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1,145 people remain evacuated as crews dig containment line around brush fire
Crews have successfully dug a containment line around a brush fire in northern Scottsdale that has burned 3.9 square miles (10 square kilometers) and threatened about 100 homes, authorities said Wednesday.
Bear that fatally attacked man at Arizona campsite didn’t have rabies
A bear that fatally attacked a 66-year-old Tucson man at a campsite in central Arizona last week tested negative for rabies and had no apparent signs of disease, authorities said Wednesday.
Court rules Arizona ban on per-signature pay for ballot initiatives constitutional
In a blow to groups trying to get voter-driven initiatives on the ballot, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a law criminalizing per-signature payment is constitutional.
Hobbs vetoes GOP-backed bill to extend transportation sales tax in Arizona’s biggest county
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday vetoed a Republican-backed proposal to extend a longstanding half-cent sales tax that funds transportation projects in Maricopa County and is set to expire at the end of 2025.
Arizona state trooper hospitalized after being shot; suspect found dead
An Arizona state trooper was taken to the hospital after being shot, and the driver of a vehicle believed to be involved in that shooting is dead, authorities said Monday.
Case against ex-Arizona corrections boss in 2022 standoff with officers pushed to July
A judge on Monday postponed until July the case against Arizona's former corrections director in an encounter in which police say he fired a gun inside his Tempe home and pointed a firearm at two officers during a three-hour standoff.
Officials break up Guatemalan family smuggling ring in 3-state operation, 6 arrested
Federal authorities have arrested six people for their alleged roles in a human smuggling ring that brought migrants from Guatemala to the United States, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Mexico said.
Authorities trying to determine cause of small plane crash that killed 2 in Arizona
Federal authorities are trying to determine why a small plane crashed into a mountain in central Arizona, killing both people aboard.
4 in Arizona get prison time for fraudulently getting millions in Covid aid
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona says four people have been sentenced for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in federal Covid assistance, including a couple who netted $13 million.
Phoenix man convicted of killing 2 young women in early 1990s sentenced to death
A man convicted of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young Phoenix women in separate killings in the early 1990s was sentenced to death by a judge Wednesday.
6 arrested in alleged scheme to fraudulently collect millions in Covid aid
Six people from Arizona, Washington and Texas have been arrested and accused of fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars of Covid aid from an assistance program meant for renters, federal prosecutors said.
Ex-teacher sentenced to prison for making death threat against Rogers
A former Tucson middle school teacher was sentenced Tuesday to 2 ½ years in prison after pleading guilty to making a death threat against Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff.
