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The Arizona Capitol Museum building at the State Capitol in Phoenix.

Republican lawmaker threatens to not vote on any bills over election result

Nov 23, 2022 The new member of the legislature is in a race with an automatic recount
Ballots in Maricopa County.

Candidate files election lawsuit

Nov 23, 2022 Abe Hamadeh says there were widespread errors and inaccuracies.
File photo of a hospital hallway.

Health insurance open enrollment sees lower premiums

Nov 23, 2022 Officials are pointing towards the Inflation Reduction Act for more affordable plans.
Interstate 10 traffic jam.

No Construction/Closures On Arizona Highways over Thanksgiving Weekend

Nov 23, 2022 ADOT Warns Travelers of Heavy Traffic
Filling out a ballot for the Arizona election.

Pima board certifies election results

Nov 22, 2022 Election skeptics pushed the board to withold certification.
A pond at Reid Park.

Tucson Parks and Recreation looks for feedback on Reid Park remodel

Nov 22, 2022 The Reid Park Master Plan Concept reveals a design centered on biodiversity expansion.
COVID19

COVID numbers rising in Arizona again

Nov 22, 2022 Most of the state is considered having a medium transmission rate.
This August 2022 photo provided by the National Park Service shows a double rainbow from the ranger station porch at Indian Garden, which is now called Havasupai Gardens, in Grand Canyon National Park. The Indian Garden name assigned to a popular Grand Canyon campground has been changed out of respect for a Native American tribe that was displaced by the national park. The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced Monday, Nov. 21, that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.

Grand Canyon park changes campground name that haunted tribe

Nov 22, 2022 The Havasupai Tribe and Grand Canyon National Park announced that Indian Garden will be renamed Havasupai Gardens.
A Pima County correctional officer glances inside a cell at the county jail.

Pima County jail faces 2nd inmate suicide in a week

Nov 22, 2022 Corrections officers and the jail's medical staff attempted life-saving measures but the inmate was pronounced dead.
An election worker gathers tabulated ballots to be boxed inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix.

2nd Arizona county delays certifying election, for now

Nov 21, 2022 The delay came as Maricopa, the state's most populous county, finished counting the last remaining ballots .
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Missing Migrant Program Summit brings awareness to risk of migrant deaths

Nov 21, 2022 Officials from local, national and non-governmental agencies came together to exchange ideas.
A rotisserie turkey cooked to a golden brown.

Thanksgiving dinner costs rise

Nov 21, 2022 The cost of turkey is higher than it has been since the early 1990s.
A Mexican gray wolf at the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in New Mexico in 2011.

Updated recovery plan for Mexican wolves aims to reduce human-caused deaths

Nov 20, 2022 The plan aims to further protect the endangered wolves through increased law enforcement, education and outreach to communities near where the wolves live.
White Mountain Apache Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood, left, and Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores testify in a March hearing where they urged members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to back water legislation critical to their tribes. The committee gave preliminary approval to the bills Wednesday.

After long fight, tribal water bills get primary OK; still far from final

Nov 19, 2022 Tribal leaders welcomed the votes, which they called the culmination of hard-fought struggles by their tribes.
City Hall in Nogales, Arizona.

Nogales approves allocation of remaining ARPA funding

Nov 19, 2022 Over $3 million will be used for city functions.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise County delays election certification

Nov 18, 2022 Some county supervisors are questioning the certification of voting machines.

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