As Doan contemplates retirement, Coyotes rookies reflect on his guidance
By Nicole Vasquez | Wednesday, May 17, 2017
It has been more than two decades, but the Arizona Coyotes' Shane Doan remembers skating alongside past Coyotes as a teenager. Keith Tkachuk, Teppo Numminen, Kris King, Dave Manson and the Shannon brothers, Darrin and Darryl, helped him transition to the NHL when the franchise was still in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Polygraphs for Border Patrol applicants seen as hurdle to hiring rush
By Andres Guerra Luz | Thursday, April 13, 2017
WASHINGTON - Customs and Border Protection officials are considering ways to waive polygraph exams for some job applicants as the agency works to meet President Donald Trump's push to hire thousands more border agents.
Arizona soccer club helps young refugees adapt to new life
By Garrison Murphy | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
PHOENIX -- Teenage boys sprint back and forth on a dusty soccer field in North Phoenix, the markings on their jerseys lit up by the last rays of the evening sun.
Top 5 Final Four stories of the week
By Chelsea Shannon | Friday, March 31, 2017
PHOENIX- The NCAA Men's Final Four will tip off Saturday at the University of Phoenix Stadium, but the Valley is already seeing the impact of the event.
Final Four leaves legacy on and off courts at refurbished Harmon Park
By Nicole Vasquez | Wednesday, March 29, 2017
PHOENIX – The earliest memory Steve Colter has of Harmon Park goes back to his childhood. He said his dad, Andrew, brought him in a stroller to the gymnasium there.
Court overturns re-entry conviction for man arrested in Nogales port
By Kendra Penningroth | Friday, March 3, 2017
WASHINGTON - Rosario Vazquez-Hernandez was washing windows of cars waiting at the Mariposa Port of Entry, as he did most days, when Border Patrol agents grabbed him on charges that he was attempting to re-enter the U.S. illegally in 2014.
‘Hockey Scholars’ learn science, math from hockey models
By Nicole Vasquez | Monday, Jan. 30, 2017
SCOTTSDALE - An hour before the final bell rang at 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday, a group of 25 Greenway Middle School eighth graders were asked to report to the library. The “Hockey Scholars” had finished the NHL’s Future Goals digital education course on STEM: science, technology, engineering and math subjects.
March for Life crowd younger, optimistic for pro-life gains under Trump
By Bo Tefu and Alexis Egeland | Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017
WASHINGTON - Paula Mercado, 18, has prayed at Planned Parenthood facilities and taken part in anti-abortion protests in Arizona, but Friday found the Tucson teen on the National Mall with thousands of others pro-life protesters, many of them millennials.
States, advocates host balls of all stripes as inaugural kicks off
By Arren Kimbel-Sannit | Friday, Jan. 20, 2017
WASHINGTON - Not everyone who comes to Washington this weekend will be able to participate in the pomp of the three officially sanctioned inaugural balls, but that doesn't mean they won't have a chance to put on their dancing shoes.
Programs stress importance of reporting concussions by high school athletes
By Gabriel Vasquez | Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016
GLENDALE - Dylan Leblanc, a former football player at Ironwood High School, remembers being upset at an opposing player about a hit that he absorbed during a game. And then, everything turned to fog.
Trump’s inauguration: What do you expect?
By Gabriel Sandler | Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016
On Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States of America.
High school athletes reporting of concussions increasing
By Nicole Vasquez | Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016
MESA - Bike. Peach. Umbrella.