Officials: Summer meals program rebounding after years of decline

WASHINGTON - Advocates and Arizona education officials say they are confident the summer meal program for low-income children will start to climb this summer, after five years of steady declines that saw meals served drop more than 50 percent.


Report: Doctors teeter on the divide between pain treatment, opioids abuse

TEMPE – Chronic pain grips Lauri Nickel every day, day after day.


Not going anywhere: Former ASU AD Patterson to lead Coyotes’ Valley-wide arena search

GLENDALE — In his first public appearance since becoming the sole owner of the Arizona Coyotes, Andrew Barroway insisted that the franchise’s top priority is to find a new, long-term home in Arizona.


Women: What’s your travel story?

Whether it's family vacation or you're flying solo, if you're a woman who travels often we want to hear from you.


Two Republican lawmakers, Phoenix chamber oppose health care bill

PHOENIX – A group of Republican legislators, business leaders and doctors in Arizona joined a continuing chorus of opposition to the national health-care bill Thursday, saying it would slash state Medicaid coverage for seniors, children and veterans.


‘My legs are still shaking’: Bungee workout springs into Valley gym

CHANDLER -- People who walk into Tough Lotus for the Bungee Workout class often have the same reaction.


Texting service alerts families to nearest free meal

PHOENIX – Four years ago, No Kid Hungry launched a texting service to help families in need quickly find free meals.


What’s the score?: People getting credit scores may not understand them

WASHINGTON - Phoenix resident Elizabeth Medora didn't know her credit score until a credit card company gave her a credit tracker a few years ago, and even then she didn't think much about it.


All-Star Game represents more than just baseball for Diamondbacks All-Stars

PHOENIX — The experience of playing in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game is about much more than the competition. For four Arizona Diamondbacks, it represents a close group of teammates coming together and fulfilling a dream.


Highway crashes continued six-year climb in 2016, Arizona data show

WASHINGTON - Motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities continued their steady six-year rise in Arizona in 2016, according to the most recent data from the state's Department of Transportation.


Disability rights group protests health care bill at Sen. Flake’s office

PHOENIX – Members of a disability rights group protested a proposed health care bill at Sen. Jeff Flake’s office, urging him to vote against the controversial bill.


A red-white-and-blue picnic takes less green, but some still left out

WASHINGTON - The cost of an average Fourth of July cookout is down from last year, according to an annual survey - but still not low enough for food stamp recipients in Arizona to celebrate the holiday with all the fixings.