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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury

Feb 21, 2023 The 32-year-old had said planned to return to Phoenix after she returned home from her 10-month detainment in Russia.
Crews prepare to start demolition on the former Century Park 16 movie theater. The site falls within an area where land owned by the Pascua Yaqui tribe can make land it owns a part of its reservation.

Closed Century Park theater demolished for new Pascua Yaqui casino

Feb 21, 2023 Congress designates Old Pascua as tribal land.
Dr. Justin O. Schmidt, University of Arizona entomologist, in the AZPM radio studio.

Tucson's "King of Sting," Justin Schmidt, dies from Parkinson's disease

Feb 20, 2023 Schmidt is known for allowing himself to be bitten and stung by insects to learn about their sting's affects.
COVID-19 testing in 2021.

Book author delves into COVID-19 detective research

Feb 20, 2023 David Quammen will be among the presenters at the Tucson Festival of Books.
Tempe Municipal Building

Tempe considers replacing street names tied to KKK

Feb 20, 2023 Names date back a century to when prominent Tempe residents were in the Ku Klux Klan.
Flowing Wells School District

Flowing Wells Unified School District to put emergency alert system in classrooms

Feb 20, 2023 System will allow teachers and staff to call for help or trigger a lockdown.
Cochise College Student Ethan Rodriguez works on a styrofoam sculpture during his art class with Art Instructor JenMarie Zeleznak.

Cochise College plans sixth annual Youth Arts Festival for Saturday in Sierra Vista

Feb 20, 2023 The event is free and aims to encourage children to try performing and fine arts.
Flowers, candles and letters lay in front of the Harshbarger building sign following the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner on Wed. Oct. 5, 2022 at the University of Arizona. Meixner was killed by a former student on campus.

Slain UA professor's family call on administration to support faculty safety report

Feb 17, 2023 The response comes after the unanimous endorsement from the Faculty Senate regarding the committee's safety report.
Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks about "gaps in the border" during a press gaggle along the Southern Arizona border on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 in Hereford, AZ. During his trip, McCarthy emphasized the need for more hearings along the border and asked for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to visit and listen to locals.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visits Southern Arizona border

Feb 17, 2023 This is McCarthy's first visit to the border in his new leadership role.
Computers are basically unchanged since the 1990s except they're smaller and faster, like the ones in cell phones.

Crisis stabilization: What happens after the call?

Feb 17, 2023 A look at possible next steps for Arizonans in crisis
Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake arrives to a former President Donald Trump rally, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz.

Kari Lake loses appeal in Arizona governor race challenge

Feb 17, 2023 Lake vows to appeal the court's decision to the state supreme court.
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, is flanked by Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Glendale, left, and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, right, at Hobbs' state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.

Hobbs vetoes GOP-backed state budget

Feb 17, 2023 Bill would have extended current-year spending for the coming fiscal year.

The Buzz: How Arizona's 988 mental health crisis number works

Feb 17, 2023 A look at how the program came to be, what happens when someone calls it and what comes after.

DPS: Crash that closed I-10 likely caused by issue with truck driver

Feb 16, 2023 Officials also say toxic gas released in the crash has likely dissipated.
Eric Balken, executive director of Glen Canyon Institute, walks along a sandbar once submerged by Lake Powell. As the reservoir drops to record lows, areas that were underwater for decades have begun to emerge.

Lake Powell drops to a new record low as feds scramble to prop it up

Feb 15, 2023 The reservoir is currently about 22% full, and is expected to keep declining until around May.

Interstate 10 open after 26-hour closure due to HAZMAT situation

Feb 15, 2023 Leaking nitric acid from a commercial truck caused toxic fumes to spread through the area.

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