathon
With "Megan’s Dad" written across his racing bib, Neal Oseland was struck by a wave of emotion as he crossed the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon finish line.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 26, 2019Mesa mayor blasts plan to ask citizenship status on 2020 Census
Mesa Mayor John Giles derided the Trump administration’s plan to ask people their citizenship status on the 2020 census, calling it a “just stupid” move.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 6, 2019Officials hopeful ‘fire funding fix’ helps tame brutal wildfire seasons
Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen said a federal funding fix will let her agency better plan while responding to the more catastrophic fires.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 5, 2019Former Arizona forester taps years of history for new Forest Service job
Vicki Christiansen will call on her experience, including her turn a few years back as Arizona state forester, in her role as U.S. Forest Service chief.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 3, 2019Politics, economics drive drop in immigration from Mexico
The number of Mexican-born immigrants in the United States dropped by about 300,000 from 2016 to 2017, according to Census Bureau data.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 28, 2018Cuts in refugee admission defended as necessary, decried as ‘disastrous’
Three months after the Trump administration cut the number of refugees the U.S. will accept, aid groups in Arizona say they are feeling the effects.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 27, 2018Arizona State groundskeeper leaves his stamp on Cheez-It Bowl
Arizona State University groundskeeper Brian Johnson's skills were on display Wednesday night at the Cheez-It Bowl, played at Chase Field in Phoenix.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 5, 2018
December skies offer something for everyone with variety of objects
The last month of the year offers up a great variety of objects to view from our Arizona skies, including the moon, Mars, Venus and a meteor shower.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 2, 2018Decade after life-altering surgery, Valley powerlifter is a champion
A surgery gone wrong in 2009 was a life-altering experience that eventually put Valley powerlifter Ari Phillip on track to become a champion.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 22, 2018Buckling up? Arizona cited for having lax seat belt laws
Ken Kolosh, statistics manager of the National Safety Council, said states like Arizona are going in the wrong direction with their seat belt laws.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 24, 2018Immigrant apprehensions up in 2018 in Arizona, all of Southwest border
The number of people apprehended at the Arizona border jumped more than 50 percent in fiscal 2018 from the year before, according to new data.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 19, 2018Use of e-cigarettes by teens is Arizona health officials’ top priority
With teen use of tobacco products declining, Arizona health officials say their “No. 1 priority” now is reducing e-cigarette use by high school and middle school students.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 18, 2018Arizona DACA recipients find it hard to afford college after court ruling
Some DACA recipients who live in Arizona are struggling to pay for college after a court ruled earlier this year that they aren't eligible for in-state tuition.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Oct 12, 2018Changes to Arizona’s Medicaid meant to improve experience, efficiency
Arizona’s Medicaid agency has blended its health-care programs for mental and physical health for 1.5 million people in a move to increase efficiency and improve patient health.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 11, 2018Joe Arpaio mulls Supreme Court appeal of contempt of court conviction
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will likely appeal to the Supreme Court, his attorney said Wednesday, after an appeals court rejected his latest bid to have his contempt of court conviction vacated.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 10, 2018Trouble for Hubble? Here’s why the space telescope is wobbly
With the Hubble Space Telescope having many systems in place to keep it going, we now find out that it was placed into “safe mode” as a number of the vital gyroscopes on board have failed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 4, 2018Former ASU swimmer joins athletes urging protection from sexual assaults
Former Arizona State University swimmer Jancy Thompson said the sexual abuse she suffered for five years at the hands of her USA Swimming coach “lives in my bones” to this day.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 27, 2018Freeway litter across metro Phoenix costs millions to clean up
It cost taxpayers more than $4 million in 2017 to keep clean about 400 miles of highway in metro Phoenix, according to government data.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Sep 19, 2018View the amazing Andromeda Galaxy with the naked eye
This Andromeda Galaxy is actually visible to the naked eye from the darkest of skies this time of year and may appear as a little smudge of light.