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Resources available for domestic violence survivors in Phoenix area
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior when one person uses force, power or other forms of abuse to control another person. Unfortunately, Arizona has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the country. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Arizona,...
Man sentenced to 14 years in prison for ambushing Phoenix police in 2022
A man who ambushed and nearly killed two Phoenix police officers in 2022 has been sentenced to over a decade behind bars. On May 9, Devonte Thornton, 31, was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison. ...
Arizona bill allowing more backyard chickens one step away from becoming law
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — There’s some egg-cellent news on the horizon for those who love chickens here in Arizona. House Bill 2325 is on the governor’s desk. If signed into law, it would prevent any city in the state from making an ordinance preventing single-family homes from keeping their own backyard chickens.
Phoenix Residents Prepare for Scorching Week as Temperatures Set to Hit Triple Digits
Phoenix residents are bracing for a sizzling week ahead as temperatures are expected to soar into the high 90s and even hit the triple digits, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service and FOX 10 Phoenix. The NWS predicts a blazing stretch with sunny skies and temperatures peaking at 91 degrees today, before climbing higher to near 98 degrees on Monday. Evening conditions will provide a mild reprieve, with lows hovering in the mid-60s to low 70s throughout the week.
OSHA received 2 safety-related complaints before man was killed at construction site, records show
PHOENIX — OSHA is investigating the death of a man who died Wednesday at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in North Phoenix. Phoenix Police Department officials said that 41-year-old Cesar Anguiano-Guitron, a subcontractor, was transporting waste material away from the construction site in his tractor-trailer. Police explained that Anguiano-Guitron...
Those pink blobs in Phoenix canal walls aren't gum. They're apple snail eggs — and they're invasive
If you’ve walked or cycled along the Grand Canal between Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street in the past few days, you may have noticed some bubblegum pink blobs stuck to the sides of the canal walls, just above the waterline. Look closer — and you'll see the blobs are not discarded wads of gum but a cluster of several hundred tiny eggs.
'They’re trying to destroy public ed': AZ superintendent unleashes frustration about misinformation concerning public school system
PHOENIX — School superintendents typically don’t air their political grievances in public. They prefer to work behind-the-scenes with lobbyists on issues that affect their schools. But the superintendent of a prominent Arizona district is not holding back. Curtis Finch - a blunt-talking veteran superintendent who works on policy...
Gov. Hobbs signs law netting interstate resources to combat wildfires in Arizona
Arizona state Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, joined Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday morning at a central Phoenix fire facility in the signing of a bipartisan bill bolstering resources to combat wildfires. The issue hits close to home for Cook — literally. While addressing reporters about the enactment of House...
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