If you’ve found it difficult to get a complete picture of what’s going on with the scandals at the nation’s VA hospitals, we don’t blame you.The American Legion, a veterans service organization, created the image above explaining most of the allegations made against various VA hospitals, starting with Phoenix…
The effort to fight the human-caused Slide Fire burning north of Sedona has cost $8 million to this point, according to the Forest Service.At times, there have been more than 1,000 people working to contain the blaze, and planes and helicopters have been used continuously since the fire started nine…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says a corrections officer won’t be charged for leaving his K9 service dog in his vehicle, where the dog died last month.Department of Corrections Officer Jesse Dorantes left the dog in the back of his patrol car, and left that vehicle in a DOC parking…
The City of Phoenix wants to squeeze between $1 million and $2 million more per year out of parking meters, and the city’s transportation department has some ideas.The Street Transportation Department has issued an explainer on its ideas for changes to the parking meters, which includes proposals to make the…
The Slide Fire burning north of Sedona has passed 20,000 acres, but the spread has been slowing, and firefighters have been able to contain more of the fire.This morning’s estimate of the size of the fire is 20,369 acres, or about 32 square miles, and is 45 percent contained…
The Veterans Affairs inspector general has found that scheduling practices at the VA hospital in Phoenix are “convoluted” and non-compliant with policy.The interim report released this morning does not answer the question of whether 40 veterans died on various VA waiting lists — as a retired doctor has alleged –…
DUI task forces around the state arrested 495 people on DUI charges over Memorial Day weekend.That’s the fewest DUI arrests of the last five years over Memorial Day weekend. An average of about 630 people were arrested over Memorial Day weekend between 2010 and 2013, according to statistics released by…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is publicizing its 82nd “criminal employment” operation, which resulted in the arrests of four women.As usual, the workers were arrested in the investigation, and the four employers — Zipps Sports Grill, Chompie’s, Bradford Allen, and Best Western — where deputies served search warrants were hailed…
The U.S. Consulate General in Nogales issued an emergency message on Sunday warning United States citizens to take the “highest precautions regarding personal safety in and around Nogales.”The message says this warning is due to “credible threat information,” but as of today, Tuesday, there’s been no word of what the…
A poll paid for by the campaign of former state Representative Ruben Gallego shows Gallego ahead of Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox in the Congressional District 7 race.Gallego and Wilcox, both Democrats, are the two big-name candidates in the race, after former state Senator Steve Gallardo announced last week…
The Slide Fire burning north of Sedona has grown to 18,500 acres, or nearly 29 square miles.The effort to contain the fire, in order to stop the fire’s spread, is at 35 percent completion…
As a city with a lot of transplants, there are a lot of lessons people are going to learn after moving here.Here are 10 things transplants will learn at some point after their move to Phoenix:…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
Not only is the Slide Fire burning thousands of acres of beautiful Arizona land, it could certainly affect tourism in Flagstaff and Sedona for Memorial Day weekend.The Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau has released a statement saying both cities are “open for business.”…
The wildfire that started Tuesday afternoon just north of Sedona, near Slide Rock State Park, is up to about 7,500 acres.The firefighting effort, which now involves more than 800 people, has so far been able to keep the fire west of State Route 89A, which has been one of the…
Drunk driving is bad.With that out of the way, here’s where one police department will be setting up a sobriety checkpoint and other departments will be operating “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we bring you our second edition…
Governor Jan Brewer has called a special session of the legislature to deal with the creation of the Department of Child Safety, which is replacing Child Protective Services.Brewer made the announcement today, and also released the details of her bill to reform CPS…
Cox Communications is establishing super-fast Internet service in the Phoenix area with speeds on par with Google Fiber.The announcement from Cox comes just a few months after Google announced it planned to offer gigabit broadband service, which Google has billed as “100 times faster than today’s basic broadband.”…
The wildfire that started Tuesday afternoon just north of Sedona, near Slide Rock State Park, has grown to 4,500 acres.The fire was about one-tenth that size 24 hours earlier…
House Republicans in Washington have blocked a vote on a bill that would allow certain undocumented immigrants to serve in the military, and the Pentagon is reportedly considering doing that without congressional approval.The idea’s apparently not agreeable to everyone, but at least one undocumented immigrant has served in the military…
Cacti are taken very seriously in Arizona.Scottsdale police arrested a 16-year-old Gilbert boy yesterday for cutting the arm off a cactus in Pinnacle Peak Park…
