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KJZZ Senior Field Correspondent Jude Joffe-Block caught the radio bug while assisting a radio reporter in Mexico, and has been happiest wearing headphones and pointing microphones ever since.Joffe-Block began serving KJZZ in October 2010 as a Fronteras: Changing America Senior Field Correspondent based out of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Tucson City Council has passed an
ordinance aimed at reducing the city’s reliance on plastic shopping bags. Tucson Councilman Paul Cunningham is the
plan’s sponsor. After hearing residents complain about plastic bag litter, he
put together a working group.
Sept. 20, 2013
The major tenant at the Goodyear Airport
says shutting down the control tower, under the sequester budget cuts, could
force it to go elsewhere to train pilots. Matthias Kippenberg of the Airline
Training Center of Arizona, says dozens of planes perform takeoffs and landings
there every day.
Sept. 20, 2013
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery talked about federal efforts to approve comprehensive immigration reform and whether his office's identity theft prosecutions could affect whether some undocumented immigrants could become eligible to be on a path to U.
Sept. 20, 2013
Southern Arizona forest
officials said the wildfire danger is high, and they want people to be careful
with campfires over the holiday weekend. Although the
warm weather is only beginning to set in, the threat of wildfires is already a
concern in southeastern Arizona.
Sept. 20, 2013
A major producer of frozen foods is recalling products
distributed in Arizona and several other states because of concerns about E. coli
contamination. David McAtee of the Yavapai County Health Department says the
voluntary recall involves Farm Rich Brand frozen meals and snacks, produced
between Nov.
Sept. 20, 2013
Howard Gray School at Banner Mental Health Facility in Scottsdale (Photo by Steve Shadley - KJZZ)
English teacher Dave Bachmann (Photo by Steve Shadley - KJZZ)
Kids with autism don’t always do well in public schools.
Sept. 20, 2013
Senator John McCain says the saber-rattling coming out
of North Korea could be a problem. McCain told interviewers on CBS' Face the
Nation on Sunday, China could help stop North Korea.
“China does hold the key to this problem,” McCain
said.
Sept. 20, 2013
The U.S. Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is investigating the vandalism of an archaeological site just over
the Arizona state line near Blythe, Calif.
Some of the graffiti at an archaeological site.
Sept. 20, 2013
Researchers at Arizona State University have worked for years developing a tiny laser invisible to the naked eye.
See if you can spot the nanolaser at an ASU engineering lab. Hint: it's 1/100 the width of a human hair.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona is
tightening up its rules regarding photo enforcement cameras on roadways. Gov.
Jan Brewer signed a law last week requiring cities to prove there’s a
legitimate safety need before installing the cameras on state roads.
Sept. 20, 2013
