Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines has added a route between Phoenix Sky Harbor International and Hollywood Burbank Airport. Nonstop service to and from the Los Angeles-area facility begins July 15, the airline said Thursday. A sale to launch the flight ends Monday at 8:59 p.m. Arizona time for travel through Oct. 6 but blackout rules...
Read MoreA Tempe mother is facing murder charges after her two young children were found dead early Saturday morning. 40-year-old Yui Inoue, flagged down an officer at the Apache Substation and led them to her apartment near Mill and Southern. Police say Inoue mostly spoke in Japanese. There, police found the bodies of a 9-year-old girl and...
Read MoreLast week, Cox Communications announced the increased speed of its low-cost internet option for families introduced at the onset of COVID-19 will be permanent. The option, known as Connect2Compete, is available at $9.95 per month for families with school-aged children who are enrolled in government financial assistance programs. The company boosted the speed of...
Read MoreOnline shopping giant Amazon.com says it will hire 5,000 people in the Phoenix metro as part of a nationwide hiring push that will total 75,000 fulfillment and logistics jobs. The new jobs will have an average starting pay of $17 per hour, with some workers possibly getting sign-on bonuses of $1,000, according to the...
Read MoreA Phoenix school teacher has been arrested and accused of a long-term sexual relationship with one of his underage female students, according to federal authorities. U.S. Marshals Service officials said 29-year-old Justin Walters was taken into custody Wednesday at a Chicago residence after he arrived earlier on a flight from Turkey. An arrest warrant...
Read MoreAmericans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. The $3.2 billion program is part of the $900 billion December pandemic-relief package. The government is increasing spending on broadband as the pandemic made stark that millions...
Read MoreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management recently imposing fire restrictions that will cover wide swaths of drought-stricken Arizona. The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management announced Thursday it will impose fire restrictions that will cover wide portions of drought-stricken Arizona. The additional restrictions implemented reach across the central and northern portions of...
Read MoreThe Arizona Cardinals will have four primetime televised games — one preseason game and three regular-season games — including a Christmas Day home-field advantage match-up against the Indianapolis Colts. It is the third time in the team’s history — and the first since 2010 — that the Cards will play a Christmas Day game....
Read MorePresident Joe Biden on Wednesday sent the nomination of Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the Senate for confirmation. The move comes a month after the White House said Biden planned to nominate Magnus, who’s been leading the Tucson Police Department since 2016. At the time,...
Read MoreArizonans planning a Hawaiian vacation this summer and beyond will have more nonstop flight options, courtesy of Southwest Airlines. Southwest announced plans Thursday for year-round routes between Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and four destinations in the island state. On June 27, the Dallas-based airline will launch twice-daily nonstop service between Sky Harbor and...
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