Guesting game: Lawmakers send messages with State of the Union guests
WASHINGTON - One veteran of State of the Union addresses says the guests are "often as interesting as what's on stage." Arizona lawmakers got that message, bringing guests to President Donatd Trump's speech to highlight issues ranging from health care to immigration and border security.
Art of the seal: Arizona honors high school graduates in music, dance, theater and more
PHOENIX – The Arts Education Proficiency Seal gives high school students a chance to show their mastery of the arts.
Climate whiplash: Four Corners residents and ranchers adapting to weather extremes
MANCOS, Colorado – Too hot and dry one season, too wet the next. That’s the predicament ranchers in the Four Corners area are facing, and they’re searching for ways to adapt.
Without federal disaster aid, states are left to fend for themselves
BONDURANT, Wyo. – Without a federal major disaster declaration, FEMA assistance isn’t available. Either states pay to rebuild, or people are on their own.
Wildfire-vulnerable communities search for ways to live with growing threat
SHINGLETOWN, Calif. – Despite federal fire suppression costs quadrupling and an increase in employed firefighters, the damages caused by wildfires has increased fivefold.
Kings, queens and inbetweens: Diversity in Phoenix’s drag scene
PHOENIX – Diverse drag performers are challenging norms in Phoenix’s nightlife. Drag kings, assigned female-at-birth queens, alternative performers and people of color are taking stages across the Valley.
Buffelgrass Blues: Campaign kicks off in Phoenix parks to combat an invasive species
PHOENIX – Buffelgrass, an invasive species from South Africa, is the focus of an eradication campaign by Phoenix and several conservancy groups.
Court agrees man could face torture, death if returned to El Salvador
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court overturned an immigration board's decision to deport an Arizona man to his native El Salvador, rejecting the lower court's "glib characterization" that murders, beatings and home invasions did not constitute persecution.
ADOT workers on South Mountain Freeway muscle through the summer heat
PHOENIX – As the summer heat kicks into high gear, the Arizona Department of Transportation is ensuring its 1,500 workers stay safe while constructing the long-envisioned South Mountain Freeway.
Spying? Deliveries? No, these drones are for racing
PHOENIX -- After a motocross accident left him confined to a wheelchair, Jim Boomer needed another adrenaline-pumping sport.
Organization fights to revive Ajo’s economy after decades of recession
Ajo, Arizona, once nearly a ghost town, is in the hands of a single nonprofit seeking to save the economy by getting residents back into school and the workforce.
High school seniors appear to be acing first-ever civics requirement
WASHINGTON - The civics test that will be required of all graduating high school seniors this spring does not appear to have been that much of a test for members of the Class of 2017.
