Maricopa County approves updates to vote-counting system to avoid snafus
PHOENIX – The Board of Supervisors will spend $6.1 million over three years to upgrade voting systems, and it hired an executive to oversee elections.
Roosevelt Lake residents ordered to evacuate due to Woodbury Fire
PHOENIX – Evacuations have been ordered for the Superstition Wilderness area as the Woodbury Fire continues to blaze. The fire near the Superstition Mountains has been burning for almost two weeks.
Arizona lawmakers Grijalva, Schweikert focus of House ethics probes
WASHINGTON - Experts say it is "more of a coincidence than anything" that Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, and David Schweikert, a Republican, are both being investigated by the House Ethics Committee, but they caution that neither lawmaker should take the probes lightly.
Phoenix Rising’s Wheeler-Omiunu has many talents but focus now is ‘play and get better’
TEMPE - After two seasons on the bench with Atlanta United, Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu is focused on playing time in the desert.
Podcast: Volcanic soil, old artillery shells challenge crews managing the Maroon Fire
FLAGSTAFF – Firefighters were controlling a wildfire near Flagstaff, but unusual circumstances complicated the process: unusual volcanic soil and a “no-go zone”.
On stressed Colorado River, states test how many more diversions watershed can bear
COAL CREEK CANYON, Colo. – The Colorado River is short on water. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at a slate of proposed water projects in the river’s Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Denver Water wants to increase the size of one dam by 131 feet and fill the human-made lake with more water from the headwaters of the Colorado River via a tunnel that traverses the Continental Divide.
VA expands veterans’ access to health care from private providers
PHOENIX – The Department of Veterans Affairs increases access to health care for veterans by relying on private providers.
Phoenix Rising prepares for Lambert, Flemmings losses to Jamaican national team
TEMPE – Phoenix Rising prepared to lose Kevon Lambert to international duty until July.
Pros, no cons: With hiring of Marvin Lewis, ASU shows strong belief in NFL model
TEMPE – Marvin Lewis is another addition to the Sun Devils staff with time in the NFL.
The Navajo mother: Nellie Shirley
HOUCK – Nellie Shirley was born in 1932 on the Navajo Reservation and has lived there except during the years she attended boarding school. After her parents died when she was 13, she was sent to two schools where she was able to strengthen her Catholic faith as well as embrace her Navajo culture.
‘One team, one heartbeat’: Arizona softball ends Women’s College World Series drought
TUCSON – With their Super Regional victory over Ole Miss, the Arizona Wildcats are headed to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2010.
