Two years after Gov. Doug Ducey called a special session to fast-track the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act, more Arizonans are overdosing and dying from opioid-related overdoses now than any time since the state started recording those figures.
Read More »Opioid deaths, overdoses on the rise despite states efforts to curb crisis
Birth rates drop sharply in state, according to analysis 
The way economist George Hammond figures it, Arizona would have a lot more residents if women were giving birth now at the rate they did more than a decade ago.
Read More »Governor declares health emergency to tackle opioid-abuse outbreak 
Gov. Doug Ducey declared a statewide health emergency Monday in light of a report from the Arizona Department of Health Services that stated opioid overdoses now kill an average of two Arizonans a day.
Read More »In memoriam: Arizona lives lost in 2016 
The state’s political world lost a former governor and a host of others in 2016 who had served the state as lawmakers, an expert on polling, and agency and industry leaders.
Read More »Ducey says Arizona remembers ’19 brave men’ on anniversary
Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona is remembering "19 brave men" on the second anniversary of the deaths of firefighters who perished during a wildfire in Yavapai County.
Read More »Ousted official accuses Border Patrol of cover-up
A Border Patrol official who was removed from his position in June is accusing the agency of covering up "highly suspect" deaths in clashes along the southern border.
Read More »Yarnell getting donation of pipe for water system
Yarnell's water system is getting a $225,000 donation of pipe for restoration and repair work in the wake of the wildfire that devastated the Yavapai County community last summer.
Read More »‘Heartbreaking, unconscionable’ 
CPS workers close out thousands of cases before they are investigated
Read More »Arizona legislation planned on responders’ benefits
Some of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire were only seasonal Prescott city employees so their families don't qualify for full survivors' benefits, but a legislative leader wants to change that.
Read More »Firefighter camaraderie draws thousands to Arizona
PRESCOTT VALLEY ai??i?? Firefighters William Benitez and Lou Larosa were fresh out of the New York City Fire Department when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people, including hundreds of first responders.
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