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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 4, 2014Online campaign hopes to bring video gaming bar to Mill Ave.
Three friends have come together to open the first ever gaming bar in the Phoenix-Metro area.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 4, 2014Tempe travel firm ordered to pay Groupon $1 million
Tempe travel firm World Resorts International has been ordered by a Phoenix judge to pay Groupon Inc. $1.16 million.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 4, 2014Robin Roberts to receive ASU journalism award
PHOENIX -- Longtime TV journalist Robin Roberts has been chosen to receive the Walter Cronkite Award from Arizona…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 4, 2014Gabrielle Giffords, gun-control group turn attention to fall election
PHOENIX -- Gun-control advocates Gabrielle Gifford and her husband Mark Kelly said they will focus efforts on helping…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014ADOT kicks off ‘Name the Ringtail’ contest for new driver’s licenses
The Arizona Department of Transportation needs your help in naming a critter that appears on the new driver's licenses.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014
Report: Five Arizona companies make Fortune 500
Just five Arizona-based companies appeared on the Fortune 500 list.
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APS | Jun 3, 2014Valley man saves drowning ground squirrel
A ground squirrel owes one Valley pool man a very tiny handshake.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014
Gilbert, Chandler police respond to barricade situation
PHOENIX -- A barricade situation in Gilbert has ended after two hours. Police from Gilbert and Chandler blocked…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014Hugh Laurie to perform at Mesa Arts Center
The man behind the show "House" will exchange the stethoscope for the stage Tuesday in Mesa, Ariz.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014
Hidden Cash strikes again in metro Phoenix
PHOENIX -- For the second time this week, Hidden Cash rewarded an intrepid Valley resident. The social media-based…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014
Rescue team ends search for hiker missing on Camelback
PHOENIX -- The search for a missing hiker at Camelback Mountain ended Tuesday morning after another hourslong hunt…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 3, 2014Lifestyle site: Scottsdale ice cream shop among America’s best
Food and travel website Thrillist recently released a list of the 21 best ice cream shop in the U.S. -- in no particular order -- and one Arizona business can count itself among the best in the field.
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APS | Jun 2, 2014Iranians capture footage of huge dust storm blanketing capital
It's been a while since we Arizonans have seen a haboob, so let's look abroad and sympathize with those hit by a huge, rolling dust storm in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 2, 2014WSJ study: VA hospitals’ quality of care varies widely; Phoenix among worst-performing
The Wall Street Journal was able to analyze internal records from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the media outlet found that there is striking disparity in care among VA hospitals across the country, going well beyond secret wait lists and reports of patients dying while waiting for care.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 2, 2014
Computer woes slow Arizona motor vehicles’ system
PHOENIX -- The wait at the Arizona Motor Vehicles Division just got a little longer than usual Monday…
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APS | Jun 2, 2014Google allows volunteers to cruise around prototype of driverless car
Nothing sounds scarier than a car that doesn't have a steering wheel or break pedals.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 2, 2014
West Phoenix freeway ramp reopens after crash, gas line leak
PHOENIX -- One person was injured and a neighborhood in west Phoenix was evacuated Monday after a gas…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 2, 2014Top Clicks of May 2014
Each month in 2014, KTAR.com will feature the top 10 stories from the past month. May's headlines on…
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 1, 2014
Arizona Fisher House Foundation receives generous $100,000 donation
The Arizona Fisher House Foundation (AFHF) made tremendous strides this week in its campaign to raise money for a new Fisher House on the Southern Arizona Veterans Health Care System (SAVAHCS) canvas.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 1, 2014Group demands that EPA enforce clean air protections at plant near Page
More than 10,000 petitions were delivered to the Environmental Protection Agency office in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday. The marchers were demanding clean air protections at the Navajo Generating Station near Page.
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PHOTO GALLERIES | Jun 1, 2014Private plane crashes near Boston; 7 dead
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PHOTO GALLERIES | Jun 1, 2014Slide Fire near Sedona