Do 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 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...
Read MoreAttorney General Kris Mayes last week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit supporting the federal government’s prohibition on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition by federally-licensed retailers to individuals under the age of 21. “Protecting our communities from gun...
Read MoreA former employee of HonorHealth has been charged with adding a poisonous substance to a drink belonging to an employee working in HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center operating room. The Scottsdale city prosecutors say the incident occurred in January and formally charged Nelson Ramos in April. Ramos worked at the hospital as an anesthesia...
Read MoreSamuel Rappylee Bateman, 47, of Colorado City, Arizona, along with 10 of his followers, were indicted on May 18, 2023, by a federal grand jury on charges relating to a years-long conspiracy to travel across state lines in order to amass “wives” for Bateman, including minor girls. The grand jury returned a Second Superseding...
Read MoreFollowing a tour of the Hopi Tribe’s Keams Canyon Water Project, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a $48 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to repair and revitalize Tribal water sanitation systems, upgrade irrigation and power projects and invest in the safety of dams in Tribal communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the state is suing a telecommunications company and its owner for allegedly initiating and facilitating 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to millions of people on the Do Not Call Registry. Between December 2018 and January 2023, nearly 196,658,000 of those calls were to Arizona phone numbers. The suit...
Read MoreDrivers should monitor weather forecasts, check their vehicles and pack an emergency travel kit if heading out on a Memorial Day weekend trip, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The good news for drivers is that ADOT and its contractors are not scheduling any full construction or maintenance closures along state highways from...
Read MoreOn Monday, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo announced that the Colorado River Lower Basin States have developed a plan to conserve 3 million acre-feet over the next three years to protect the Colorado River system. “The Lower Basin Plan is the product of months of tireless...
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