Dwindling groundwater, ever-deeper wells could spell trouble for Arizonans
By Luke Runyon, KUNC and Melissa Robbins | Friday, Aug. 2, 2019
PHOENIX – Dropping groundwater levels have prompted many states, including Arizona, to dig deeper wells.
‘Like the chain saw’: Drones have become a lifesaving tool for fighting wildfires
By Anton L. Delgado | Friday, July 19, 2019
MIAMI – Federal wildfire managers increasingly are turning to drones to monitor blazes across the West in terrains where hotshots’ lives would be at risk.
Arizona has had fewer wildfires than last year, but the blazes are bigger
By Dylan Simard | Wednesday, July 10, 2019
PHOENIX – There are fewer wildfires in Arizona this year compared to last, but these blazes are burning significant acreage.
Advocates: High court’s ruling in death-row case could affect 19 others
By Miranda Faulkner | Friday, July 5, 2019
WASHINGTON - There is no question that James McKinney murdered two people in botched Phoenix-area burglaries in 1991, buit should he be put to death for it? When the Supreme Court takes up that quesiton this fall, it could also be deciding the fate of 19 other Arizona death-row inmates.
Arizona lawmakers Grijalva, Schweikert focus of House ethics probes
By Julian Paras | Monday, June 17, 2019
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.
Peaches and team: 7-year-old cancer patient finds support from all-girls baseball teammates
By Sebastian Emanuel | Thursday, June 6, 2019
CHANDLER – When they learned Leighton Accardo was battling cancer, teammates on her all-girls baseball team rallied around her.
Schools in Peru are under added pressure from wave of Venezuelan migrants
By Lindsay Walker | Friday, May 3, 2019
Although overwhelmed and short of money, educators in Peru are scrambling to accommodate an influx of Venezuelan school children.
Robocalls hit 3 million a day in Arizona, but help may be on the way
By Keerthi Vedantam | Wednesday, May 1, 2019
WASHINGTON – Despite efforts to block them, robocalls keep coming, with almost 3,2 million such calls made per day to Arizona phone numbers in the first four months of this year. New regulations and new technologies might help stem the tide, but not everyone is convinced.
House Ethics panel releases details in ongoing probe of Schweikert
By Keerthi Vedantam | Wednesday, April 17, 2019
WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee released details of its probe of Rep. David Schweikert, R-Fountain Hills, that began last year finding "substantial reason to believe" he may have approved improper office expenditures and campaign contributions.
A long road: Opioid-addicted rural residents travel hundreds of miles to reach methadone clinics
By Lurissa Carbajal | Wednesday, April 3, 2019
MORENCI – Most of Arizona’s 12 methadone clinics are in the Phoenix area, leaving rural residents recovering from opioid use to travel miles for such treatment.
‘Lesson in toughness’: Grit helps ASU women advance to Sweet 16
By Sam Ficarro | Sunday, March 24, 2019
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Sweet 16 has been elusive in recent years for the Arizona State women's basketball team. Not this time. The Sun Devils go to the wire and beat Miami.
Pentagon could divert $30 million Fort Huachuca project to border wall
By Andrew Howard | Tuesday, March 19, 2019
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has identified $150 million of military construction projects in Arizona that could be tapped to fund a border wall, with a $30 million project at Fort Huachuca the likeliest target in the state, under President Donald Trump's declaration of a nationa border emergency.