As the summer months approach, Valley residents brace not only for the soaring temperatures but for the usual hike in energy bill prices that typically comes with the season.Most Valley residents agree that air conditioning in the hottest large city is nothing less than a necessity. Still, they also tend to agree there needs to…
Bob Christie Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Voters across Arizona will see their November ballot stuffed with 11 measures referred by Republican lawmakers that cover a wide range of GOP priorities — tough on crime issues, new limits on how voters can put their own proposed laws on the ballot and reining in the so-called…
PHOENIX — The Arizona Humane Society is offering free adoptions for 10 days beginning Thursday due to caring for a record amount of animals. AHS is caring for 1,650 pets, exceeding maximum capacity despite it only being the start of the summer. Temporary kennels have been set up at multiple locations as a result, including…
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI – Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities on Tuesday said they were investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state’s largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators just before the July 30 primary.“This is not your average theft,”…
PHOENIX — Alex Meruelo is reportedly stopping his efforts to bring an NHL team under the Coyotes name back to the Valley, according to NHL insider Craig Morgan. Meruelo was expected to be one of several bidders eyeing the land near Scottsdale Road north of Loop 101 as a new home for the Coyotes. However,…
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student convicted of fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus months after he was expelled could be facing a life prison term when he’s sentenced Monday.A Pima County Superior Court jury last month found Murad Dervish guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Thomas…
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s unemployment rate fell in May to its lowest rate ever recorded, reaching a seasonally adjusted 3.4% and falling below the previous record of 3.5% recorded in August 2007, according to state data released June 20.Compared to May 2023, the state had 63,900 more nonfarm jobs.Unemployment dropped 0.2 percentage points to 3.6% from March…
Jaron Lodge discovered he had a knack for entrepreneurship when, as a Cub Scout, he hit the highest sales goal selling popcorn. “I got addicted from there,” he says. By age 18, he’d saved $25,000 from a dog-sitting business he started and jobs at Subway and an Ashley Furniture warehouse. After listening to a series…
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 21, 2024, 07:51 PM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.Open Extended ReactionsThe Arizona State Land Department has cancelled a land auction scheduled for Thursday that the Arizona Coyotes’ owner was counting on to reactivate his dormant NHL franchise.In April, the NHL board of governors approved the establishment of a franchise in…
PHOENIX — An auction for a tract of land where Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo had hoped to build a new arena has been canceled.The Arizona State Land Department announced Friday it was canceling next Thursday’s auction and reordering the steps so the applicant can file for a special use permit.“We understand the delay in…