President Obama says the inspector general looking into allegations that 40 veterans died waiting for care at the Phoenix VA hospital does not see a link between the wait times and the veterans’ deaths.Obama made a statement this morning about the state of various investigations into wait times at VA…
A wildfire started yesterday afternoon just north of Sedona, near Slide Rock State Park.The “Slide Fire” was estimated to be 400 to 450 acres as of about 7:30 p.m. yesterday, according to information provided by the Forest Service…
Researchers at Arizona State University found in a study of teenagers that overweight teens had an average of one fewer friend than non-overweight teens.Additionally, when the kids were asked to make a list of their closest friends, non-overweight teens chose more non-overweight friends, whereas overweight kids weren’t as discriminatory on…
The Arizona Department of Transportation is releasing more of the “clean air — blue skies” license plates, which allow drivers to be in the HOV lane solo at any time.When the plates first rolled out in 2007, pretty much any vehicle using an alternative energy source could get the plate,…
The field of Democrats to replace retiring Congressman Ed Pastor in Congressional District 7 just got a little less crowded.State Senator Steve Gallardo announced that he’s going to run for a spot on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors instead of a seat in Congress…
Out of the largest metro areas in the country, the Phoenix metro area is one of the most dangerous for pedestrians.Recently released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show Phoenix is near the top in pedestrian deaths, but that’s partly because Phoenix is one of the biggest cities in the…
Seven people have been killed by wrong-way drivers on highways around Phoenix over the last week, and highway-safety officials held an “emergency meeting” to discuss the issue.While there’s no one solution to the problem, it was just last year that the Arizona Department of Transportation tested out some systems to…
A Tempe woman is accused of making her boyfriend’s 3-year-old daughter eat her own feces as punishment.Nicole Candelaria, 28, denied the claim, but the girl’s two siblings corroborated the story to police, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
A Chandler police officer is on paid leave for allegedly showing up to a job while he was impaired.Officer Lonnie Morris, 53, arrived to an extra-duty job at a Chandler church, and was arrested on a DUI charge after police were contacted…
If you’ve traveled through rural areas of Arizona, chances are you’ve seen an anti-Obama, anti-government, or generally conspiracy-theory-based billboard on someone’s property.What you may never see, however, is a pro-Obama billboard, which is what appears to have been erected along Interstate 40 in northeastern Arizona…
Although traffic around Phoenix is pretty good compared to other big cities, it still sucks to be slowed down by congestion.We have 10 tips for getting to work and getting home faster:…
Robert Petzel, the Under Secretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs, has resigned, according to a statement from the department.Petzel led the health component of the national VA system, which is being investigated for allegations of falsified wait times at the nation’s VA hospitals, including claims from one…
A $5 million claim has been filed against Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, by the family of a Glendale man who was killed in December after being T-boned by MCSO Deputy Sean Pearce.Pearce, the son of recalled Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, had been going 81 mph in the…
Army Command Sergeant Major Martin Barreras, a 49-year-old from Tucson, died earlier this week at a hospital in San Antonio, a week after being wounded in Afghanistan.Barreras is the 50th soldier from Arizona to die in connection with the war in Afghanistan…
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, our alleged offenders either have tattoos…
A Republican congressional candidate says Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema is just waiting for Senator John McCain to be “carried out on a stretcher” so she can run for his Senate seat.Wendy Rogers, one of the Republican candidates vying to unseat Sinema in Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District, made the comment at…
Insight into the allegations of falsified wait times at the nation’s VA hospitals, which one former doctor claims resulted in the deaths of 40 veterans in Phoenix, is still weeks away from being made public.The US Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a hearing this morning to get the latest…
A Lake Havasu man has been arrested for using Twitter to threaten to kill House Speaker John Boehner.According to a federal complaint, Ronald Dean Frazier operated a Twitter account with a profile picture of Boehner with crosshairs on his forehead, and posted tweets such as, “Did you know I’m going…
Back in 1990, Arizona had the 12th-largest share of immigrants in its population.More than two decades later, Arizona now has the 11th-largest share of immigrants among the 50 states, according to the Pew Research Center…
Like baseball and apple pie, dogs biting mailmen is something of an American tradition — not a tradition the Postal Service is particularly pleased with, mind you.Letter carriers actually do get attacked by dogs every year (more than 5,500 in 2013), and Phoenix is now one of the top spots…
A large majority of Arizonans think the land of SB 1070 is a “good place for minorities.”Gallup polled residents of all 50 states, asking, “Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place to live for racial or ethnic minorities.”In Arizona, 84 percent…
ABC 15 has been teasing an exclusive interview with Sheriff Joe Arpaio over the last few days, promising that “no question or topic is off limits.”Forgive us for believing that such controversial questions would be along the lines of, “Sheriff, why do the taxpayers deserve to pay the bill to…
