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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 13, 2019Drop in vaccination rates puts Arizona at risk of outbreak, AZDHS warns
The ADHS issued a report Friday warning that higher exemptions from vaccines are putting the state at risk for an outbreak of preventable diseases.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 13, 2019Walmart to spend $72M on Arizona renovations, technology
Walmart announced Wednesday that it plans to spend $71.8 million on renovating its stores in Arizona this year, including the addition of new autonomous devices.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Apr 13, 2019Hit your target! Northern Arizona Shooting Range to fully open Saturday
The Northern Arizona Shooting Range, located up north in Flagstaff, will be open in its entirety beginning Saturday, April 13.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 13, 2019Arizona’s largest vegan festival coming to Scottsdale this weekend
More than 100 vegan food and beverage vendors will gather in Scottsdale this weekend to show off their meat-, dairy- and egg-free creations.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Tempe councilman Granville ousted over sex assault, misconduct claims
The Tempe City Council voted Friday to remove Councilman Kolby Granville over allegations of sexual assault and providing alcohol to minors.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Ducey signs bill requiring financial literacy for high school graduation
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law a requirement for high school students to pass a financial literacy class in order to graduate.
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ARIZONA BORDER AND IMMIGRATION NEWS | Apr 12, 2019KTAR News presents special coverage series: Arizona’s Immigration Crisis
KTAR News 92.3 FM presents Arizona's Immigration Crisis, a series bringing you a comprehensive view of the crisis at the border, starting 5 a.m. Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Online university moving headquarters to Chandler
A for-profit online university's parent company will move its headquarters to metro Phoenix, after a name change and in the middle of legal wranglings.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Arizona hunting commission seeking comment on proposed rule change
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission is weighing whether it should adopt a rule that would prohibit using lethal methods in a hunting contest for "predatory and fur-bearing animals."
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Phoenix man accused of killing wife, 2 daughters over affair allegations
A man was arrested in Phoenix on Thursday after allegedly killing his wife, two young daughters and a man he believed was having an affair with his wife.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day at these Phoenix-area spots
Here are some of the best spots in the Valley to celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day on Friday, according to Yelp.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2019Drivers can expect 2 Valley freeway closures this weekend
Parts of Interstate 10 and Interstate 17 will be closed this weekend, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Special Olympians, law enforcement officers to team up in Glendale
Special Olympics athletes will team up with law enforcement officers to compete in the Law Enforcement Torch Run Guardian Games on Friday in Glendale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Pence calls on Congress to act on immigration during Arizona visit
Vice President Mike Pence called on Congress to act on immigration during his visit to Arizona on Thursday for a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border with Gov. Doug Ducey.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Phoenix police won’t charge Mike Bibby after sexual abuse investigation
Former NBA star Mike Bibby will not face charges related to sexual abuse allegations made by a teacher at the Phoenix high school where he coached.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Board of Regents approves 2019-20 tuition increases at ASU, NAU, UA
The Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday approved tuition rate increases for the 2019-20 school year at the state’s three public universities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Mesa firefighter who died of cancer will be laid to rest this week
A Mesa firefighter who died of cancer that she developed while on the job will be laid to rest in the East Valley this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019ASU guiding students at Phoenix charter school on path to college
Arizona State University is partnering with a charter school network on an outreach program to help create a college-going culture.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Proposed Interstate 11 corridor Arizona impact study is ready for public eyes
An environmental impact report on the long-discussed Interstate 11 that would cut through metro Phoenix on its way to Reno, Nevada, is ready for public review.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019APS seeks third rate reduction related to tax reform for electric customers
APS is seeking a third rate reduction since last year, one that Arizona’s largest utility says will bring electric customers’ savings to over $100 a year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Ducey signs law repealing teaching restriction considered anti-LGBTQ
A controversial 28-year-old Arizona law that bars HIV and AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle" was swiftly done away with this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 20191 dead, 8 hospitalized in Phoenix after federal agents, suspects exchange fire
One person was dead and eight hospitalized, including four federal agents, after gunfire erupted while agents attempted to execute an arrest warrant related to human smuggling in Phoenix on Thursday morning.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Arizona woman barely escapes with her life in viral ax-throwing video
An Arizona woman barely escaped with her life in a hair-raising video that went viral on social media this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 11, 2019Phoenix police release sketch of attempted kidnapping suspect
Police have released a sketch of the man suspected of trying to kidnap a child off the street as she walked to school in her north Phoenix neighborhood.