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The decision effectively ends a desperate effort to save the Apache holy land from being destroyed by a two-mile-wide crater.

Emily Pike’s mom learned she was dead via social media, one example of how tribal, county and state systems failed Pike.

After a year of ramped-up enforcement against the unhoused and people who help them, is Tempe changing its tune?

Oak Flat, the Apache holy land east of Phoenix, sits on a bonanza of copper. A huge mining company wants it.

Apache Stronghold members ran over three days to draw awareness to the mining threat facing the sacred Apache site.

An anonymous ex-employee says she was subjected to sexual harassment, homophobic comments and unequal pay.

Lisa Borowsky wants to know who complained to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office about her, and she wants to know now.

In 2020, April Sponsel charged protesters as a phony street gang, which the Arizona Supreme Court called “egregious.”

Voters approved making illegal border crossings a state crime, but lawmakers didn’t provide funding for enforcing it.

Already serving life for murdering her two kids, Lori Vallow Daybell faces trial in Phoenix for her fourth husband’s death.

Now an advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Lake is being sued for withholding grant funds approved by Congress.

Aaron Gunches was convicted of murder in 2004. After a two-year pause on executions, Arizona executed him on March 19.

For the second time, victims’ rights advocate Kayleigh Kozak used a lawsuit to fire shots at county attorney Rachel Mitchell.

The right-wing organization seeks to squash a warrant for three months’ worth of indicted executive Tyler Bowyer’s emails.

Brad Ghaster is accusing Anthem Golf & Country Club of fraud and demands a partial refund of his $47,000 initiation fee.

Gunches wants to die. But controversy surrounds execution methods in Arizona, which hasn’t killed a prisoner since 2022.

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs tapped Maria Elena Cruz to join the court, which is stacked with Republican appointees.

Prosecutors say Charles Smith did $900 in damage. He faces up to nine years in prison and a possible fine of $155,000.

A New Times reporter called Paul Stout, the Maricopa County attorney’s beau, for comment in October. Stout dialed the police.

Neighbors have been complaining about the foul smell coming from Growers Market for months.

Cory Young was charged with hindering a police investigation into the 2023 beating death of Jake Kelly, his housemate.

Everette and Julie Mills say they called 911 for help with their son, only for cops to attack and arrest them upon arrival.