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In Arizona, a sweeping $2.8 billion Medicaid fraud scheme promised addiction treatment and recovery. Instead, it exploited thousands of vulnerable people — many of them Native American — and left communities across the state searching for answers.

While most of the Valley sleeps, a group of Salt River Project workers are already on the move — winding through neighborhoods and farmland, unlocking canal gates and checking flow meters before the sun even rises.

A $60 million recovery hospital for child and young adult survivors of sex trafficking is set to break ground in Glendale, in what advocates are calling a major step forward in long-term, trauma-informed care.

Efforts are underway to provide permanent housing on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for employees displaced by the Dragon Bravo Fire.

A major restoration project is set to begin this fall at Petrified Forest National Park — aimed at preserving a landmark of mid-century modern architecture, and the work is backed by federal funding and years of planning.

Arizona Congressman Greg Stanton says he was illegally denied entry to the Eloy Detention Center on Friday, where a longtime Valley resident and business owner, Kelly Yu, has been held since May.

Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim community is trying to provide relief to dozens of evacuated park staffers while the White Sage and Dragon Bravo fires burn. Here's what’s next for those looking to help.