Valley & State
GENETICS
Authorities in Tucson say two unidentified men who died in 2019 have been identified through DNA profiles. Tucson police say the non-profit DNA Doe Project identified the men by building family trees …
ENVIRONMENT
Navajo Nation officials say an oil spill has been stopped from reaching a tributary to the San Juan River and clean-up work continues at Standing Redrock Creek. They say the Capitol Operating Group …
ELECTION 2022
A judge has rejected a challenge to a voter initiative aimed at limiting so-called predatory debt collection. Wednesday's ruling found that opponents of the measure failed to prove that a summary …
DROUGHT
Phoenix officials are displeased with the federal government’s decision not to include all seven basin states in its Colorado River water cuts.
The reduction in water draws from the river …
CRIMES
Maricopa County Attorney’s Office officials said a weekend of violence in the East Valley and Phoenix hit a record high for 2022 with six homicides.
Among the crimes were brutal killings in …
DRUGS
Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives arrested a suspect and seized 35.7 pounds of fentanyl pills near Route 101 and Chandler Boulevard following a drug-trafficking investigation.
The …
DROUGHT
People in Arizona and Nevada won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite water shortages on the Colorado River. Officials said Tuesday there will be less water available …
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