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Legal battles continue over proposed Interstate 11 path
PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs won't use her power to direct the state Department of Transportation to scrap a proposal that could put a new interstate highway next to Tucson Mountain Park and through a special corridor set up to ensure wildlife migration. The governor told Capitol Media Services...
Woman Has FUNeral For Late Husband
After Katie Young’s husband passed away from a stroke on May 17th, she decided against a traditional funeral. Instead, she hosted a "FUNeral" to celebrate Brandon’s life, complete with a bouncy castle, arts and crafts, and his favorite foods. Katie wanted her three children to have happy memories of their 39-year-old dad's sendoff, so she made the event a joyful gathering at their home with family and friends.
Home of first Black doctor in Mesa gets $20K budget. Some say it's not enough
A white house with a yellow window trim and a brown door is nestled in Mesa’s Washington Escobedo neighborhood and is a standing beacon to the city’s first Black doctor. Now, the city is setting aside a $20,000 yearly budget to maintain it. Mesa has owned the home since 2007 after it agreed...
2 assaulted with hatchet at underpass in north Phoenix; suspect at large
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police are currently investigating an assault that left two people hospitalized in north Phoenix last night. Just after 10:30 p.m., officers responded to an “unknown trouble” call near the underpass of the I-17 and Bell Road. When they arrived, Phoenix PD found a man...
Road blocked after body found near train tracks in central Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A road was partially closed in central Phoenix after a body was found early Wednesday morning. The scene was near train tracks at 19th Avenue and Van Buren Street. A wheelchair with a body lying next to it could be seen by the tracks as Arizona’s Family arrived.
Phoenix police identify 27-year-old man officers fatally shot during armed robbery call
Police identified the robbery suspect officers fatally shot Sunday afternoon near a central Phoenix park. Joshua Main, 27, was shot after he raised a gun as officers pulled out of their vehicles in an alley while he was on a motorcycle, police said. Main was a suspect in response to...
Phoenix Man Charged With Second-Degree Murder After Bus Stop Shooting Claims a Life
A fatal gunshot tore through the calm of a Phoenix neighborhood, claiming the life of a 49-year-old man near a bus stop and sending another man behind bars. The deadly altercation took place late Friday night, within the vicinity of Tatum Boulevard and Union Hills Drive. Nathan Page, the victim, died at the scene as a result of the gunfire, as reported by FOX 10 Phoenix.
This Phoenix-area retail center has decayed for decades. A fresh plan aims to bring new life
Danelle Plaza was first built in 1963, when it was billed as “the heart of Tempe's new downtown” by its original developer. It was even the location of City Hall for a period of time around 1970. Hopes for the property outdistanced reality. Today, the 14-acre site at...
Maggiore family searches for new Valley location for Tomaso’s legacy restaurant
The family of the late-Phoenix chef Tomaso Maggiore has pulled out of the location where it was going to build a restaurant to honor their father and are currently looking for a new space.
This Arizona spot has the best air quality in the US, study shows. Here's why
The Lake Havasu-Kingman area was found to enjoy the best air quality in the nation, while metro Phoenix has one of the worst, according to a recent study. The study by SmartSurvey identified the areas across the country with the worst air quality by evaluating 12 air quality indicators using 2023 data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Each area was given a total index score — the lower the score, the worse the air quality.
Record highs expected to fall as Southwest US bakes in first heat wave of season earlier than usual
PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest, with dangerously hot conditions that produced triple-digit temperatures on Tuesday. Forecasters say temperatures are likely to top 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in some areas by Thursday. By Wednesday afternoon, much of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona will see “easily their hottest” weather since last September, and record daily highs will be in jeopardy from Las Vegas to Phoenix, the National Weather Service said. Excessive heat warnings were issued for Wednesday morning through Friday evening for parts of southeast California, southern Nevada and Arizona.
Scottsdale fire captain reveals what 1994 cold case fugitive said to him before she disappeared
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A recent cold case twist solved a decades-long Scottsdale mystery and now we’ve learned more from somebody on the scene the night of a deadly crash. In 1994, a woman under the influence, Gloria Schulze, struck and killed 21-year-old Angela Maher, but before the...
Valley kids remember their pilot father who died while snorkeling during a layover
PHOENIX — Theo Duncan was busy studying in his dorm at ASU. It was the end of March and he was approaching final exams for his freshman year. All of a sudden, his phone rang. It was his father's girlfriend delivering the gut-wrenching news that his father had died in a snorkeling accident.
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