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08/06/2025

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement.

08/06/2025

Ken Schutz will step down as executive director of the Desert Botanical Garden after 24 years. Here's what he thinks will be the next leader's biggest challenges.

08/06/2025

State Rep. Quang Nguyen filed a bar complaint against ex-lawmaker and lawyer David Stringer, claiming racist cartoons published on a news website he owns violate ethics rules for attorneys.

08/05/2025

The Banner Poison and Drug Information Center reports the number of calls about children ingesting Zyn or other types of ni****ne pouches this year is on pace to be double what it was last year.

08/05/2025

The former co-owner of a Sonora, Mexico, day care where 49 children died in a fire is in custody in Arizona.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she will seek the extradition of Sandra Lucía Téllez, who is wanted in Mexico for homicide and negligent injury related to the 2009 fatal fire at a Hermosillo day care.

08/05/2025

Assisted living facilities that offer memory care services must now provide enhanced training for staff who work with residents living with dementia.

08/05/2025

In 2005, the state extended voting rights to the adult children of Arizonans living overseas. The Republican Party has sued to void that law, claiming it goes against the state constitution.

08/05/2025

High school football in Arizona has officially kicked off with practices already happening and games scheduled for later this month. At the same time, extreme heat is being forecasted for later this week. How one district keeping players heat safe.

08/05/2025

Democrats say impending cuts to Medicaid spending will result in service cuts or closures at five rural hospitals across Arizona.

08/05/2025

The report, put together by the aid group No More Deaths, uses data from Customs and Border Protection, and local law enforcement and coroners offices along the border in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico documenting migrant deaths between 2002 and April of this year — with some, largely from Pima County, dating back as far as 2000.

The report, put together by the aid group No More Deaths, uses data from Customs and Border Protection, and local law enforcement and coroners offices along the border in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico documenting migrant deaths between 2002 and April of this year — with some, largely f...

08/05/2025

Mesa Gateway Airport said it will spend more than $130 million on runway and taxiway renovations to improve travel times. This comes after additions of terminals and food options were completed inside the airport.

08/05/2025

TikTok creator Elizabeth Pfeiffer has been doing a series of videos where she tries to find the ideal “third space.” The Show recently about what she’s looking for, and why it matters.