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UNCATEGORIZED | Mar 28, 2018Facing Arizona: Finding something that will give me a lifetime of satisfaction
Editor's note: Facing Arizona is a series that will appear on KTAR.com and social media -- follow KTAR…
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UNCATEGORIZED | Mar 23, 2018Facing Arizona: Technology has led to the need for an instant gratification mentality
What bothers me these days, among other things, is the instant gratification mentality that our society has developed.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Mar 14, 2018Facing Arizona: I am what you call a career-changer
My name is Dana, I am 38 years old, and I am what you call a career-changer.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Mar 9, 2018Facing Arizona: I live the way I live because I want to
I have actually had people give me food or money while sitting at the light rail station. It makes me angry and sad at the same time. I have a job and I have a place to live and I don’t get a hand out from the government.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Mar 2, 2018Facing Arizona: I’ve been homeless since I was 19
I’ve been homeless since I was 19. I didn’t graduate school and my family turned their backs on me because I am an addict.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Feb 21, 2018Facing Arizona: An optimistic future for Arizona
People are taking pride in Arizona once more and it’s an incredible event to witness. I am very optimistic for the future of Arizona, with the people and their passion and love for being Phoenicians.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Feb 16, 2018Facing Arizona: Training and competing for Spartan races while living in Arizona
I have been competing in Spartan races since 2014. To me, being a Spartan racer, is to challenge myself, not only against others but to push myself past my limits, to be better than I am.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Feb 9, 2018Facing Arizona: The heat in Arizona is like nothing I had ever experienced
Hot like nothing I had ever experienced in my life. I didn’t think I would make it here and contemplated the idea of abandoning my life plan.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Feb 5, 2018Facing Arizona: I am the current director of the Arizona Head Start Association
If the [government] shutdown had continued, long enough, into weeks, funding starts to shut down. All of the head start programs across Arizona, they serve over 22,000 children, those classrooms would just start to shut down.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jan 28, 2018Facing Arizona: Spending money in an economy that’s growing
The implementation of the new minimum wage law hasn’t affected me that much because I am a floor covering contractor.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jan 16, 2018Facing Arizona: I believe mass transportation is fundamental
I am happy that the light rail is starting to expand and develop. I live on the south side and I have heard rumors that they are looking to expand south of the downtown area along Central to Baseline, which I think is great.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jan 11, 2018Facing Arizona: Phoenix has so much to offer and continues to grow
The biggest change I have noticed from a child visiting in the summer to living here as an adult is how much the city of Phoenix has expanded.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jan 5, 2018Facing Arizona: Initially being afraid of Arizona because of SB 1070
I came here as an international student after graduating college in Columbia. I came to Arizona from Portland, Oregon in 2011 with my husband who works for Intel. I was afraid to come to Arizona because of SB1070.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 29, 2017Facing Arizona: There is a lot of opportunity in Arizona
I think there is a lot of opportunity in Arizona. I feel the people here are really kind compared to some of the other states I have been to and I think that’s really good.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 17, 2017More than $1.66M raised for Phoenix Children’s Hospital during Give-A-Thon
The state of Arizona once again showed off its generosity for the Give-A-Thon for Phoenix Children's Hospital, raising a record $1,662,830 during a 19-hour radio simulcast on KTAR News (92.3 FM) and Arizona Sports (98.7 FM).
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GENERAL NEWS | Mar 22, 2017
How the mainstream media is using the politics of obsession to take on Donald Trump
The mainstream media and the left are obsessed with trying to prove at all costs there simply has to be a link between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 14, 2016Joy Bus Diner: Phoenix nonprofit opens restaurant to support patients battling cancer
Just east of the State Route 51 along Shea Boulevard, is a Valley not-for-profit organization called the Joy Bus Diner.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Sep 20, 2016
Start planning for the total solar eclipse in 2017
One of the most amazing sights in astronomy is a total solar eclipse!
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GENERAL NEWS | Sep 14, 2016Get set to see an amazing harvest moon in Arizona sky
Get set for an amazing and most famous full moon.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 27, 2016Foster care children aging out of Arizona system need transitional help
Jasmine Flores entered the Arizona foster care system when she was 13 years old. She stayed in the system, moving from group home to group home to group home and changing schools along the way.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 18, 2016Record-breaking money raised for Phoenix Children’s Hospital
The 16th annual Give-A-Thon for Phoenix Children’s Hospital became the top fundraiser of its kind in the country on Thursday.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jul 11, 20166 ways you’re throwing your money away and don’t even realize it
Are you wasting your money in these unnoticed ways? Find out where all your hard-earned cash is going.
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GENERAL NEWS | May 23, 2016
The words ‘officer down’ through the eyes of an officer’s wife
Those days start like all of the other days. Alarm clocks. Jobs. Get the kids to school.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Apr 13, 2016
Cruz campaign sent $1.8 million to Breitbart’s address
Four Ted Cruz PACs reported to the Federal Elections Commission 118 separate transactions totaling nearly $1.8 million combined to three companies that all share the same address in California.