The Arizona Department of Transportation has started the first of 23 projects to repair damaged pavement following the record-setting winter, kicking off improvements that will continue through summer. ADOT has created a website at azdot.gov/PavingRepairs with a schedule and map of the initial round of $50.5 million in improvements, as well as information on $94 million...
Read MoreA wide ranging fraud scheme, led by 29-year-old Paradise Williams, of Phoenix, was detailed today in a 26-count indictment charging wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Two defendants were arrested Monday in Phoenix, a third was arrested in Houston, and three defendants were arrested in Washington State. Two Seattle defendants...
Read MoreAttorney General Kris Mayes recently warned Arizonans that scammers appear to be using voice clones generated by artificial intelligence to defraud consumers. With this rapidly evolving technology, scammers can trick consumers into thinking a loved one is in trouble and needs money or gift cards. Some scammers may combine this technology with spoofing equipment so...
Read MoreThe PGA TOUR, DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) today announced a landmark agreement to unify the game of golf, on a global basis. The parties have signed an agreement that combines PIF’s golf-related commercial businesses and rights (including LIV Golf) with the commercial businesses and rights of the PGA TOUR...
Read MoreLitchfield Park teen sheds pounds with help of Banner’s Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program Chloe Hansher lost nearly 70 pounds, going from a size 16 to a size 4. The 16-year-old Litchfield Park resident said she’s grateful for undergoing a bariatric procedure that has changed her life. Hansher, like other teens in Arizona, has struggled...
Read MorePhoto Credit: ASU The Arizona Board of Regents has asked Arizona State University to expand medical education in Arizona by launching a new medical school, one charged with addressing the significant and growing health care needs of the state. The new ASU School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering will integrate clinical medicine, biomedical...
Read MoreDo you have plans hit the road to cooler country this summer? ADOT is asking drivers to slow down and pay attention in work zone. If you’re heading north this summer for a long staycation or a quick weekend getaway, you’ll likely use Interstate 17 to travel from the Phoenix metro area to the...
Read MoreA fraudulent investment scheme has ended in a conviction after an investigation showed that an institution Frederick Arias offering risk-free investments in humanitarian projects diverted funds to the accounts of Bradley Tennison, a former financial advisor and Frederick Arias, a retired Arizona DPS officer, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office today announced. The successful investigation,...
Read MoreA busy 8-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in the West Valley has been widened to three lanes in both directions as an Arizona Department of Transportation freeway improvement project moves into the homestretch. ADOT’s ongoing $82 million project has widened I-10 by one lane in both directions between Verrado Way and State Route 85....
Read MoreAs part of the administrations, Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $15.2 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of wildlife habitats and recreation opportunities on public lands in Arizona. This funding will be focused in two landscape areas called Sky Islands and Yanawant Restoration...
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