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A plan to ease traffic congestion along Interstate 17 in Phoenix has some business owners concerned, especially on Camelback Road.
April 17, 2017
Technology is playing a big role in the lives of many older Americans. More and more startups are developing technologies that could transform the way we age. Aging 2.0 Phoenix wants to redefine how we age using technology. On paper that sounds great, but there are some seniors who either don’t know how to use technology or don’t want it.
April 17, 2017
The International Rescue Committee has partnered with Tappetite to give refugees an easier way to make money. Those refugees may have even more resources in the coming months.
April 16, 2017
The new legal team for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is appealing to a higher court for a jury trial.
April 16, 2017
Average asking rents for office space in the Valley are at the highest level in nearly a decade. The average is $24.91 per square foot, still below the pre-recession peak of $26.82.
April 15, 2017
The force has been using the cameras for a month now, and officials say the results have been good. The officers are still getting used to the Axon body cameras, which are becoming more common across the Valley.
April 15, 2017
Valley Metro will ask Phoenix city leaders to approve an agreement up to $50 million to move forward with another light-rail extension project. The money will cover design and pre-construction work so the train can travel to south Phoenix.
April 15, 2017
A Navajo man has been charged in last month’s shooting death of a tribal officer. A federal indictment charges Kirby Cleveland with murder plus escape and firearms counts, stemming from the killing of Officer Houston James Largo.
April 14, 2017
National Park Week kicks off this weekend, and in celebration all national parks all across the country are offering free admission Saturday and Sunday.
April 14, 2017
Mexican authorities prepare the extradition of a man accused of killing a border patrol agent in Arizona seven years ago.
April 14, 2017
It’s being called an art-world coup. The Heard Museum in Phoenix recently landed an exhibition of paintings, clothing and photographs of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. It’s the only North American showing of this exhibit and it ended up at the Heard.
April 14, 2017
We wrapped up the week’s news in Arizona with our Friday Newscap. We were joined by pollster Mike O’Neil and Jaime Molera, partner at Molera Alvarez and former Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction.
April 14, 2017
A report from the Goldwater Institute finds almost 2.5 million Arizonans are living in areas designated as dental health professional shortage areas. It advocates for allowing dental therapists as a way to bring that number down.
April 14, 2017
Access to safe, clean drinking water is a challenge in many parts of the world. But a Scottsdale company says it can pull that scarce resource right out of the air.
April 14, 2017
That’s when we bring back Leszek Pawlowicz, our resident quiz master who has won a Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Last week, we gave you a puzzle to solve, and randomly selected two entries.
April 14, 2017
Tensions are on the rise in East Asia as countries in the region carefully watch North Korea's next move.
April 14, 2017
Last November, Adrian Fontes was elected new Maricopa County recorder, defeating the longtime leader of that office, Helen Purcell. And Elections Director Karen Osborne retired, leaving an opening in that position. After a national search, Osborne’s permanent successor is Reynaldo Valenzuela.
April 14, 2017
The U.S. dropped a megabomb in Afghanistan on Thursday, one that is being called the nation’s largest non-nuclear bomb. To learn more, we spoke with Daniel Rothenberg, co-director of ASU’s Center on the Future of War and a Senior Fellow at New America.
April 14, 2017
The idea of civility has also been on the mind of Steve Zipperstein. He’s a former chief assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles and wrote a piece for his hometown newspaper, The Santa Barbara News-Press, in which he talks about the country being in what he calls a cold civil war.
April 14, 2017
U.S. Sen. Flake’s meeting last night is not thU.S. Sen. Flake’s meeting last night is not the first raucous town hall. They have been popping up across the country. Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer is the executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona, an organization with an aim to reduce political dysfunction and incivility in our political system.
April 14, 2017
