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Coconino County health authorities said a second resident has been diagnosed with hantavirus, but the woman is recovering. Officials say they are investigating where the woman contracted the virus.Authorities say a Flagstaff woman died last month from complications of the disease.
Sept. 20, 2013
If you drive in the West Valley, there's a pretty good chance you've driven on Grand Avenue. And, if that's the case, it may not be a surprise that transportation planners are looking at ways to improve the thoroughfare.
Sept. 20, 2013
A series of strong rain storms has prompted officials to lift fire restrictions in five Arizona National Forests, but the active monsoon season does not mean the fire danger is completely over. Fire restrictions will be lifted Wednesday in the Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott and Tonto National Forests in central and northern Arizona, and restrictions will be lifted on Friday in the Coronado National forest in the southeastern part of the state.
Sept. 20, 2013
The family of man killed in a Maricopa County jail is being offered a $300,000 settlement. That is far less than the family was asking for. Weitse Ten Boden was a Dutch citizen and permanent resident in the U.
Sept. 20, 2013
Extra clean up crews will be on the streets of Ahwatukee Saturday. They will be out there for several more days cleaning up the mess left behind by a storm earlier this week. So far city crews have removed more than 100 tons of trees, branches, leaves and other green waste as well as another three tons of debris.
Sept. 20, 2013
There is a frenzy erupting in the birding world over a colorful, chicken-sized bird not usually seen in the Southwest. The Rufous-Necked Wood-Rail is typically found along the coasts and in the tropical forests of Central and South America, but for the first time, it has been spotted in the United States.
Sept. 20, 2013
There are two wetlands in Arizona. These are homes to wildlife and unique species of birds and mammals.
Tres Rios is a filtration system. (Photo by Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez-KJZZ)
Did You Know, some wetlands are man-made? At a place 15 minutes from downtown Phoenix, a wetland restoration effort has been in the works for more than a decade.
Sept. 20, 2013
A new location and new policies were part of opening
training day for the Arizona Cardinals Friday.
The team will now be practicing at the University of Phoenix Stadium instead of at NAU. (Photo by Sarah Beckman-KJZZ)
For 25 years the Cardinals trained at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, but now the team will practice where it plays its regular season games, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
Sept. 20, 2013
Toll road opponents launched a petition drive Monday to prevent what they say would be motorists paying twice to drive on the same highway. Al Tracy said building new toll roads is one thing, but converting high occupancy vehicle lanes into toll lanes on Valley highways is another.
Sept. 20, 2013
An elderly woman with underlying health issues is the first person in Maricopa County to have died this year from the West Nile virus. Maricopa County Health Director Bob England said the woman's death is a sad reminder of the seriousness of West Nile virus.
Sept. 20, 2013
Shares of Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Markets more than doubled in value on their first day of public trading. The company’s ticker symbol SFM opened trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange at $18 a share.
Sept. 20, 2013
School Valley
districts begin classes this week. One is the Phoenix Union High School District which is looking at a spike in enrollment this year with as many as
500 new students. District spokesman Craig Pletenik said that could make overcrowding an issue.
Sept. 20, 2013
Researchers say the rates of childhood obesity have declined
in 19 states – but Arizona is not one of them. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
said between 2008-2011, states including California, New Mexico, Florida,
Washington and 15 others saw slight decreases in their childhood obesity rates.
Sept. 20, 2013
Phoenix city manager David Cavazos has officially been hired by the city of Santa Ana, Calif. The council approved his contract earlier this week. Cavazos' base salary as the city manager for Santa Ana will be the same as his Phoenix salary, $315,000 annually, but when you add in benefits, his total compensation will be more than $558,000.
Sept. 20, 2013
A US Airways employee and a man with alleged ties to a Domincan Republic drug-trafficking operation have been charged with smuggling cocaine into the United States through Philadelphia International Airport.
Sept. 20, 2013
President Obama has announced he wants to reform the government
surveillance program. It's a program congressman Pete King has called "a
monumental failure of wartime leadership." On Fox News, Sunday, Arizona
Senator John McCain said the case of NSA leaker Eric Snowden is an indicator of
the relationship between the United States
and Russia.
Sept. 20, 2013
Arizona
State University
W.P. Carey
School Economics
Professor Robert Mittelstaedt is criticizing Arizona Attorney General Tom
Horne’s decision to join the United States Department of Justice in stopping
the merger of Tempe-based US Airways and American Airlines.
Sept. 20, 2013
The
sun is just beginning to set behind Papago
Peak as cars roll into
the parking lot of the Desert Botanical Gardens. The cooler dusk air beckons
animals, blooming plants, and—Phoenicians—to enjoy the outdoors.
Sept. 20, 2013
The Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix has been open for a little more than three years. Earlier this month, it welcomed a new new President and Director. Carrie Heinonen has returned to the Valley after working at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sept. 20, 2013
A group of lawmakers and business leaders is planning to meet Wednesday to examine whether Arizona should reform its income tax system. Over the last couple years the state legislature has cut business and capital gains taxes and reformed the sales tax collection system.
Sept. 20, 2013
