Arizona News

On Your Side

Scottsdale family waiting for compensation promised by airline

Updated: 20 minutes ago

By Colin Stanton and Gary Harper

The man said the airline initially was short-changing him with the compensation.

West Valley

17-year-old Amarion Hope was shot and killed by Avondale police in February.

Mother plans to sue after her teen son was shot and killed by Avondale police

Updated: 47 minutes ago

By Michael Raimondi

The boy's family is looking for $25 million from the city.

Northern Arizona

Bill Formanek says he wants to set the record straight that his friends did not abandon him...

Injured Grand Canyon hiker says friends never abandoned him

Updated: 53 minutes ago

By Jason Barry

The 63-year-old hiker wants to set the record straight after rescue crews reported he had been abandoned by friends during their backpacking trip to the Grand Canyon.

Politics

President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of...

Biden to deliver democracy speech and pay tribute to John McCain in Arizona next week

Updated: 1 hour ago

By The Associated Press

He's expected to travel to the Valley on Wednesday and give a speech the next day.

Education

Erick Garcia said he was in an English immersion program when he moved to Mesa from Mexico in...

Former student says English immersion classes impacted their mental health

Updated: 1 hour ago

By Emma Lockhart

He believes a dual language program would have been more beneficial.

Northern Arizona

Clouds pass over the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz.,...

Visitors to national parks in northern Arizona spent $1 billion

Updated: 2 hours ago

By David Baker

Visitors to the Grand Canyon spent $759 million last year, which is the highest amount since 2019.

West Valley

Police and fire crews responded to the collision at 67th and Glendale avenues just after 11:30...

Glendale crash leaves 2 people seriously injured

Updated: 2 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

Police and fire crews responded to the collision at 67th and Glendale avenues just after 11:30 a.m.

Election

Former Arizona Republican governor candidate Kari Lake sits in court at Maricopa County...

Kari Lake’s 3rd trial begins after unsuccessful lawsuit challenging her loss in governor’s race

Updated: 2 hours ago

By The Associated Press

Lake’s latest case doesn’t challenge her defeat but instead is a public records lawsuit that asks to review all early ballot envelopes

Border News

A long row of double-stacked shipping containers temporarily provided a new wall between the...

Feds end legal fight against Arizona’s shipping container border wall

Updated: 3 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

Both cases were dismissed on Sept. 15.

On Your Side

Home buyers aren't wait for interest rates to drop to jump on a bid for a house.

Mortgage demand jumps, despite rising interest rates

Updated: 3 hours ago

By Susan Campbell

The MBA also reported a 13% jump in applications to refinance homes last week, compared to the previous week.

Phoenix Forecast

West Valley

Glendale police locate parents of non-verbal child found wandering alone

Updated: 5 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

The 3 or 4-year-old boy was found near 55th Ave & Greenway.

Phoenix

ADOT project issues nearly 800 state IDs to homeless Arizonans in first month

Updated: 5 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

During its full first month, the office issued state IDs to 780 people.

Pinal County News

Deputies identify bicyclist killed in Arizona City hit-and-run crash

Updated: 6 hours ago

By Ben Bradley

Pinal County deputies believe the suspect is driving a white SUV or pickup truck.

East Valley

Ex-Scottsdale high school coach faces child sex charges; crimes could span 11 years

Updated: 6 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Brian Mastre

He’s accused of traveling and transporting a female younger than age 18 from Omaha to Tucson, Arizona

East Valley

The Hope Institute helping Arizona students fight suicidal thoughts

Updated: 7 hours ago

By Sarah Robinson

The Hope Institute is the first of its kind in Arizona.

Phoenix

Phoenix-area physical therapist creates device to ease back pain

Updated: 7 hours ago

By Scott Pasmore

The device has unlimited variations of use and even comes with a band to help strengthen your back muscles.

Phoenix

What we know about Phoenix’s $13 million plan to build a space for the homeless

Updated: 8 hours ago

By The Associated Press and AZFamily Digital News Staff

The guarded outdoor complex will have 200 spaces, showers, bathrooms and shade.

Something Good

Phoenix apprentice mechanic breaking barriers in male-dominated field

Updated: 8 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

Rylee Little is now training to be a bumper-to-bumper technician.

Dirty Dining

Mold on cheese, ham kept past discard date found at Phoenix-area restaurants

Updated: 8 hours ago

By Jason Barry

The restaurants are on notice to clean up or get fined or closed down.

US & World

Portland-area mom gets 30 days for waterboarding baby, putting him in freezer

Updated: 9 hours ago

By FOX 12 Staff

The incident happened in 2021.

Phoenix

Woman dies, 2 hurt after head-on crash in north Phoenix

Updated: 9 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

The victim was identified as 78-year-old Shokriya Raies.

Phoenix

Suspect arrested after woman stabbed to death at west Phoenix shopping center

Updated: 9 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

The woman was found behind a Big Lots store near 75th Ave & McDowell.

Phoenix

Grieving mom talks about strange circumstances surrounding son’s brutal murder in Phoenix

Updated: 10 hours ago

By Jason Barry

She believes this may have been a hate crime because her son was gay.

Phoenix

Phoenix approves new regulations for short-term rentals

Updated: 12 hours ago

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

Owners can start applying for permits on Oct. 26.

Investigation

Phoenix spent $15 million to put more social workers on the streets; how’s it working?

Updated: 12 hours ago

By Amy Cutler

After a rash of officer-involved shootings, the city of Phoenix allocated $15 million dollars for a program that's supposed to de-escalate police situations. Is it working?

Pinal County News

Hundreds of residents gathered in Florence seeking solutions for high power bills

Updated: 20 hours ago

By Casey Torres

Everyone had the same questions: why are their bills so high, and what can be done?

East Valley

Police investigating alleged animal abuse at Chandler rescue after social media outrage

Updated: 20 hours ago

By Steven Sarabia

A Texas rescue got suspicious of the one in Chandler when a dog they took in looked thin.

Yuma News

Leaders in Yuma say they need binational help for Colorado River Delta restoration

Updated: 21 hours ago

By Alexandra Rangel

The delta is slowly being restored thanks to an international water treaty.

East Valley

2 suspects shot, 2 others arrested following break-in at apartment in Mesa

Updated: 22 hours ago

By Ben Bradley

Police say the suspects pepper-sprayed and duct-taped two people in the apartment.

Education

ASU partners with unique program to teach kids about finances and careers

Updated: 23 hours ago

By Mickaela Castillo

Kids get the opportunity to take a look at their future careers and think about getting a higher education.

Northern Arizona

How NAU is using thermal drones to track prescribe burns and water leaks

Updated: 23 hours ago

By Mason Carroll

Officials can use the information to decide where to do prescribed burns and save thousands of gallons of water.

On Your Side

Sun City couple hoping to receive $4,623 credit for future cruise

Updated: 23 hours ago

By Gary Harper

Eli Reeves hoped Princess Cruises would issue him credit for a future cruise, but he hasn't received an answer.

East Valley

4 high schoolers accused of attacking teen at Mesa park & incident was caught on camera

Updated: 24 hours ago

By Peter Valencia

Two suspects are football players who attend Red Mountain High School.

East Valley

Scottsdale man abducted after date, forced to withdraw money from ATM, police say

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:50 PM MST

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

Officers at the scene said that a man met up with a woman for dinner or drinks earlier that night before agreeing to return to the man’s home.

Arizona

Arizona high school football coach facing federal child sex charges in Nebraska

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:26 PM MST

By Brian Mastre

The FBI is asking for any other potential victims to come forward.

Phoenix

Phoenix must clean up The Zone by November 4, judge says; city approves homeless campground

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:07 PM MST

By David Baker

The judge said the city wouldn't have cleaned up The Zone unless it was forced to do so.

Phoenix

Student loans canceled for 1,200+ University of Phoenix students due to misleading ad

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

Officials say in a national ad campaign in 2012, Phoenix misled students about its relationship with Microsoft, Adobe, AT&T, and the American Red Cross.

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