
Jimmy Jenkins
Senior Field Correspondent - East ValleyJimmy Jenkins was a producer and senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2014 to 2021.
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Water and debris is following the path of a burn scar in the Pinal Mountain range before flooding the streets of Globe.
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The Valleywise Health network of hospitals is experiencing a staffing shortage amid an increase of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care.
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Attorneys for the Arizona Department of Corrections are going to appeal an order that would put health care in state prisons on trial.
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Severe storms hit Gila Bend hard over the weekend from Friday night through Saturday morning. State and local officials are responding to the damage caused by severe flooding while preparing for more rain.
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Three men from the East Valley have been indicted on charges related to illegally purchasing and selling firearms
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After the passage of recent legislation, a listener used KJZZ's Q&AZ project to ask when and how people can go to the MVD and get their driver’s licenses reinstated.→ More Q&AZ Questions Answered
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Arizona State University is working with 3M on a pilot project to lower the temperatures at bus shelters in Tempe. Not only is the film able to keep the sun off the structure, it also helps to keep the structure cool.
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One year after private prison companies made record high contributions to Arizona lawmakers, the Legislature voted to increase the state’s investment in private prison beds. The new private prison beds will likely be more expensive than those in state-run facilities. → More Arizona Prison News
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The parties in an ongoing prison health care lawsuit have agreed to a schedule ahead of a pending trial this fall. In 2015, the Arizona Department of Corrections sought to avoid a trial by agreeing to a set of more than 100 court-ordered benchmarks.
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Former President Donald Trump was the headliner at a rally in downtown Phoenix on Saturday. Thousands of supporters arrived hours early in anticipation of Trump’s speech. Trump repeated several falsehoods about fraud in the 2020 election including the claim he had won Arizona.→ More Arizona Politics News