GCU students’ love of ‘boarding’ drives launch of electric longboard company
PHOENIX – Levi Conlow and Nathan Cooper have been “boarding” all their lives — skateboarding, wakeboarding and snowboarding.
Arizona officials want tougher controls on opioid prescriptions
PHOENIX – Arizona officials on Wednesday said they want to limit doctors to prescribing no more than five days’ worth of opioids for people who haven’t already been on the powerful pain medication.
Advocates’ response to DACA decision is swift, broad-based, emotional
WASHINGTON - Immigration advocates vowed they would go to court to block a Trump administration plan to wind down a deferred deportation program for young immigrants, almost as soon as Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the plan Tuesday.
Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
YUMA, Ariz. – Nestor Alaniz didn’t get a permit to build a well in his mother’s backyard, and he didn’t get it inspected.
President Trump grants pardon to former Sheriff Joe Arpaio
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the White House announced late Friday afternoon.
Farming activity contaminates water despite best practices
CASCO, Wisc. – Lynda Cochart did not realize her water was contaminated with coliform bacteria until she contracted MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant skin infection. She believed it came from the water in her well in Casco, Wisconsin. “There’s no other way I could have gotten it,” she said.
Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years
WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of the country – from rural central California to the boroughs of New York City, were exposed to potentially unsafe water more than once during the past decade, according to a News21 investigation of 680,000 water quality and monitoring violations from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Day of peaceful protests ends with tear gas as faction confronts police
PHOENIX - Police deployed tear gas, concussion grenades and pepper balls to disperse the crowd near the Phoenix Convention Center as tensions rose following a campaign-style rally Tuesday night by President Donald Trump and counterprotesters.
City prepares, reacts to Trump’s rally in downtown Phoenix
PHOENIX – One downtown Phoenix group estimated 25,000 people will converge in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday – both to support and oppose – President Donald Trump at his rally. He plans to appear at 7 p.m. at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Phoenix leaders pledge to keep Trump rally safe; some schools, businesses to close early
PHOENIX – Local law enforcement leaders, school officials and businesses are bracing for President Donald Trump’s visit to Arizona on Tuesday, with public officials saying they are calmly working to avoid violent clashes between supporters and counter-protesters expected to clog downtown Phoenix.
Hallucinations, cramps, even death: Sports in Arizona heat can be dangerous
PHOENIX — Exercising in the Arizona heat can be a dangerous -- and mind-altering -- decision.
Arizona edges to front of states eyeing blockchain technology
WASHINGTON - Before Arizona could be recognized as a leader in blockchain technology legislation there was one major challenge - helping lawmakers "get your head around" exactly what the technology is.
