For once, the news about Arizona’s education system isn’t strictly bad news.Turns out, Arizona is no longer the nation’s leader in high school dropouts…

The Maricopa County medical examiner identified Raul Silva Corona as the wrong-way driver who hit Mesa Police Officer Brandon Mendoza early yesterday morning, killing both of them.People had reported to police that a driver was going the wrong-way on Loop 101 near Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard in North Scottsdale, and…

Air conditioning obviously makes homes in Phoenix cooler, but A.C. units make the city itself even hotter, according to new research.A recently published study led by a researcher from Arizona State University found that the heat emitted by A.C. systems makes the air temperature hotter — in some cases more…

Sky Harbor International Airport saw its busiest month ever in March, with more than 4 million passengers.With a total of 4,029,861 passengers going through Sky Harbor, it was the first time that more than 4 million people passed through the airport in a single month…

Arizonans are not big on charity.That’s according to the latest Gallup poll comparing the states, which found that only 26 percent of Arizonans said they’d donated money and volunteered their time in the past month — tied for the third-lowest rate in the nation…

A 32-year-old Mesa police officer was killed early this morning by a wrong-way driver.A Mesa police spokesman says Officer Brandon Mendoza was on his way home after finishing a shift when he was hit by the driver, near the U.S. 60 and Interstate 10 interchange. Both Mendoza and the wrong-way…

Living in Phoenix comes with a unique set of challenges.Although you might find some similar issues in other cities, only people in Phoenix have to deal with all 10 of these problems:…

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:…

A jet from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma crashed southeast of Phoenix.The crash of the AV-8B Harrier happened in an unpopulated area near Sacaton, and the Marine pilot ejected safely, according to updates from the air station…

Here’s the surprising fact of the day: Of the 50 largest cities in the United States, there are five cities where walking to work is less popular than it is in Phoenix.The obvious expectation would be that Phoenix is dead last, because who in their right mind walks anywhere when…

Complaints of abuse against Border Patrol agents along the southern border are rarely met with action, according to a report from the American Immigration Council.The organization obtained public records from Customs and Border Protection to gain information about the complaints of abuse. The group obtained 809 complaints filed against Border…

In Arizona, 21 percent of the people receiving health insurance through the exchange established by Obamacare are children.That’s easily the nation’s highest proportion of children getting insured through Obamacare, and on its face, it seems like a good thing — kids are getting insured in a state with notoriously high…

Six state employees were fired last month after an investigation into the thousands of ignored Child Protective Services cases, but five of those employees say it wasn’t their fault.The five women held a press conference Wednesday with their attorney, explaining that they were just doing what they were told by…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is looking into the program known as “Project ROSE,” which involves sending suspected prostitutes to a church-based diversion program as an option to avoid jail.The ACLU has filed records requests seeking a wealth of information on the program, which is a collaboration between…

Being drunk in public is not a crime, according to an Arizona Appeals Court decision.The court was considering the case of a man cited for public intoxication in Scottsdale in December 2011, and the three-member panel unanimously ruled that state law has a specific ban on city ordinances outlawing public…

Phoenix criminal-defense attorney Dwane Cates was robbed at gunpoint inside his office last month.Cates says if the men are caught, he’ll fight for a “second chance” for those robbers and ask that they be placed on probation if it’s their first offense…

The monthly real estate reports from Arizona State University’s Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice have suggested for several months that Millennials aren’t buying homes in the Phoenix area.This month’s report includes more evidence this is true…