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July 2013
Valley residents now have three times more choices, if they are in the
mood for some outlet shopping. Directory for the Phoenix Premium Outlets. (Photo by Mark Brodie-KJZZ)
We now have three outlet malls close by, two of which have opened in the last 12 months, and that raises some questions.
July 19, 2013
Flags around Arizona will go back up to full staff at sunset Friday evening. Governor Brewer had ordered them to be at half-staff for 19 days,
in memory of the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew who died
fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire.
July 19, 2013
It’s July, and that means the summer monsoon season is upon us. Dust storms of Biblical proportions may assault Phoenix the same way they always have, but what’s new is the way we hear about them. For some of us, those automatic smartphone warnings are getting downright annoying.
July 19, 2013
A couple months ago, vandals sprayed nearly 50 tags at Saguaro National Park east of Tucson, including more than a dozen of the iconic cactuses that cover the landscape.
An example of vandalism at the BLM site.
July 19, 2013
Battles were fought across the country during the U.S. Civil War more than 150 years ago. A few of those battles were fought right here in Arizona. Picacho Peak as it is today. (Photo courtesy of Arizona State Parks)
As a matter of fact the farthest west civil war conflict was near Picacho Peak, the summit that sits 50 miles north of Tucson.
July 19, 2013
There is a piece of presidential history parked at an Arizona airport. It is one of the first airplanes to fly President Dwight D. Eisenhower around the world in the 1950s.
This is one of three Lockheed Constellation planes President Eisenhower used during the early years of his presidency in the 1950's.
July 19, 2013
Arizona's jobless rate was up two-tenths of a point last
month, on some unexpected soft numbers
in education. It's not unusual for education to drop off at this time of the
year, as non-professional staffers are laid off over the summer.
July 19, 2013
A new report sketches out where the job openings will
be in Arizona
over the next two years. And, even though the state is turning out some 24,000
college graduates a year, the report says three-quarters of the available jobs
will go to people with a high school diploma or less.
July 19, 2013
The opportunity to buy a home at a discount, fix it up
and flip it for a profit is on the decline in Arizona. The latest RealtyTrac study of the
market shows there were 33 percent fewer single family homes flipped in the
state during the first six months of this year, and 35 percent fewer in metro Phoenix.
July 19, 2013
The Arizona Diamondbacks have introduced the Luchador as an official mascot of the team.
The luchador has been introduced as the new Diamondbacks mascot. (Photo courtesy of Arizona Diamondbacks)
Last year the team introduced the Lucha Libre mask.
July 18, 2013