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October 2013
On Wednesday, Arizona carried out the first of two executions scheduled for this month. Edward Schad, the oldest person on its death row was put to death this morning.The 71-year-old Schad was given a lethal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison in Florence, and was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.
October 09, 2013
If you’re planning to go camping this weekend, you might
have a difficult time finding a place to do so. Now, due to a lack of federal government funding, the U.S. Forest Service
has closed all campgrounds and recreation areas in the Coconino National Forest.
October 09, 2013
A Phoenix
man has been arrested for selling counterfeit high-end brand name items at swap
meets and other places. Phoenix
police Detective James Holmes says 40-year-old Rafael Castro and a woman
identified as a person of interest were taken into custody after 921 knockoff
items were seized following a five-month-long investigation.
October 09, 2013
It should be windy and much cooler over the next couple days
as a Pacific storm system moves through Arizona.
Darrel Onton of the National Weather Service in Flagstaff says winds will be increasing as
the storm approaches.
October 09, 2013
Governor Jan Brewer says federal officials are continuing to
refuse her request to re-open the Grand Canyon
with state funds. She says she is continuing to speak with officials in
Washington in
an effort to re-open the park.
October 09, 2013
The cost of food is on the rise, and chicken is leading the
way. The Arizona Farm Bureau Federation says the cost of a typical
market-basket of items is up 6 percent from last quarter. Marketing manager
Peggy Jo Goodfellow says their shoppers found the average price of a pound of
boneless chicken breasts was up $4.
October 09, 2013
A new report shows most of the country’s death penalty
sentences come from just 2-percent of the nation’s counties, including Maricopa County. The Death Penalty Information
Center report says Maricopa
County is the fourth highest
in the country in death row inmates and 10th highest in executions over the
last 45 years.
October 09, 2013
In-state undergrads at Arizona State University can breathe a sigh of relief. President Michael Crow said he will not ask them to pay more next year. The university president said he will not ask the Board of Regents to hike tuition for Arizona undergraduate students in the 2014-2015 school year.
October 08, 2013
A food bank in Phoenix has shipped 600 emergency food boxes to the Grand Canyon. The supplies are intended for furloughed employees at the national park. Unloading of supplies at a fire station in Tusayan.
October 08, 2013
Anyone interested in a proposed interstate between Phoenix and Las Vegas can learn more about the project this week. Public meetings on Interstate 11 will be held in Avondale Tuesday night and later in Kingman and Tucson.
October 08, 2013
