Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Monday that his office (AGO), the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance (AFMA), and public utilities are launching a program to combat utility gift card scams across the state. Arizona utility companies receive hundreds of calls every week from customers who’ve reported being targeted by scammers pressuring them to pay a bill...
Read MoreArizona’s largest hospital system has once again tightened visitor restrictions in Arizona as COVID-19 statistics are on the rise. According to their press release on Monday, Banner Health will limit one visitor per patient per day in four Arizona counties where the virus is more prevalent, including Maricopa and Pinal. Two visitors per patient...
Read MoreThe People’s Open’ is set to return in 2022 and tickets are now on sale for the Waste Management Phoenix Open Tournament. The “Greenest Show on Grass” will take place Feb. 7-13. “We are excited to prepare for the 2022 Waste Management Phoenix Open and look forward to giving back in a big way...
Read MoreArizona Real Estate Company Buys El Chorro Lodge in Paradise Valley Last week, Grossman Company Properties announced the purchased the El Chorro Lodge in Paradise Valley The Arizona real estate and hospitality development and management company plans to preserve and enhance the property and will continue the lodge’s operations as a Paradise Valley institution....
Read MoreThe Phoenix Union High School District has announced plans to require masks indoors regardless of vaccination status when classes start next week, which will violate an executive order. The district announced Friday it would enforce its board-adopted mask mandate for all staff, students and visitors when the fall semester begins Monday. “Phoenix Union High...
Read MorePack a bag, your suitcase and travel to your hotel across town to enjoy some rest, the relaxation, the escape! The best part is it is not too late to enjoy a summer staycation with one of the many deals around the Valley. With the many great resorts around the valley, staycations have always...
Read MoreOn Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product, indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is both biosimilar to, and interchangeable with (can be substituted for), its reference...
Read MoreThe cities of Flagstaff, Peoria, Phoenix, Tempe, and Tucson will reinstatement the requirement for people to wear masks when inside city-owned buildings and facilities, such as libraries and aquatic facilities. The requirement will include those who are vaccinated and those who have not been vaccinated. In response to an increase in the B.1.617.2 Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, the...
Read MoreAs part of Arizona’s Back to Work Program, the state will provide three months of child care assistance for individuals with children who return to work after collecting unemployment benefits. But even though this incentive is desperately needed, one daycare provider said many people still don’t know about it. When COVID-19 hit and people...
Read MoreTwo psychologists at the University of Arizona are currently recruiting couples for a study on how difficulties in romantic relationships affect a person’s mental health and wellbeing. Psychologists Jessica Andrews-Hanna and David Sbarra recently received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, plan to do a neuroimaging study of 200...
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