Searchers recover 18-year-old man’s body at Lake Pleasant
Authorities have located the body of an 18-year-old man who went missing while swimming at Lake…
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Victim’s sister shares grief after Clarence Dixon execution
Leslie James stepped up to a podium at the Arizona state prison complex in Florence and tearfully told the world all that Clarence Dixon had…
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Experts say Arizona executioners took too long to insert IV
The lethal-injection death of Clarence Dixon at the state prison in Florence on Wednesday appeared to follow the state’s execution…
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Governor Ducey urges social media firms to fight smuggling
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is calling on social media companies to better police their platforms for people recruiting drivers to smuggle immigrants…
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Appeals court denies Arizona inmate’s bid to avoid execution, will be put to death Wednesday
After a long battle between defense lawyers and the state, the first execution in Arizona in nearly eight years is set to be completed Wednesday…
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Arizona plans to execute 1st prisoner in nearly 8 years
An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 is scheduled to become the first person to be executed in the state after a nearly…
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PUBLIC NOTICE: The US Port of Entry reopens all southbound traffic going to Mexico
According to the San Luis Arizona Police Department, all lanes have been reopened heading southbound to…
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Wind is wild card in fires burning in New Mexico, Arizona
Some schoolchildren in a northern New Mexico community that had been threatened by a wildfire have resumed in-person…
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Governor Ducey signs bill targeting state bar complaints
Governor Doug Ducey has signed a bill requiring the state bar to pay attorney fees and other costs if the organization seeks to discipline a lawyer…
Continue Reading Arizona execution on track after court challenges fail
The planned execution in Arizona remains on track after two last-minute court efforts ended without decisions that would sidetrack the state from…
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Arizona high court tosses push to disqualify GOP lawmakers
The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected an effort to disqualify three Republican lawmakers from this year’s ballot because of their roles in…
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Phoenix man fatally shot after pulling out replica handgun
Police say a man in Phoenix was shot and killed after he pointed a replica gun at another…
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New Arizona law: insurance must cover cancer biomarker tests
A bill signed into law by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey requires health insurers and the state’s medicaid plan to pay for so-called “biomarker…
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Judge won’t halt Arizona execution — at least for now
An additional flurry of last-minute court action could still lead to a delay in the execution of Clarence Dixon set for Wednesday, which would be the…
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New Arizona law: insurance must cover cancer biomarker tests
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation requiring health insurers and the state’s Medicaid plan to pay for so-called “biomarker tests”…
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Cops: woman in food line killed in Phoenix drive-by shooting
Phoenix police say a woman was killed in a drive-by shooting as she and her young son waited in line for…
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Northern Arizona tribe extends closure prompted by pandemic
The Havasupai Tribe deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona announced Friday that it is extending the pandemic-prompted closure of…
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Governor Ducey signs bill giving $400M for I-10 project
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation that earmarks $400 million in state general fund cash to add a third lane in each direction to a…
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Judge rules Arizona prisoner psychologically fit to be executed
A judge has ruled that the Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1978 killing of a university student is mentally fit to be put to death next…
Continue Reading Fire restrictions take effect in national forests in Arizona
With above-normal wildfire conditions present across much of Arizona, restrictions on campfires and other fire sources are taking effect in most of…
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