It's been another busy news year. We’re taking a look back at the stories that captured your attention these last 12 months.
We’re not saying these are the biggest stories out of Arizona this year — just the ones you, our audience, viewed the most.
Revisit the most popular business stories on KJZZ.org this year.
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The grand opening of the Phoenix Micro Center is Friday, but some customers were already lined up Wednesday morning for one of the store’s preview events.
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News Media Corp., which owns local newspapers across five states, said it will close 14 operations in Wyoming, seven in Illinois, five in Arizona, four in South Dakota and one in Nebraska.
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In a recent decision, the Arizona Supreme Court gave homeowners a clearer path to removing old debt claims from their property, even if they haven’t paid off the underlying debt. The decision sets a new precedent for property rights in the state.
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Arizona’s 520 area code was expected to be retired in 2027, when the Arizona Corporation Commission estimated it would exhaust all phone numbers under the three-digit code.
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In a time where Arizona’s sports fashion seems to be at its hottest, some aficionados think the sports apparel industry is hanging by a thread thanks to companies like Fanatics and eFollett.
