Quarters bounce: Cities win appeals of Census’ count of group quarters
Population growth is nothing new in booming Arizona, but that growth usually comes with moving trucks. Over the past year, however, five Arizona cities and towns managed to add 10,000 residents without a moving truck or a packing box in sight.
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.
Mother pleads guilty after Arizona boy starves to death
An Arizona mother has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse charges stemming from the death of her 6-year-old son who had been locked in a closet and denied food.
Grant program provides transportation solutions for students in rural areas
I’ve seen the benefits the Arizona Transportation Modernization Grant Program can deliver to students and families.
Rogers gets lawyers to defend injunction against reporter
State Senator Wendy Rogers intends to defend an injunction against harassment awarded to her by a Flagstaff court against a reporter investigating whether the senator lives in the district she represents.
Remains in California are Navajo woman missing from Arizona since 1987
Human remains that had been buried for decades in a California gravesite and marked as "Jane Doe" have been identified as a Navajo woman who went missing from northern Arizona, authorities said.
Alarming restraint against journalist should be dissolved immediately
The news that a judge granted a restraining order against Arizona Capitol Times journalist Camryn Sanchez for investigating Sen. Wendy Rogers’ residency was alarming to us at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). It should concern all Americans who value the First Amendment.
State liquor chief promises there won’t be ‘sting’ operations likes ones during Covid outbreak
The new state liquor chief vowed Monday there will be no "sting" operations at bars and restaurants like what occurred during the Covid outbreak when Doug Ducey was governor.
Rogers asks court to bar reporter from contacting her
Arizona state Senator Wendy Rogers is asking a court to stop a reporter who is investigating claims she resides outside of the northern Arizona district she represents from contacting her.
Woman tied to Arizona polygamous leader accused of threats
A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces federal charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care.
US judge orders man held in case of missing Navajo woman
The family of a Native American woman who went missing from her home on the Navajo Nation pleaded with the man accused of assaulting her and taking her pickup truck, asking during a court hearing Friday that he tell them where he left Ella Mae Begay so they could bring her home and find closure.
Lawmakers defeat measure aimed at making cities pay for higher minimum wages
Two Republicans joined all Democrats on a House panel Wednesday to defeat a measure designed to make the cities of Tucson and Flagstaff pay for their higher minimum wages -- but not because the GOP lawmakers like the voter-approved boosts.