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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 22, 2024Fire bans for Phoenix and Maricopa County parks go into effect on May 1
The city of Phoenix and Maricopa County will initiate an annual fire ban for parks and mountain preserves beginning on May 1.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 22, 2024Arizona’s Range Fire mostly contained after burning more than 1,000 acres over weekend
The Range Fire, a wildfire that burned through more than 1,000 acres in Arizona over the weekend, was mostly contained by Sunday night, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 22, 2024Copper mining company has eyes on massive Casa Grande site
Ivanhoe Electric Inc., a mining exploration company, could establish a copper mine at a massive site south of metro Phoenix.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 20242 dead, 2 more hospitalized after crash in Peoria near Lake Pleasant
Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized in a head-on collision in Peoria, near Lake Pleasant, on Saturday night.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 2024Phoenix records first 100-degree day of 2024
After a wet and cool start to the year, Phoenix experienced its first 100-degree day of the year on Sunday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 2024Missing 13-year-old Chandler girl found safe, 21-year-old man detained
A missing Chandler girl, 13, was found safe and was reunited with her family on Sunday afternoon after going missing for around a week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 2024Weekend wrap-up: Here are the biggest Phoenix news stories from April 19-21
From freeway construction to street gang indictments, here are the biggest Valley news stories from over the weekend.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 2024Two-time double lung transplant recipient hikes for St. Joseph’s Norton Thoracic Institute
A two-time double lung transplant recipient, her son and surgeons hiked Camelback Mountain to raise funds to support lung transplants.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 2024Arizona Animal Welfare League to waive most adoption fees from May 1-15
National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day, which is coming up on April 30, is a perfect day to adopt a pet.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 21, 2024Landsea plans 90-home gated community on newly purchased Mesa land
Dallas-based Landsea Homes Corp. just closed on a 14.5-acre parcel in Mesa, with plans to create a gated community with 90 homes.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2024Arizona street gang indicted after alleged involvement in pandemic assistance fraud scheme
Members of the Arizona Mexican Mafia received a 50-count indictment after fraudulently filling for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funds.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2024Chandler to begin heat relief services on May 1
With summer seemingly coming fast, the City of Chandler plans to open a day respite center and eight cooling locations starting on May 1.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2024Mexican regional music festival coming to Wild Horse Pass in Chandler
Wild Horse Pass in Chandler will host Mexican regional music festival "Belicofest" over the last weekend of April.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2024Prescott’s ‘World’s Oldest Rodeo’ to celebrate traditions this summer
Tradition will be the theme of the 137th annual "World’s Oldest Rodeo" in Prescott this summer.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2024Police investigating death of man pulled from canal in Gilbert
The Gilbert Police Department is investigating the death of man it pulled from a canal on Saturday morning.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2024Shuttered Glendale golf course site sold to Denver homebuilder for cash
Richmond American Homes of Arizona Inc. paid $28.64 million for land that was once home to a golf course in Glendale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2024Wafer production underway at TSMC’s Phoenix factory; Q1 earnings beat expectations
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is making “significant progress” on its north Phoenix site with engineering wafer production already underway.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2024Tempe man sentenced to life in prison for murdering girlfriend
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office said it sentenced Gary Cox, 60, a repeat killer, to life in prison for murdering his girlfriend.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2024Suspect arrested 2 days after deadly shooting at Phoenix smoke shop
An arrest has been made in a Phoenix smoke shop shooting that left one man dead earlier this week, authorities announced Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2024Wrong-way driver arrested in Gilbert after fatal crash
A man was arrested in Gilbert on Thursday for his role in a fatal, early morning wrong-way crash, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2024Phoenix domestic violence suspect tracked down, arrested after leaving scene with child
A Phoenix domestic violence suspect was arrested Thursday after allegedly assaulting his estranged wife and taking off with one of their children.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 18, 2024Phoenix police make arrest in 2014 cold case homicide
The Phoenix Police Department arrested Iram Quintana, the main suspect of a 2014 cold case murder, on Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 18, 2024Arizona drunk driver sentenced to 9 years in prison for causing fatal crash in 2022
An Arizona man was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for causing a fatal crash in 2022 while driving drunk, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 18, 2024Multiple patients treated after crash involving 5 vehicles in Scottsdale
Three people were taken to hospitals and six others were treated at the scene after a multivehicle crash in Scottsdale on Thursday.