As wins, bowls, fans elude Wildcats, spotlight is on football coach Kevin Sumlin
By Alex Simon | Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019
TUCSON – The excitement that accompanied the hiring of Kevin Sumlin has died down after the team has struggled for two straight seasons
Volker defends role in talks between White House, Ukrainian government
By Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola | Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON - Former McCain Institute Executive Director Kurt Volker told the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday that he was unaware of any efforts to get the Ukrainian government to interfere in U.S. politics in exchange for military aid.
High-profile public impeachment hearings get off to a low-decibel start
By Megan U. Boyanton | Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019
WASHINGTON - The much-anticipated first day of open House impeachment hearings arrived Wednesday with none of the drama of recent high-profile events like the Kavanaugh confirmation, with one Arizona lawmaker describing the hearing as "pretty dry."
SRP confirms that last day for Navajo Generating Station just days away
By Harrison Mantas | Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
WASHINGTON - The Navajo Generating Station will shut down for good in a matter of days, the plant's owners said, , once the plant burns through its remaining supply of coal. It's the final chapter in a two-year fight to save the aging plant, the affiliated Kayenta coal mine and their hundreds of jobs,
Swing state 2020: With the election a year off, Arizona could become a key player
By Isabella Hulsizer | Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
PHOENIX – With 52 weeks left before the presidential election, is Arizona a red state or a blue state?
Arizonans among House Republicans who stormed impeachment hearing
By Wissam Melhem | Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019
WASHINGTON - Arizona lawmakers were among dozens of Republicans who stormed the House impeachment hearings Wednesday to protest the closed-door meetings and demand that Democrats open the proceedings.
Volker quits McCain Institute, fears Ukraine testimony ‘a distraction’
By Harrison Mantas and Hannah Ehrlich | Monday, Oct. 7, 2019
WASHINGTON - Three days after he told staff at the McCain Institute that he was still their executive director, Kurt Volker resigned Monday because his role in a House impeachment inquiry "risks becoming a distraction" to the institute's work.
Volker resigns from McCain Institute, says impeachment testimony ‘becoming a distraction’
By Kailey Broussard and Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Oct. 4, 2019
WASHINGTON - A day after he spent 10 hours before House committees that are pressing an impeachment inquiry of the president, Kurt Volker told staff Friday at the McCain Institute for International Leadership that he is still their executive director - but for how much longer remains unclear.
Courts reject environmental lawsuit to block Navajo coal mine expansion
By Miranda Faulkner | Tuesday, July 30, 2019
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court said environmental groups cannot sue to block expansion of a coal mine owned by the Navajo Transitional Energy Co., because the company is an arm of the Navajo government and thus immune from civil suits.
Brandon Clarke lights up NBA Summer League, takes home MVP award
By Jacob Rosenfarb | Tuesday, July 16, 2019
LAS VEGAS – Phoenix native Brandon Clarke is already showing he may be the steal of the NBA draft
Making America grill again: Cost of cookouts little changed this year
By Miranda Faulkner | Tuesday, July 2, 2019
WASHINGTON - The American Farm Bureau said the cost of a traditional Fourth of July cookout for 10 rose less than 1 percent from last year to just is just $5.28 per person this year, according to its annual market survey. And the cost is even lower in Arizona, the farm bureau in the state says.
Breaking the mold: Diversifying Arizona’s modeling industry
By Thalia M. España | Friday, June 21, 2019
PHOENIX – Several members of the Arizona fashion scene are striving to bring plus-size models, as well as those who are more diverse racially and ethnically, to the forefront.