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Amber Victoria Singer/KJZZPhoenix artist Jen Urso called a map, "Guide to Running While Female in Central Phoenix." At first, it looks like a hand-drawn map of Central Phoenix, but look closer, and there are a lot of memories buried in it. -
Bridget Dowd/KJZZAs Phoenix continues to set heat records and the future of water in Arizona remains uncertain, some researchers are looking for ways to keep trees healthy with less water. They want to make sure Arizona has more trees to provide shade from the sun, but conserve resources at the same time.
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The Show for Oct. 4, 2024: Voter glitch hits 120,000 more Arizonans, and everyone's playing politicsState officials have found more voters affected by a computer glitch, who didn’t provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Our Friday NewsCap panelists analyze that and the rest of the week’s top stories. Plus, a map for running in Phoenix while female. -
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizonans can vote on a ballot measure that would get rid of partisan primary elections in the state. -
Deciding Phoenix City Council District 7: Bridgeman, Galindo-Elvira, Hernandez, Nowakowski, QuiñonezResidents in Phoenix City Council District 7 will vote in two races: a special vacancy election to choose a member to serve until April 2025, and a regular election to choose a member to serve a permanent four-year term starting in April 2025. Some candidates are running in both elections. -
Betty Guardado and JJ Martinez and running for Phoenix City Council District 5. The boundaries in this Phoenix district are roughly 19th Avenue to 43rd Avenue from Northern Avenue to Camelback Road, and 43rd Avenue to 99th Avenue from Camelback Road to McDowell Road. -
Adaptive sports equipment can cost thousands of dollars and is often not covered by insurance. -
Ayensa Millan and Debra Stark are running for Phoenix City Council District 3. The boundaries are roughly Bell Road south to Dunlap Avenue and Interstate 17 west to State Route 51. -
Ann O’Brien was elected to the City Council in 2020. Previously, she served on the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board. An advocate for Phoenix police officers and firefighters and economic development, she is running unopposed. -
Last week, the Bureau of Reclamation inked three historic water conservation agreements in Santa Fe with the Gila River Indian Community, which thinks it can step up to help take some strain off Lake Mead and stabilize the Colorado River Basin. Less than a week later, they’re already breaking ground on two of these projects. -
Over the next 18 years, Tempe will use its share of the $1.12 billion that Arizona received from settlements with opioid manufacturers to expand existing efforts to reduce opioid-related deaths and prevent use in Tempe. -
The U.S. government has awarded a multimillion dollar contract to build a long-awaited shipping port of entry near Douglas, Arizona. -
The November election in Arizona could determine whether a rapidly expanding school voucher program is reined in by the Legislature. That's the goal Democrats have -- if they can get a majority.
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Conservation groups say their trail cameras have captured new footage of an ocelot in southern Arizona. It’s a rare signing of an endangered species with habitat in the U.S. and Mexico.
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The results of November’s down ballot races for the Arizona House and Senate could affect where tens of thousands of children go to school or how well their schools are funded. -
The Phoenix City Council has appointed nine people to a civilian review board that will keep tabs on work done by the city’s police accountability office. -
Some members of AHCCCS, Arizona’s version of Medicaid, will soon be eligible for a new benefit: housing. The agency has launched a new program that it hopes will address homelessness in certain at-risk populations. -
A group that already is accusing counties of letting noncitizens register to vote now has gone to court to get a list of the nearly 220,000 individuals — one of every 20 registered voters — who have been identified as not having provided proof of citizenship. -
Fall in Arizona started weeks ago, but due to excessive heat warnings extending well into October, it certainly doesn’t feel that way. According to University of Arizona clinical professor and ER doctor Brian Drummond, certain medications can amplify the negative effects of Arizona’s heat. -
Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce has been hit with an eight-year show-cause order by the NCAA. The penalty is due to violations Pierce made during his time as an assistant coach at Arizona State University. -
A judge has rejected Rudy Giuliani’s claim that the grand jurors who indicted him in the so-called “fake electors” case in Arizona were politically biased. -
Phoenix typically sees its last 100-degree day of the year in early October. But temperatures up to 110 degrees are forecast this weekend, with an excessive heat warning in effect through Sunday. -
It could take around two weeks to learn the results of some races in Arizona’s upcoming November elections, something election officials from around the state say is completely normal. -
All over the world, the Hopi people have come to symbolize a deep spirituality. The problem is that this version of the Hopi religion was largely popularized by non-Hopi people. -
The Fire Department rescued an adult hiker who became overheated on Camelback Mountain Wednesday afternoon. The high temperature was 108 degrees, and an excessive heat warning was in effect. -
An essay in The Atlantic was fueled by the question: When it comes to caregiving, especially at the end of life, what do we owe parents who caused us extreme pain and trauma? Joshua Johnson, a therapist and social worker at Bridge Consulting Services in Phoenix, discusses the issue.
