Arizona News Archives

Candidates for top Arizona K-12 schools post spar in debate

September 15, 2022 6:00 PM The Associated Press

The candidates seeking Arizona’s top K-12 education post sparred in a debate over critical race theory, services for LGBTQ youth and whether students…

Multi-million dollar corridor project underway, faster travel from Yuma to San Luis

September 15, 2022 5:34 PM Jacqueline Aguilar

A major corridor project connecting Somerton and San Luis with State Route 195 and US Highway 95 is…

Arizona Corporation Commission hosting public comment session on Southwest Gas rate hike proposal

September 15, 2022 4:58 PM Faith Rodriquez, Arlette Yousif

The Arizona Corporation Commission will hold a public comment session on a proposed rate hike from Southwest Gas, that would increase fees by more…

Arizona man charged after girls found in enclosed trailer

September 15, 2022 4:55 PM The Associated Press

A man from a community on the Arizona-Utah line that’s long been home to a polygamous group pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of…

Castle Dome Middle School receives award worth $10K for new furniture

September 15, 2022 12:01 PM Faith Rodriquez, Arlette Yousif

Castle Dome Middle School (CDMS) were awarded the SBI Pegasus grant from Saxton Bradley, Inc. on September 14 for new furniture worth about…

Yuma agriculture lab helps prevent COVID-19 outbreaks, now expanding to other targets

September 15, 2022 10:56 AM Samantha Byrd

The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture helped prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in Yuma County using wastewater-based epidemiology.…

Florida flies migrants to ‘sanctuary’ of Martha’s Vineyard

September 15, 2022 11:00 AM The Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw…

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

September 15, 2022 10:30 AM The Associated Press

Despite the Colorado River bordering more than 100 miles of Hualapai land in the canyon, the tribe can’t draw from it. Native American tribes in the…

Mummified body found in bathtub of burglarized Arizona home

September 15, 2022 10:00 AM The Associated Press

Authorities are trying to identify a mummified body found by police in the bathtub of a northwestern Arizona home as they investigated a…

Pastor-led group seeks missing migrants in border desert

September 15, 2022 9:49 AM The Associated Press

After strapping on knee-high snake guards and bowing his head to invoke God’s protection, Óscar Andrade marched off into a remote desert at dawn…

Lake, Finchem appeal ruling against hand-counted ballots

September 15, 2022 7:54 AM AP News, Cole Johnson

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and secretary of state hopeful Mark Finchem have appealed a federal judge’s ruling that threw out a…

YRMC mourning the loss of two nurses

September 14, 2022 3:01 PM Dillon Fuhrman, Arlette Yousif

Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) mourns the loss of two nurses: Ofelia Perez, RN from the Outpatient Surgery Department and Diana Robles, RN from…

Rep. Grijalva co-leads letter urging CBP to publish timeline for vehicle pursuit reforms

September 14, 2022 1:51 PM Dillon Fuhrman, Arlette Yousif

On Tuesday, September 13, Arizona Representative Raúl Grijalva co-led a letter with Texas Representative Veronica Escobar to the U.S. Customs and…

Sinema seeks to strengthen wireless networks and protect Arizonan’s privacy

September 14, 2022 12:34 PM Dillon Fuhrman

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema and several bipartisan group of colleagues pleaded with their colleagues on strengthening the Secure and Trusted…

Blake Masters visits Yuma with less than two months until midterms

September 14, 2022 9:26 AM Samantha Byrd

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters visited Yuma Wednesday, September 14.…

Major differences in Arizona utility policies is highlighted after debate

September 14, 2022 8:14 AM AP News, Cole Johnson

A debate among the four candidates seeking seats on the commission that regulates Arizona utilities revealed sharp differences in their approaches to…