Julio Ramirez-Felipe, a 35-year-old California man, is accused of trafficking a young boy through Navajo County. Navajo County Sheriff’s Office is praising a deputy after he rescued a young boy was being trafficked. On September 8, Navajo County Sheriff deputies conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 at milepost 258 near the Winslow area....
Read MoreTo support workforce development programs that prepare young people and help them access good-paying careers, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $14 million in grants to seven organizations in five states to deliver workforce services when youth are out of school. The Workforce Pathways for Youth demonstration grants being made to organizations...
Read MoreOn September 9 at approximately 1:55 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received an emergency call of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one mile south of Cottonwood Campground. A short time later, the hiker became unresponsive and bystanders initiated CPR. National Park Service (NPS) search and rescue personnel...
Read MoreSenate President Warren Petersen is promising a legal battle against the Biden Administration in the wake of (Photo Credit: Arizona State Senate) a land grab last month in the blatantly unconstitutional move of confiscating nearly a million acres of land within Coconino and Mohave Counties. Last month, President Biden signed a proclamation establishing the...
Read MoreMid America Pet Food is voluntarily recalling one lot of Victor Super Premium Dog Food, Hi-Pro Plus produced at its Mount Pleasant, Texas production facility because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have...
Read MoreAttorney General Kris Mayes is warning Arizona seniors to be on high alert for a new wave of bitcoin scams targeting vulnerable individuals. Fraudsters are calling seniors, sometimes armed with a senior’s personal information such as social security numbers or addresses, to deceive them into believing their financial accounts have been compromised. The scammers...
Read MoreA pilot is safe after he was forced to land his plane on Interstate 17 southbound Wednesday evening near Sunset Point. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, they received a call around 5:40 p.m. from Phoenix Sky Harbor Air Traffic Control about a plane experiencing engine malfunction. The plane was traveling from St....
Read MoreMichael Ortiz, 70, of Tucson, Arizona was sentenced by United States District Judge Raner C. Collins on August 29, 2023, to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Ortiz pleaded guilty to Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit. Ortiz also was sentenced to 12 months of consecutive imprisonment for violating...
Read MoreAs part of a bipartisan coalition, Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday sent a letter urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to propose legislation to protect children from those abuses. “While the rapidly evolving technology of artificial...
Read MoreReward up to $1,500 available for information that leads to an arrest The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is asking for the public’s help to find the person(s) responsible for illegally killing an adult pronghorn antelope buck. The headless body of the animal was found along Big Chino Road, northwest of the town of...
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