U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced yesterday that he will declare the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States a Public Health Emergency (PHE). This action will further strengthen and accelerate the Biden-Harris Administration’s response in recognition of the continued rapid transmission of monkeypox in the U.S. and...
Read MoreTwo days after the Arizona Primary where Pinal County allegedly experienced several issues related to ballot availability, Pinal County’s elections department has announced that director David Frisk, is no longer employed. On election day, voters reported that more than 20 Pinal County voting centers either ran out or were very short on in-person ballots...
Read MoreA Massachusetts man was arrested today in Falmouth, Massachusetts for allegedly sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official in the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. James W. Clark, 38, of Falmouth, is charged with one count of making a bomb threat, one count of perpetrating a bomb hoax, and one...
Read MorePolice are searching for a suspect who attacked a woman at the Wild Horse Pass Casino over the weekend. On Saturday around 7:30 p.m., a 31-year-old woman reportedly parked in the parking lot at the casino along I-10 south of Ahwatukee and exited her vehicle. A man loitering in the parking lot allegedly attacked...
Read MoreEmpire Group of Companies announced Monday the purchase of land to build hundreds of rental homes near the new, large microchip facility under construction in north Phoenix. The developer recently closed on 40 acres of land east of Interstate 17 and north of Sonoran Desert Drive for $14.37 million. The land is located just...
Read MoreEdgewell Personal Care Company today issued a voluntary nationwide recall of three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 to the consumer level as outlined in the table below. An internal review found that some samples of the product contained trace levels of benzene. While benzene is not an ingredient...
Read MoreArizona may soon be the place where stars are made! Preparations are underway for two film studio and production facility in Arizona thanks to the state’s new tax incentives for film and television productions starting in 2023. This week, Acacia Filmed Entertainment revealed plans to build 14 full sound stages on a 70-acre lot...
Read MorePhoto Credit: FBI The FBI, in an effort to address the crisis of missing or murdered Indigenous persons, is releasing a list of more than 170 Native Americans it has verified as missing throughout New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. This effort is being publicized to help locate these individuals, increase transparency, and to...
Read MoreLast week, a federal jury found Jeffrey D. McHatton, 68, of Chandler, Arizona, and Robert B. Sproat, 60, of Mesa, Arizona, guilty on 10 counts of Securities Fraud. The case was tried before United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez. Sentencing is scheduled for September 28, 2022. Prior to trial, a third co-defendant, Robert Moss,...
Read MoreAttorney General Mark Brnovich announced Thursday the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has awarded $4,500,000 in grant funding to Mohave, Coconino, and Yavapai counties to help eliminate opioid addiction for people in the criminal justice system. “Our primary goal with these grants is to increase inmate screening and treatment for underlying substance abuse and mental...
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