As many of us are ready to say goodbye to 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic carries on and has forced some of Arizona’s more unique New Year’s Eve celebrations to accommodate. Prescott’s popular New Year’s Eve Boot Drop held in the heart of the town’s Whiskey Row has been canceled. Further up north, the iconic...
Read MoreAttorney General Mark Brnovich is part of a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general in suing Google LLC for anticompetitive conduct in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. As a member of the Executive Committee, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has played a key role in the investigation and development of the lawsuit....
Read MoreOn Dec. 21, the winter solstice, two planets will appear nearly aligned, resulting in an incredibly rare event. At one time, astronomers may have felt it so closely resembled a Christmas miracle — or, perhaps, the star of Bethlehem — that they named the spectacle the “Christmas Star.” The event is called a conjunction,...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Governor Doug Ducey toured the vaccine distribution site at the Arizona State Fairgrounds and announced ten Arizona health care frontline workers who will be among the first Arizonans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. After the tour, the Governor also announced the state is distributing $15 million in additional funding to the Arizona...
Read MoreArizona’s first major urban freeway reconstruction project is expected to get underway by mid-2021, which is expected to include several important components, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The Interstate 10 Broadway Curve improvement project will cover 11 miles between the Interstate 17 “Split” and Loop 202 San Tan and South Mountain freeways....
Read MoreEleven men, including a registered sex offender, have been arrested in an undercover operation targeting online predators in the Phoenix area. Phoenix police and Chandler police partnered up to find online predators who were seeking to have sexual conduct with children and human trafficking. Police said officers and undercover detectives placed ads on websites...
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines will add more international service from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport when it starts nonstop flights to Cancun in April. The new route begins April 12 and will operate once daily. Tickets are now on sale on Southwest’s website. While many airlines have cut back routes and schedules, Southwest has seen Phoenix...
Read MoreA former insurance agent has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and four years’ probation for committing fraudulent schemes and forgery while operating insurance agencies in Surprise and Peoria, according to a press release. An Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions Fraud Unit investigation found 47-year-old Rosita Johns between 2015 and 2017...
Read MoreA federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Friday and accept new applicants for the first time since 2017, according to reports. A judge with the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn told the Department of Homeland Security to post a public notice by Monday that...
Read MoreAuthorities with the state of Arizona announced on Thursday that the state will seek the death penalty for an Arizona mother accused of killing her three young children in January. Rachel Henry, 22, was arrested January 20 after she allegedly smothered her 7-month-old girl, 1-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy. Henry has pleaded not guilty...
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