Overnight Closures at I-10 ‘Stack’ Interchange in Phoenix Start Oct. 20 

Drivers with overnight travel plans this week at the “Stack” interchange connecting Interstate 10 and Interstate 17 near downtown Phoenix  should plan for freeway and ramp closures starting Tuesday night, Oct. 20, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The following closures are scheduled while crews conduct regularly scheduled bridge inspections at the Stack... Read More

Over 200 Chaparral High School Families Instructed to Quarantine After Possible COVID Exposure

219 families with children attending Chaparral High School received “close contact communications” late last week, instructing their child(ren) to quarantine for 14 days because of possible coronavirus exposure. The Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Scott Menzel, confirmed that the district learned of four additional known cases of COVID-19 at the high school, bringing... Read More

DPS Seizes $2.5 Million Worth of Drugs During Traffic Stop in Phoenix

A trooper with the Arizona Department of Public Safety found over $2.5 million in drugs during a traffic stop Thursday evening in Phoenix, DPS said. The trooper conducted the traffic stop on a vehicle near 20th and Greenway streets. During a search of the vehicle, the trooper discovered 50,000 fentanyl pills, 30 pounds of... Read More

Pfizer Receives Permission from FDA to Enroll Kids as Young as 12 in COVID Vaccine Trials

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on its website that it has received permission from the Food and Drug Administration that they can enroll children as young as 12 in its COVID-19 vaccine trial. According to CNN, this is the first coronavirus vaccine trial in the U.S. to include children.” By doing so, we will be... Read More

Halloween 2020: How to Trick-or-Treat Safely

Arizonans who aren’t sure how to celebrate Halloween this year due to COVID-19 now have guidance from the state’s health department. “I’m pleased to say that trick-or-treating can be done safely,” Dr. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, wrote in a blog post on Friday. She continued to share guidance... Read More

Maricopa County Home & Garden Show is This Weekend

The largest home show in the Southwest is making its return to WestWorld of Scottsdale this weekend. The Maricopa County Home and Garden Show will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Our fall event displays an array of inspiration for Arizonians to spruce up their home for the... Read More

Phoenix To Host NCAA Women’s Final Four in 2026

Phoenix will host the NCAA Women’s Final Four tournament in 2026, the NCAA announced Wednesday. While Phoenix has hosted the NCAA Men’s Final Four in 2017 — and will again in 2024 — it has yet to host the Women’s Final Four. The women’s basketball tournament has not been hosted in the western United... Read More

Where to Get More Information on Arizona Judges for Election

As more Arizona voters get their election ballots, more voters likely have the same question: who are all of these judges? They are likely names you’ve never heard of doing jobs you don’t know much about. Yet, in Maricopa County alone, 40 Superior Court judge decisions are on the ballot. While smaller counties elect... Read More

American Airlines Has Added Flights from Phoenix to La Paz and Loreto

Beaches in Mexico just got a little easier to reach from Phoenix after American Airlines added nonstop seasonal flights to two winter destinations. The airline will launch routes from Phoenix Sky Harbor to the Baja California coastal towns of La Paz and Loreto starting in December. Flights between Phoenix and La Paz get underway... Read More

Court Orders Arizona’s Voter Registration Extension to End Thursday

An appeals court on Tuesday night ordered an early end to an extension of Arizona’s voter registration deadline that was issued by a judge after pandemic restrictions led to a decrease in people registering to vote. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said voter registration will end on Thursday, instead of Oct. 23. The... Read More