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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 27, 2018Ducey signs emergency declaration for Coconino County flooding
Gov. Doug Ducey declared a state of emergency in Coconino County on Friday to divulge more state resources to areas that were flooded from monsoon storms earlier this month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 27, 2018Families don’t have to freak out when kids go away for college
A Valley life coach has some advice for kids going off the college for the first time -- and their parents, who can be just as freaked out.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 27, 2018Drivers encouraged to avoid I-10 closures in West Valley this weekend
Drivers were encouraged to avoid taking part of the westbound Interstate 10 in west Phoenix over the weekend, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Jameis Winston speaks out about alleged Scottsdale groping incident
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston said he has "grown and learned" from the situation involving an alleged groping incident that occurred in Scottsdale two years ago.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Phoenix Councilwoman Kate Gallego to resign in August to run for mayor
Councilwoman Kate Gallego announced she would step down from her post with the Phoenix City Council next month in order to pursue a run for Phoenix mayor.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Cheers! University of Arizona to offer beer, wine during football games
University of Arizona fans will soon be able to sip a cold one while watching their Wildcats, as the university recently announced it would offer beer and wine in the Arizona Stadium.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Arizona Board of Regents appoints John Arnold as new executive director
The Arizona Board of Regents appointed John Arnold as its new executive director on Thursday after its previous director stepped down to serve as state treasurer.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Arizona jury awards $8 million to doctor wrongfully blamed for death
A jury verdict of $8 million -- believed to be the highest in Mohave County history -- was awarded to an Arizona doctor who had been wrongfully accused of causing a patient’s death.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Crews contain 4,400-acre southeastern Arizona wildfire at 60 percent
A wildfire in southeast Arizona had burned 4,400 acres by Friday, but was no longer a threat to structures in the area and was at 60 percent containment, officials said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Route 66 preservation group makes its way through Arizona
Members of an organization pushing to have Route 66 designated as a National Historic Trail are in Arizona this week as they make their way across the iconic highway.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Arizona man blames opioid addiction for his fraud scheme
An Arizona man said an opioid addiction was the reason he ran a fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims and landed him in prison.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Gov. Doug Ducey will not be deposed in I-10 shooting false-arrest lawsuit
Gov. Doug Ducey will not be deposed in a false-arrest lawsuit filed by a man imprisoned for months as the main suspect in a string of freeway shootings in the Phoenix area three years ago.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018More Phoenix-area officers involved in shootings this year than all of 2017
Wednesday night’s incident that left an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper dead was the 55th officer-involved shooting in the Phoenix area, already eclipsing last year’s total.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Arizona law enforcement reaches out to DPS after trooper killed on duty
Police departments and others in metro Phoenix and state law enforcement used social media to share an outpouring of condolences after hearing of the line-of-duty death of a highway trooper.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018DPS trooper shot, killed, 2 more wounded along Phoenix freeway
One Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper was killed and two others were injured in a shooting on Interstate 10 late Wednesday in a Phoenix suburb.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018Arizona Lottery, Alice Cooper team up for new $50K scratcher ticket
The Arizona Lottery announced that it teamed up with rock-and-roll legend and Phoenix native Alice Cooper to debut an "Alice Cooper Scratchers ticket."
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018University of Arizona offering tech classes in Chandler this fall
Starting in the fall, University of Arizona undergraduate students in select tech fields will be able to take classes in Chandler.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 26, 2018
Home prices rising faster in Phoenix than rest of country, report says
Home prices in the Phoenix area have been rising faster than the rest of the country, according to a new sales report. That’s good news for Valley sellers and bad news for buyers.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 25, 2018Man allegedly tried to smuggle 75 pounds of drugs through Arizona
Border officers arrested a 21-year-old man who was caught allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 75 pounds of drugs into the United States through the San Luis port in Arizona on Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 25, 2018Cottonwood man accused of using Snapchat to sexually assault minor
A northern Arizona man is accused of using the social media application Snapchat to contact an underage girl who he would later allegedly sexually assault on multiple occasions.
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ARIZONA HEALTH NEWS | Jul 25, 2018Expecting moms can soon have midwife births at Phoenix hospital
A Phoenix hospital will offer midwife births to patients who are looking to have a home birth experience with the comfort of a nearby professional, medical team.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 25, 2018Disgraced doctor Larry Nassar attacked in Tucson prison, lawyers say
Disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar was allegedly assaulted in a federal prison in Tucson back in May, his attorneys claimed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 25, 2018Mesa man allegedly stole ambulance because it was ‘too hot to walk’
A man was arrested in Mesa on Tuesday for allegedly stealing an ambulance following a heat-related hospital visit because he "thought it was too hot to walk home."
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 25, 2018Havasu Falls to remain closed through August due to flash flood
A popular hiking and camping destination in northern Arizona will be closed to visitors until the end of August because of flood damage.