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Flowing Wells School District

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

System will allow teachers and staff to call for help or trigger a lockdown.

Sierra Vista Police Department opens new website for community feedback

Feedback will be used to maintain accreditation.
File image of border fencing in Cochise County, Arizona.

Arizona rancher denies killing Mexican shot dead by border

Lawyer for the defendant says he did shoot at armed smugglers earlier in the day.
A still from the video posted to Instagram by Cod Blackbird, purportedly showing Gilbert Ortega Jr. in front of his shop in Old Town Scottsdale.

Native dancers want Arizona gallery owner held on hate crime

Gilbert Ortega Jr. has already been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
The bench in a courtroom.

Tucson man sentenced for case related to shooting death of Pima County constable, 3 others

Josue Lope Quintana will serve time for lying to federal authorities about where the shooter got parts of his gun.
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
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.
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.

Interim faculty report denounces UA's response ahead of deadly on-campus shooting

The Committee's 30-page report says that the university’s response was a reaction from a “systemic oversight failure” and did not “address a known chronic trust problem.”
Measuring shoes and cataloging their treads are tasks Grand Canyon University students do as they add shoes to a shoeprint database they’re working on with the Phoenix Police Department. The photo was taken at GCU in Phoenix on Nov. 3.

Student gumshoes at GCU collaborate with Phoenix police to create shoeprint database

Forensic scientists can identify shoeprints left at crime scenes, including what type of shoe and what size the suspect wears.
The value of remittances to Mexico has been on the rise in recent years.

Arizona tracks money transfers to Mexico

ACLU calls it abuse, wants database shut down.

Arizona executive order establishes Death Penalty Independent Review Commissioner

Governor Katie Hobbs said "it's time" for a review after history of botched executions.
Water levels in Lake Powell, seen here in May 2021, are dipping dangerously low. The federal government has proposed an unprecedented plan to cut back on water supplies for Arizona, Nevada and California. The measure aims to keep water levels high enough to generate hydropower at the Glen Canyon Dam.

The Buzz: Looking back on 2022

Newsworthy interviews and topics that we addressed this year.
A Phoenix-area driver was pulled over by DPS troopers for using an inflatable grinch as a passenger in the HOV lane. December 2022

Arizona driver cited for carpooling with inflatable Grinch

While the gag may have caused the officer's heart to grow, it did not stop the driver from getting cited for being in the HOV lane during a restricted time.
The gurney used in executions in Arizona.

Arizona resumed executions in 2022, outgoing Brnovich seeks one more

After an eight-year hiatus, Arizona executed three death row inmates in 2022, the most death sentences carried out in the state in a decade.

Execution warrant sought for an Arizona death row inmate

The inmate asked for the death warrant.

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