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Volunteers check voter registration at a voting station.

Letter offers reasons why Cochise County Elections Director quit

Resignation claims county was a hostile work environment for Lisa Marra.
A classroom in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

AZ House passes schools spending cap waiver, Senate delays vote

Legislature and Governor have until March 1 to pass aggregate expenditure limit waiver
Democratic Representative Kyrsten Sinema during an interview at Arizona Public Media about her run for U.S. Senate.

Sinema's split from Democrats shows party discord in Arizona

Party officials worry that a more-than-likely three-way race could result in a Republican victory.
A Scottsdale Airport staffer waits on a private jet, as the airport gears up for the expected dramactic increase in private jet traffic, leading up to the NFL Super Bowl LVII football game

Super Bowl draws epic air show of private planes to Phoenix

Private jets drive air traffic during NFL championship each year.
The U.S.-Mexico border fence.

Arizona rancher held on $1M bond in killing near US border

Santa Cruz County officials believe the victim was a Mexican citizen.
The seal of Cochise County.

Cochise County Attorney will not step down after super extreme DUI

Brian McIntyre said chief deputy attorneys will fill in during his incarceration
Former Arizona Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald joined former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for a game of pickleball in January 2023.

In a pickle: Major League Pickleball launches season in Mesa

The popular recreational game, which has been described as a combination of tennis, ping-pong and badminton, now has become a fast-growing professional sport.
Chest compression-only CPR.

NFL will offer free CPR training during Super Bowl week

The NFL and American Heart Association will provide free CPR education throughout the week as part the NFL Experience at the Phoenix Convention Center.
A black pilar that says "How many will be enough" stands in the middle of the University of Arizona Mall one week after the killing of Professor Thomas Meixner on campus. A few days prior university officials held a candlelight vigil where the pilar stands.

The Buzz: UA Faculty Senate report details events that led to deadly shooting on campus

The report examines harassing behaviors of the suspected gunman from early in his time at the UA up to the shooting.
A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

Cochise County prepares for the end of Title 42

Officials say that the county lacks resources and direction from federal offices.
United States Capitol Building

Dannels tells Congress Cochise County is not the same as Texas border

He hopes change will come but he doesn't expect it soon.
Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, on June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz.

Interior: $580M headed to 15 tribes to fulfill water rights

The money will help carry out the agreements that define the tribes' rights to water from rivers and other sources and pay for pipelines, pumping stations, and canals that deliver it to reservations.
Yvonne Montoya

Stories about finding - and making - peace.

On Arizona Spotlight: Safos Dance Theatre premiers "Stories from Home"; harvesting citrus with the Iskashitaa Refugee Network; "What Peace Means to Me", an essay by Eri of Owl & Panther; and thoughts on making a peaceful place from Stories that Soar!
The seven states in the Colorado River basin couldn't agree on a plan to conserve unprecedented amounts of water before a federal deadline. Meanwhile, grim projections for the future of water levels in Lake Mead have forced mandatory cuts to water for some users in the lower basin. Federal authorities are trying to prop up levels in the nation's largest reservoir before they dip too low to generate hydropower or allow the passage of water.

California holdout in agreement over Colorado River cuts

Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut their use.
A measurement gage at Lees Ferry in Arizona is the location where Colorado River water deliveries from the Upper Basin are legally accounted.

AP Exclusive: Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks

They largely include communication among water officials in Arizona and California, the major users in the river's Lower Basin.
After two decades of drought, parts of Lake Mead that were once underwater have been exposed as the lake falls to historically low levels.

Recent snowfalls may slow water level decline at Lake Mead

Forecasters now expect Lake Mead to finish this year around 1,027 feet elevation, about 19 feet lower than its current level.

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