Pride defines historic day as top female wrestlers compete in state high school tournament
By Serina Perez | Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019
PRESCOTT – Pride, excitement highlight girls’ participating in first AIA state wrestling championship.
SunZia power lines would destroy wetlands, kill birds, opponents say
By Claire Caulfield | Monday, Aug. 20, 2018
SunZia, a $2 billion project to carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to Arizona, faces opposition from community groups about environmental concerns.
Just for kicks: Arizona sneakerheads pay big bucks for elite shoes
By Nate Fain | Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018
Sneakerheads are growing in the Valley. They are navigating a rapidly-changing retail industry to find the most unique and artistically-inspired shoes.
Saving lives: Nonprofit trains public to administer naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses
By Faith Miller | Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Sonoran Prevention Works provides free training for people about opioid devastation and how to use an overdose reversal drug, which is gaining attention among government, law enforcement and the general public.
San Luis teacher honored with Esperanza Latino Teacher of the Year Award
By Alex Valdez | Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017
SAN LUIS - Every year, the organization Chicanos Por La Causa, honors Latino teachers in Arizona who go above and beyond — inside and outside their classrooms — with the Esperanza Latino Teacher of the Year award. This year, three teachers from Maricopa County received the award but it was one teacher from San Luis who really stood out.
Outpouring of support for McCain comes from far – and weird
By Joe Gilmore | Friday, July 21, 2017
WASHINGTON - The outpouring of support following this week's announcement that Arizona Sen. John McCain has an aggressive brain tumor came from the expected Washington heavyweights, including current and former presidents, lawmakers and Cabinet members.
Good Samaritans step up to help 76-year-old with expensive AC repairs
By Patricio G. Espinoza | Wednesday, June 28, 2017
PHOENIX – Socorro Carbajal had tears in her eyes.
Broken AC, no money leave low-income residents facing scorching heat
By Patricio G. Espinoza | Monday, June 26, 2017
PHOENIX – Socorro Carbajal is 76 years old, lives on the limits of Social Security and can’t afford to have her home's central air conditioning unit repaired.
Justa Center in Phoenix helps address ‘surge’ of older homeless population
By Megan Bridgeman | Tuesday, May 30, 2017
PHOENIX – It can happen in an instant: You lose your job. You can’t pay your medical bills. You have an accident.
Borderlands Theater has been putting on a show for three decades in Tucson
By Ryan Santistevan | Wednesday, March 29, 2017
TUCSON – Nestled among the sprawling buildings around the Tucson Convention Center is the Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House, home to Borderlands Theater and the Arizona Historical Society offices.
Hispanic leaders push voting, but dismiss third-party candidates
By Jessica Suerth | Friday, Oct. 7, 2016
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus wants to encourage young Latinos to vote - but wants to make sure they don't vote the wrong way.
Will the Latino ‘sleeping giant’ wake and vote this November?
By Alejandra Armstrong, Sami Edge, Courtney Columbus and Emily L. Mahoney | Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Andrea Montes turns 18 just weeks before the November election, and the Wisconsin resident plans to vote for the first time.