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Metro Phoenix is known as “the Valley,” but what exactly does that mean? Does it refer to the mountains that surround the area?
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Sky Schaudt/KJZZA woman named Gina Robertson had posted on Facebook about her favorite server at a local Denny’s. The server, Michael, had been her family’s favorite for years. But the last time they went to Denny’s, Michael was gone. No one seemed to know what had become of him. -
Arizona Capitol TVLaura Tohe, who is Diné and a former Navajo Nation poet laureate, has dedicated her life to Indigenous literature, but doesn’t want that identity to dominate her tenure.
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In her budget proposal released last week, Gov. Katie Hobbs is asking for tens of millions of dollars to take care of Arizona’s foster children and prepare them for life when they leave the system. -
Alejandro Rosales Castillo has been wanted for murder in North Carolina for nearly a decade. -
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. march in Phoenix saw thousands of Arizona residents. Among them were some of the state's heavyweight political figures, including Attorney General Kris Mayes. -
Several Valley freeways have been left in darkness due to recurring theft. ADOT says thieves have been stealing copper wire from light poles on freeways across the Valley to sell for scrap. -
Federal land managers are reopening their environmental review of a massive transmission line proposed across Nevada, a move conservation groups say could reshape how energy infrastructure is approved on public lands across the West. -
A one-day pile burn project will take place Tuesday at Lost Dutchman State Park, northeast of Apache Junction. -
Speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN’s "State of the Union" on Sunday, Sen. Gallego said Arizonans want ICE agents to focus on criminals and security. -
New campaign finance reports show Republican Karrin Taylor Robson has raked in the most dollars in the governor’s race, with about $1.1 million in the bank. -
The city of Phoenix has submitted a bid to host the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials Marathon in 2028. The event would be a first for the city. -
After a bruising budget fight last year, the state Medicaid program that supports Arizonans with developmental disabilities is again expected to run out of money this year without additional funding.
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The Martha Graham Dance Company is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year. -
The U.S. is the only country allowed to withdraw from the World Health Organization. And Jan. 22 is the day when Trump's pullout announcement should go into effect. But ... it's complicated. -
It's unclear how many leaders have been asked to join the board, and the large number of invitations being sent out, including to countries that don't get along, has raised questions about the board's mandate and decision-making processes. -
Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said. -
In his second term, the president is embracing a foreign policy that breaks sharply from U.S. tradition. Both supporters and critics say he's upending a global system in place for 80 years.
